The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
AWFUL

Of Human Lives by Dreadful CtouooursA
More than n Score of Persons Lost
A Second Flood Paraiyzes the Efforts OF
Survivors to Recover the Bodies OF the
Dead-DetaiIs of the Storm.
Terrible w~ater-Spouts in Colorado.
MORRISON, Col, July ga second
food yesterday afternoon resulted n
completely paralyzing all efforts to re-
cover the bodies of those lost in the
Friday nights flood. The people are
worn out with the excitment and labor
Of struggling amidst the rubbish
brought down the canyon By the great
wall of water which just at dark sur
prised the camping families along the
road above town.
At dark last night 26 bodies had
been recovered and identified; the
others are either buried from sight in
the sand or have been carried further
down the stream, and possibly into the
Platte river. Reports from up he
canon bring the cheering news that
non of the people there camping were
lost.
List of Dead.
Mrs. Moses Miller and three chill
dren, of Morrison.
Child of ]. C. ~Longeneeker of Nor
rison.
Thomas McGough, aged 81, of Day
ton, o.
Mrs. A. S. Proctor, SO years old.
Robert James Proctor, 5 years.
Grace Proctor, Z years.
Edith Proctor, 2 years.
Mrs. 7. F. Casey, SO years.
James Casey, IL years.
Eddie Casey, 10 years.
Mamie Casey, Z years.
Anna Casey, 5 years.
Clara Casey, 3 years.
Mrs. Anthony HERES, 81 years.
Eugene HERES, : years.
Mabel HERES, "a years.
Josephine HERES, 6 years.
Carroll HERES, 4 years.
Annie Hansen, 20 years.
Miss Della Horner.
Miss Mary Horner.
Miss Josephine Holme.
Mrs. Horace NJ. Warren, all of Den
yer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. NJ. Warren, Jr.,
who are well known in Brooklyn So
ciety, where their relatives and friends
reside, came up from Denver Friday
on the afternoon train to spend Sat
urday and Sunday at the Horner
ranch, up Mount Vernon canyon.
They were met at the station of the
Lakewood railroad at Golden by the
Misses Horner and Miss Josephine
Holme, also of Denver, and started for
the ranch. The flood overlook them,
and the four ladies were drowned.
Their bodies were found yesterday
morning, buried under brush and sand
about 200 feet from the place where
the water struck the carriage. Mr.
Warren was swept away, aud his body
was lodged in the branches of a tree,
where he was afterward found, terribly
bruised, but alive. Miss Holme was
the daughter of the manager of the
Denver Water company, and the Misses
Horner were the daughters of Judge
j. w. Horner, also of Denver.
Seventeen persons IN cabins and
tents in Bear Creek canyon, Il few
miles above town, constituted one
party. One of the Proctor children
was rescued by the heroic effort of
two young men who braved the flood
when at its highest point to save the
child. She says the water came while
they were all in the house and all
were swept away.
The Herren family became extinct.
the father and husband having died a
few months ago. The Casey family
were also in this party. Mrs. Miller
1iral ha-a han. hr,c H. ~ ha,p,r a1r-, rod
in mining, and was not at home at the
time.
The Longenecker family were up
stairs in their home when the flood
came. He saved all but one member
of his family, a little boy called Jake.