Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-21
A CLOUDBURST
IN COLORADO.
Caused the Cache la POudre River
To Overflow Its Banks and
Do Much Damage,
A MILE WIDE AT FORT COLLINS
Wreckage Of Houses aud usehOld
Goods and Dead Animals Car.
ritd Down by Flood,


denver May IA cloudpurst at the
head OF the Cache la Poudre river
caused that stream 10 oyeraow lfs
bnnl,s ana ,,.o,,r, ,.o,o,,, -,
,''' ''v'7'' ''pOi'' i'0'i'''
mere lhdloate lhat great damage has
been caused by the food The rush Of
tho nood caused tho dan, ,y,h,ch holds
lne N"toi Vi Livingston lahe % mlles
above Fort Collins, TO break, and this
added volume OF water swept down
the Cache la Poudre. practically viping
OUT the towns of Liyermore and la
Porte, respectively IA and three miles
above Fort Collins. IL Is reported that
one person was drowned at the former
place. At Fort Collins the river, which
normally Is about the width of the ay-
erage mountain river. is now over a
mile wide, and the Russian gettle-
ment. consisting of 200 families IA in-
undated.
Already a number of the frame dvol-
lings of these people have been swept
from their foundations and sent s,ylrl.
ing along with the aood. I'm several
instances the occupants were unable
to make their escape and were carried
along. 1t has not vet been learned
whether there was any loss Of life nj
Fort Collins, but A. seems safe Ia pre-
dict that there has been. Wreckage
casses OF dead animals arc being car.
cases of dead animals aare being car.
ried by Fort Collins nv fhe flood
From Greeley about g5 miles cast
OF Fort Collins comes tho information
that "A number of wagon bridges be.
tween there aud Fort Collins have been
washed away. and the Colorado a SON
thern railroad bridge AT Tlmnath. about
midway between the two towns wreck
ed, No trains will be sent ont ON TINT
line tonight.
The Colorado a. Southern from Fort
Collins 10 Greeley Is a branch line. Al
Enough the crest OF the flood has moi
Yet Jnearhed Greeley and liz moi ex.
pected until midnight. rnnchmen and
other dwellers along the bottoms are
moving TO the high ground. The Cache
la Poudre river runs through ono of
the most thlckly settled and richest
agricultural districts of Colorado. A
large norton Of the northern mart of
the state is irrigated from this stream
and n number of Immense reservoira
have been constructed for the purpose
of storing the water. should the force
of the waters rush weaken these SUI
Aciently Ia cause break and release
the stored water. the result could be
nothing but disastrous. Wire commu-
nlcation with the flooded section * fit
ful and nil tho towns along the upper
Cache IN poudre have been entirely
cut off.
The towns Of Idvermore. Beleyiew.
La Porte. wellington and portion Of
Fort Collins are under from three TO
five feet of water. and I'm some cases
the water reaches to the caves of the
houses. Five iron wagon bridges and
two railroad bridges I'm tho Vicinity of
Fort Collins have been swept away
and two miles of the Colorado a South.
ern tracks washed out. Several thou
sand acres OF beets and vegetables have
been DESTROYED. and hundreds OF head
of live stock drowned The water sys.
tenn Of the city Of Fort Collins has
been seriously damaged ana all OF the
nsnnI r S"'','s d,,o u,vD,es p o9,
,ho C,cho M ponIr ar. ~, . 1919
rgtth dastr,c,to,, A GOO, 80 ,,'n a.. c,',,
ers he noor NJ Tho snrnr Cac,nry Tho
Rnssian coiony AZ rorf roIiins co,sts,
"a ~ eoo yoorJa Ahnu, haIs 40 -,
suoceoded IN pot,ir- ~ 90 ,hnir ro Nee,
before ire good was mon then rhc
remainder howo,,er ara tor,,,nt Il,
noriinms ,os,,,or TIL. tho a,,sn III
pialniv No see, aoot,ns ahort a,,,ona
ne troos and sbo,ts asa nthos si,,,ais
~ Distress seen ond honrd ''s'''''"
A few az tho bousos bavo o,,,eroa -,
curren, of Inc river ana haon on.o o,'
down strean, and narbo,s shot.ard1
or sunk and tbeir oecu,an,s dro,,,noS
IT, 10 deeni,ei,, t,,n,,,,, re- ,I,e 49,
bave been Iost ona n,on ~, ports
and a pus.,on nhitd az ~, go Sd,,,',a
Fears arc nntortaI,ad Co., ~ easdt,,
M Chris NInson Ne We on5 a. ~hn
dren Who iiva IN tho hottnn,s baif
nile n hnyo nor, Coii,ra Thntr riiad.
n,ust he surroundo1 h,, v,o ,ar ana ,',,.o
hans submeryed posc,,e ,o,, 'io ro.,
TN readineas 90 lawn tFort roi,,,,. III,
tbe arst hrosE 90 doy mr. on,a" ~,
the Cacbo Ia po,,dro ga a,h,, st,o,,, ~.
ara duo "a boat,, ,,o,n' ,oIa,,
CROW RIVER UP,
Denver MAY 2O.-A teleuhone mes
sage 10 the Associated Press from ia
correspondent at cheyenne Wvo az
li.8O o'clock tonight savs that the Grow
river which runs throtigh Chevenne Is
running bank fuu MS a resuIt of haav,,
rains TODAY. From elght IN 10 miles ~
the main line of the Union paclec rail,
road and several miles of the roadbod n,
the Colorado q Southern railroad bave
been washed ont Several livoa nro re "