Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29


the loss of at least twentynine lives
and destroyed all the bridges over the
creek and much other property. Moth
ing has been heard from sever al places
in the mountains in the stricken re-
gion, and the worst is feared.
Those from Morriston who were
drowned were:
Mrs. Moses Miller
Harry Miller.
Lenie Miller
A third child of Mrs. Miller, an in
FAINT yet unnamed.
Mrs. 7. F. Tracy.
An infant child of ]. c. Longnecker
was injured fatally.
A number of persons from Denver,
mostly children, who were encamped
in the canyon a few miles from the
town, were drowned, their names
being:
Mrs. A. S. Proctor
Robert James Proctor, years old.
Grace Proctor, 7years old.
Edith Proctor, . years old.
Mrs. T. f. Casey.
James Casey, 10 years old.
Edith Casey, years old
Mamie Casey, 7 years old.
Anna Casey, years old
Clara Casey, years old.
Mrs Anthony HERES.
Eugene HERES, years old.
Mabel HERES, . years old
Josephine HERES, years old.
Carroll HERES, years old.
Annie Hansen, 90 years old, servant
of the Proctors
Among the victims was also Thomas
McGough of Dayton, Ohio. 2l years
old, a cousin of Mrs. Casey.
Seven Women Dead at Golden.
At Golden the light and water
plants were crippled badly and the
following were drowned:
A. A. Johnson.
Mrs. A A. johnson.
Mrs. f. ]. Edwards.
James Bishop, so years old, was
rescued with difficulty and the ex-
perience in the flood has unsettled
his mind.
According to telephone communi-
cation from Golden this morning, the
bodies of four women had been found
and identified as:
Miss Della Horner.
Miss Mary Horner.
Miss Holme.
Miss Warren.
The four were from this city and
had been camping our near Golden.
The two former were daughters of
Judge Horner, and Miss HoIme a
daughter of Superintendent Richard
Holme of the Union Water company
here.
The Proctors who were drowned
were members of the family of Presi-
dent Proctor of the Tent and Awning
company of this city. The only sur
vivor among the members of the fam
lily involved in the accident is Irene,
10 years old, who was rescued by Earl
McGill and j. +. Lowe.
How Four Women Perished.
Horace NJ. Warren, of the firm of
Acheson & Warren, investment bank
ers of this city, was driving in Mount
Vernon canon, midway between Nor
rison and Golden, with his wife, Miss
Josephine Holme, daughter of Rich
ard Holme, superintendent of the
Denver Union Water company, and
Misses Della and Mary Horner, daugh-
ters of Judge j. w. Horner. when the
cloudburst occurred and the stream
quickly became a torrent. There was
no way of escape and the carriage and
food. The four women were drowned.
Mr.. Warren, bruised and bleeding,
lodged in a tree and was rescued sew
eral hours later. He is in a critical
condition. The party had been camp
ing at Judge Horner's ranch in Mount
Vernon gulch.
Mrs. Warren was a member of most
of the women's clubs in Denver and a
favorite IN the best social circles
Fears for Many Campers
1t is claimed that when Bear creek
canyon shall have been explored thor
ouphly it will be found that fully fifty
persons who were camped in it per-
ished, and much anxiety is felt In this
city among the friends of those who
were outing in the vicinity.
Fears are felt that the worst re-
mains to be told, as the storm extend
ed from Boulder to Pueblo. Central
City and many other points have not
been heard from and cannot be for
some time, as wires are down in
almost every direction, but there is no
reason to think the points mentioned
escaped the general devastation.
The Gulf and South park railroads
sustained heavy losses to tracks and
bridges. There were washouts also
upon the Sante Fe, the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Florence & Cripple
Creek.