The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-10-08
FLOODS SWEPT COLORADO
TRINIDAD AND LAMAR SUFFER
THE MOST.
Several Lives Reported Lost But Can
not be VerIFed-Property Loss VIII
BE Enormous-RalIroads Suffer
Most-Water Highest In so Years,
Rio crands RACES at Alhuquerque.

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Trinidad. COl.--AlthOugh reports
continue to be circulated that several
families have been missing since the /
mood swept through the city. NO bod
les have been found and the police
officials announce that they have no
reason to believe there was any loss
Of life.
The property loss viii approximate
nearly a million dollars, being even
greater in many instances than At
first supposed.
The damage to the Colorado 4 wyO-
ming railroad Is fully $4,000. In audi
ton TO the weakening OF a s50.0Ou
bridge at Sopris. which may fall. Two
miles OF track between Sopris and Jan
sen Is gone. One thousand feet of
Santa Fe track Is in the river At Jan
sen and the bridge at Starkyilie is
gone. The Colorado & Southern rail-.
road in Riley canyon Is wrecked, "a
bridges anu 10000 ties having been
washed away.
Flood Reaches Lamar.
Lamar. Col.--The iood In the Ar
kansas river has reached here and
washed out the north approach OF
the bridge over the river at tails place.
The bottom land on the north side Is
under water. The river Is rising rapid.
~, but no further damage Is anticipat-
ed here. Telephone reports from Pow
lers, nine miles west Of Lamar, show
that the water there Is al the highest
stage known In 80 years. The entire
Powers ranch is under water and the
residents were compelled to seek safe
" on the tops Of their houses No
trains are running Floods 50 late in
the season have never before been
known.
In New Mexico.
Las Vegas, ". Nj. E. stevens and
his family. consisting OF three women
: ana a child. and the ViIloreal family
OF four are reported to have been
r drowned In the food at Watrous. The
dood damage In las Vegas Is estimat
+ ed at $4,000, and along the santa
Z Re road lines the damage amounts "a
? many thousands. All wires are down
: except one To santa Fe over the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande road.
: Wild Flood in Rio Grande Valley.
Albuquerque. n. M.-The Wild sweeT
, OF water raising the Rio Grande to the
highest point for more than q year
: has made 200 people In this vicinity
/ homeless. Barieos. a suburb. IL under
! two feet OF water and many homes
+. have been abandoned. Alameda Il
) threatened By the terrible pressure up
!. on the dam which. Il Is feared. MAJ
give way. The railroads have suRereC
: severely In the Rio Grande valley. tn,
/. santa Re Is az a stAndstiil AL through
! New Mexico. On the II PAso Drancl
there are miles Of track under water
: and approaches to two bridges ar
: gone. The branch to Deming lie ais
badly injured.
.a Later Report
!, Las vedRs, n. M.-Haf the town o
!. watrous was destroyed by the hoO'
and at least IL persons were drowned
.-mong these were the three ehildrei
OF J. T. Stevens, Peak Villierael. III
=. wife. two sisters and several chiIdren
!. Many persons were rescued from tree
Il and housetops. The greatest damAg
!, vas around the junction Of Mora an
- SapeIlo creeks. The rock cruahei
20 the great iron bridge and much trae
!. Of Watrous were washed away.
Of The Galllnas river formed q ne'
= channel hero. In the 1allinas canyo
IA the dams OF the Aqua Fura eompan
n broke. bringing a terrific food on u
4 le.,y. The MonteEuma.Hot Spring
aO track went out in many places. Ha
- q dozen bridges we're destroyed. an
;. the MontezumA lighthouses we're par
Il liz carried away. The Santa Fe los
- here Is $40, 900 lie Aqua Pura con
~ pany's loss Is $4,000. For two bioci
81 on Bridge street every business hous
J, was flooded The big nheid brio
- store was ruined and the bridge Vi
dermined. Twenty merchants esi
~ mate their loss at from $4,000 to stO'
-. each.
:, From Santa Rosa come 81 report
=, the loss OF the great iron bridge
~ tine Rock Island road and much tTac
!. Albuquerque. n. M.-Reports fro
:. the foods in the Rio Grande vail,
above and below this city are comiI
In. The towns OF Valencia and II
+, Lsutes we're practically washed aWi
ne and several hundred families rende
~ ed homeless. The river swung TO Z
east. cut a new channel and poured
torrent throuEht the two towns.
Ives we're lost.