Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-07
FLOODS SWEPT COLORADO
TRINIDAD AND LAMAR SUFFER
THE MOST.
Several Lives Reported Lost But Can
not be Verified properly Loss VIII
BE Enormous-RalIroads Suffer
Most-Water Highest In 30 Years.
Rio crande RACES at Albuquerque.

Trinidad, Col.--Although reports
continue to be circulated that several
families have been missing since the
food 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 will approximate
nearly a million dollars, being even
greater in many instances than at
first supposed.
The damage to the Colorado & Wyo-
ming railroad is fully $4,000, in addi-
tion to the weakening of $4,000
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 Starkville is
gone. The Colorado & Southern rail-
road In Riley canyon is wrecked. "a
bridges anu 10000 ties having been
washed away.
1000 Hedcues Lamar
Lamar, Col.-The food in the Ar
kansas river has reached here and
washed out the north approach OF
the bridge over the river at this place.
The bottom land on the north side is
under water. The river is rising rapid
ly. but no further damage is anticipat-
ed here. Telephone reports from Pow
ers, nine miles west of Lamar, show
that the water there Is at the highest
stage known In 80 years. The entire
Powers ranch is under water and the
residents were compelled to seek safe
ty on the tops Of their houses. No
trains are running. Floods SO late in
the season have never before been
known.
In New Mexico.
Las Vegas, N. MI. e. Stevens and
his family. consisting of three women
and child, and the Villoreal family
of four are reported to have been
drowned in the flood at Watrous. The
flood damage in Las Vegas is estimat-
ed at $4,000, and along the Santa
Fe road lines the damage amounts to
many thousands. All wires are down
except one TO Santa Fe over the Den
yer q Rio Grande road.
Wild Flood ii Rio Grande Valley.
Albuquerque, N. M.-The wild sweep
Of water raising the Rio Grande to the
highest point for more than a year
has made 200 people in this vicinity
homeless. Barleos. q suburb, is under
two feet Of water and many homes
have been abandoned. Alameda is
threatened by the terrific pressure up
on the dam which, 1t is feared, may
give way. The railroads have suffered
severely in the Rio Grande valley. The
Santa Fe Is at a standstill all through
New Mexico. On the El Paso branch
there are miles of track under water,
and approaches to two bridges are
gone. The branch to Deming is also
badly injured.
Later Report.
Las Vedas, N. M.--Half the town of
Watrous was destroyed by the flood
and at least IL persons were drowned.
-mong these were the three children
Of ]. e. Stevens. Fellx villierael. his
wife. two sisters and several children.
Many persons were rescued from trees
and housetops. The greatest damage
was around the junction of Mora and
Sapello creeks. The rock crusher,
The great iron bridge and much track
1t Watrous were washed away.
The Gallinas river formed a new
channel here. In the 1allinas canyon
the dams Of the Aqua Pura company
broke. bringing terrific food on the
cl,y. The Montezuma-Hot Springs
track went out in many places. Half
. dozen bridges were destroyed, and
the Montezuma lighthouses we're part
" carried away. The Santa Fe loss
here is $4,000. Tie Aqua Pura COM
pany's loss is $4,000. For two blocks
On Bridge street every business house
was flooded. The big Ilfeld brick
store was ruined and the bridge I'M
dermined. Twenty merchants esti-
mate their loss at from $4,000 to $4,000
each.
From Santa Rosa come sa report of
the loss of the great iron bridge of
tne Rock Island road and much track.
Albuquerque. N. M.-Reports from
the foods in the Rio Grande valley
above and below this city are coming
In. The towns OF Valencia and Los
Lentes were practically washed away
and several hundred families render
ed homeless. The river swung to the