Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-23
COUNTRY NORTH OF DENVER
SUFFERS FROM HEAVY
CLOUDBURST

| DENVER, May 31.--Fonr OF the bod
les OF the persons who were drowned
during the flood of last night have
been recovered. They are:
EDITH SPRCUL
ARCHIE CLAYTON.
CHARLES CLAYTON.
HARRY CLAYTON.
II Is feared that there have been
other casualties as a number of per.
sons are still missing. The dead so
far recovered are children. and resld-
ed at the foot of Wet Sixteenth
street near the river with their par
ents. They were asleep In bed when
the Hood came and were unable to get
out.
Rain had been falling for "a hours
when the cloUdburst occurred at o..
clock. Crow creek has been running
bank fun. and when the cloudburst
took place wall of water six feet
high came down the valley. sweeping
ranch buildings. fences. corrals. hay
stacks and other movable articles In
its path
Five hundred people living In the
iowlands along the creek In West
Cheyenne were given no warning
whatever until the wall of water was
r'cn them. Many had retired for the
nj sht and fled without their clothing
A general alarm was sounded and
hundreds of rescuers on horses and In
boats were soon at work. In South
Cheyenne 200 people live In the Hood
ed district, and number OF these are
missing
Serious washouts have occurred
south, east and west OF Cheyenne and
traffic on the Union Pacific Is seriously
impeded. Telegraph and telephone
lines are also down. The rainstorm
was the worst known In many years.
Serious washouts have occurred on
the railroads In every direction and
traffic is seriously impeded. The tel
egraph and telephone lines are all
down.
FORT COLLINS. Colo. May 2l.--
One life lost and 81 100000 worth of
damage to property is the result of
the great food which swept down the
Cache la Poudre valley from the head
of Cache la Poudre river near Liver
more to Fort Collins yesterday after
noon and evening.
The flood was the worst In the his.
tory of northern-central Colorado. and
unless the widespread damage inflicted
upon the irrigation systems can be
repaired Immediately. the loss to Lar
inner and Weld counties through lack
of irrigation Will reach the $4,000 900
mark
The blow Is a stunning one to this
section of the state and II was not
until this morning that the full import
OF yesterdays terrible visitation was
realized. The valley for miles north
| west and to the east Ii vost scene
of ruin and desolation. Dead carcascs
of livestock are seen everywhere, as
well as wrecked houses that were pick
ed up and carried down the torrential
Cache la Poudre when the flood was at
It's height Thousands Of people are
patrolling up and down the stream
| looking for missing friends and neigh
bors who are supposed to have been
drowned in the avalanche OF water
which swept down with the force of
a cyclone, carrying everything before
IT,
The wall OF water. when II struck
the outskirts OF Fort Collins. Is esti'
mated to have been from 10 to 20 feet
high, completely submerging the
bridges across the stream and carry
ing them away as though they were
made of pastaboard.
Six bridges at Fort Collins were
washed out. The Linden street siruc
| ture Is so badly damaged that II is use
less today and only the new bridge Is
open for traffic.
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