Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-28
SANTA FE n. M, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2S 1897.
before the fate of their occupants can be

| before the fate of their occupants can be
learned.
Many persons claim to have seen others
drowned. 1t will be impossible to find
the bodies before weeks have passed, as
everything is swept into the Cimarron
river two miles away. The Cimarron
river is from one to two miles wide.
The wagon bridge has gone out and it
is feared that the newly com pleted steel
bridge of the Santa Fe railway ls weak
ened. The tracks are submerged and all
traffic abandoned. Small railway bridges
in all directions have been washed out.
The losses in Guthrie will reach thousands
Of dollars. The disaster equals the
Chandler tornado for terrible suddenness
NINE PEOPLE DROWNED.
Wichita, Kas.-A special from Guthrie,
0. T., to the Beacon says: At 10 O'Clock
fro m the food nine people were seen to
drown, two women and child were car
ried away on bridge, one man and two
women were on house roof when it went
to pieces, andthey perished. As there is
no communication it was absolutely i'm
possible to get their names: Scores
are missing. Many buildings are still
going down. A girl who mad been on
reach tree for hours, just gave up. and
fell into the water. Hundreds of men
are building boats at the lumber yards.
Gus Platt and George Willis swan the
main current, cut fiat boat. from
the moorings and saved seven people. 1t
is believed that many caught in bed in
the small houses are drowned. The big
Cimarron bridge is gone. Immense
damage has been done to the country.
Skeleton creek has washed away scores of
farm houses, and several people were
drowned.
FIFTY PEOPLE DROWNED.
Wichita, Kas.-A special to the Beacon
from Guthrie reports that at 8 a. M, not
less than 80 persons have been drowned
in the flood there. One woman with
babe on her head was seen to 60 under.
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
Guthrie, O. T.-Rumors OF an appalling
loss of life in the floods are in circulation,
some placing the pumber of dead at one
to two hundred. While it is believed that
the above estimate is exaggerated. grow
ing indications are, that the previous
estimates of dead have been conservative.
The water caught many people asleep,
and they were instantly drowned, or
thrown on the waves to fight for their
lives as best they could.
SOME OF THE DROWNED.
St. Louisa special to the Post Des-
patch says: Among the drowned are:
Mrs. Ella Dumas, six members of the
Clemmons family, George W. Estes, Mrs.
James Watt, Mrs. J. W. Montgomery,
Joseph Lilly and Jos Thornton are sup
posed to have perished. An unknown
white man, wife and children, foated
down the river on house which had
toppled over, and drowned them. Of six
boats sent across the inundated districts,
tour capsized. More are being built to
hid in the rescue.
HEAVY RAIN STORM.
Kansas City.--A Star dispatch from
Abilene says that heavy rain storm pre-.
Vails in that vicinity, but nothing more
serious.
DAMAGE FROM FLOODS.
King Fisher, o. T.--Hardly had the
streams and lowlands of this city returned
TO their normal condition from Saturdays
terrific rains before they were again
Hooded higher than ever, by a cloudburst,
which washed bridges out, and carried
great trees, houses, fences, and everything
portable down stream. Several persons
Ire reported drowned. Large numbers Of
stock perished.
A SMALL TORNADO.
Solomon, Kas.-A small tornado passed
ust west of here at 10 O'Clock this morn
ng. Telegraph poles we're blown down
lcross the tracks. No other damage is
eported. Heavy wind is also reported at
Jawker City.
THE FLOOD AT PERRY.
Perry.-A flood visited this section
asst night. The Santa Fe railroad was
BADLY damaged, by numerous washouts.
south of here, four miles of track were
Washed away. The bridge over the Cim-
IRON river is vnsafe. Train service of
very direction is stopped. In this city
he streets are filled with water. Much
lamage in the low land is reported.
NOTHING DEFINITE KNOWN.
Kansas Oity.-Absolutel nothing def
lite has been received here of the tor
laao said to have occurred between Salina
md Abilene, Kas. The wires have been
'adly crippled by the storm, but nothing
more positive than this is known. Wealth
r Observer Connor said: "The occur
ence Of tornado in any portion of Kansas
lp to this time is extremely improbable"
Colonel PaytOn Dead.
Haddonfield, N. j., April 2S.-Colonel
esse E. Payton, known as the "Father of
he Centennial" died today. He was
orn at Marysvills, Ky., in 1915.
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