Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-21
NUMBER OF PERSONS MISSING
Wall of Water Six Feet High Came
Down the Valley Carrying Every.
thing Before It.
HUNDREDS HAD MARROW ESCAPES
those Living on Greek in West Chey-
enne Had No Warning Whatever
Until the Water Was Upon Them.

cheyenne yoo May 2t-Four bodies
Of persons drown\during last nights
Hoods have been recovered. They arc.
Edith sproul
Archie Clayton.
Charles Clayton,
Harry Clayton
II Is feared there have been other
casualties as a number Of persons ara
stlll missing.
The dead were asleep IN bed when tho
flood came.
KAHN had been falling for "A hours
when the Cloudburst occurred at
o'clock. Crow creek had been running
banktul ana when the cloudburst took
place a wall Of water, six feet high
came down the valley sweeping ranch
buildings fences, corrals haystacks
and other movable articles In its path.
Five hundred people living IN the low
lands along the creek In West Cheyenne
were given'no warning whatever until
the wall Of water was upon them. MANY
had retired for the night and fed With
out their clothing, a general alarm
was sounded and hundreds VI rescuers
on horses ana In boats were soon II
work. In South Cheyenne 20O peopla
live IN the Hooded district and a num-
Der are missing.
Serious washouts have occurred
south, east ana west Of Cheyenne. and
traffic on the Union Pavli Is seriously
lmpeded. Telegraph and telephone lines
are also down. The rainstorm was the
worst known IN many years.
ESTIMATES or DAMAGE.
Fort Collins Colo, May 2l.-Estimateo
OF the damage caused by the food IN
the Cache la Poudrc valley last night
run from 81 1000 600 upwards The bend
gates OF all the irrigating bitches have
been washed away and miles Of EN-
bankments destroyed Unless repairs
can be made In time 20 save water for
lrrigatlng this year the loss will be
nearer 81 600 600 than ST. 900. 600.
one hundred and fifty houses In the
Russian settlement an the sugar fac
tory north Of this town, were destroyed
So far as asCertained only one life was
lost here. The body Of a Russian
named Strauff was found today tan
gled In the wire. Six, bridges were
washed out between Livermore ana
Fort Collins, and traffic is suspended.
The food receded rapidly at this point
today, but it Is believed that several
reservoirs are unsafe and should any
Of these go out, much further damage
viii ensue.
FLOOD REACHES GREELEY.
Greeley, Colo, May 2l.-The flood in
the Cache la pOudre river caused by a
Waterspout I'm the foothills yesterday
afternoon reached Greeley early today
The river Is running bankful and IL
three feet higher than ever before since
this town was established All bridges
north Of this place have been washed
out, Strenuous efforts are being made
to save the Union Pacihc's bridge here.
No trains have arrived since yesterday.
A close watch is being kept on the not-
sam but no bodies have yet been seen I'm
the flood. II IT'S reported that many
sheep, belonging TO the Warren Live
Stock company We're drowned In the
Lone Tree district
The Weld Cooper house, situated In
the bottoms, o. surrounded by water.
Considerable difficulty Us experienced in
keeping the food water out Of the city
pumping plant
Much debris Of an kinds Is floating on
the surface of the water. the river be-
ing q mile across. or more, and carry
ing everything before It,
city Marshal r. +. Camp took tho
precautIon 10 notify all people living
along the lowlands Of the coming NJ
the flood Had this not been done, "a
large number Of lives would have been
lost. as the bottom lands are well set.
tied
II be- rar,rtad thot ragpryolr No .
containing 500 noe 600 cubic feet OF wa
ter. has gone out and that the water
is now rushing down on New Windsor
and a portion Of Greeley, The loss in
this section viii reach 100000.
a dispatch from Windsor says that
Robert Stroude. OF Tinmarth. was
drowned last night and II is also rum
ored that 10 Russians lost their lives
near New Windsor