The Glenwood post., 1907-07-13
A CLOUD BURST
WALL OF WATER RusHEs DOWN
CLEAR CREEK CANON.
PASSENGER TRAIN HELD UP
Worst Flood for Many Years, but No
Lives Are Lost as On Former
Occacions.

Golden, Colo-Not since 1896 has
Golden had such big flood as came
Gown Clear creek shortly after 8
O'clock the evening of July 9th. Con-
siderable damage was done in the city
snd to the ranches in the Clear creek
bottom
The food originated from a cloud
burst In the mountains near Black
Hawk and swept everything in it's path
Cntil ii reached Roscoe, at the head OF
the old placer works on Clear creek,
where 1t was augmented by another
tood coming down the gulch at 1T
point.
When the water came out of the
canon just west of Golden it was like
solid wall, between ten and fifteen
leet high. carrying logs, whole trees,
railroad ties and other debris in the
first rush.
In the city the water was so deep
ibat 1t overflowed the creek banks and
rlade new course for itself down
Eleventh street, doing considerable
damage. Although no buildings were
washed away, all the houses on the
lower side of the street were flooded
with three or four feet of water and
h''o' Vi Vic Vi llt Io"eT
stories was practically ruined.
The water also got into the store
buildings on Ford street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth. The people n
that part of town were compelled to
leave their homes and seek higher
ground.
The south approach to the iron
fridge on Washington avenue was
washed away, letting that end of the
sridge drop into the creek. Shortly
'efore it fell it was crowded with peo-
lie, but the cracking of the timbeis
ind braces gave them warning, SO that
al got off
The Ford street bridge was com
Nietely submerged at one time, but i.
Is still! standing, although greatly
weakened and covered with debris.
The Colorado & Southern railway
tracks in the canon are badly washed
sut and it will probably be several days
before trains can be run to mountain
towns.
The passenger train called the
Mount Mcclellan special, which is due
here at 6:OS p. m, is stalled at Forks
Creek station, as also is the George.
town freight.
The passenger train for Black Hawk
vas stalled at Cottonwood and Con
tuctor Pete Reed walked to Black
Hawk, five miles, to report and get
provisions to take back for his passen
gers, who were camping in the cars.
Railroad men say they now believe
there will be more damage from the
tracks being covered than from wash
cuts.
1t is reported that in one place on
the Black Hawk line the track is Gov
eied from ten to fifteen feet deep with
dirt and rock for distance of nearly
zoo feet.
The first damage to the track is
about mile west of Golden, near the
mouth of the canon, and it is impos-
sible to state to what extent the ra.l-
read company has suffered, but there
must be several miles of track, more or
less, washed out further up the canon
III the narrower places where the road
bed is low.
The gardens along the creek below
Golden have suffered to u considerable
extent.
The last big flood in Golden was in
the evening of July "a, 1906. At that
time several people were drowned and
the railway tracks were washed out So
badly that the mountain towns above
here We're without train service for
t3ore than month.