Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-09
TOWN FLOODED
BY CLOUDBURST
NORTHWESTERN STATES ARE
MUCH WORRIED
SEVERAL DEATHS REPORTED IN
pELUeED DISTRICTS
Colorado and South Dakota Suffer
Most Serious Damage from lnun-
dation-Freight Train Sub
merged, but Escapes
rBy Associated Press.l

DENVER, June S.-A cloudburst at
Underwood, S. D., on the Pierre and
Rapid City branch of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad flooded the town
today to a depth of four feet and dam
aged thousands of dollars worth of
property according to dispatches re-
ceived in Denver.
Several fatalities are reported. Be-
cause of the heavy rains in all direc-
tions the Rapid City section of the
Black Hills country is almost cut OF
from railroad communication
A Chicago & Northwestern freight
train that passed Underwood just
after the cloudburst was surrounded
by water between Underwood and Box
Elder, but ran through to Wasta with
out mishap.
Floods due to heavy rains, cloud
bursts and melting snow continues to
cause damage in many sections of sew
eral states
Four lives have been lost in swollen
streams and much destruction of prop
erty caused in the past twenty-four
hours in Colorado.
The Grand Junction water system is
threatened by tremendous flood in
the Grand and Gunnison rivers AMI
other enterprises there face heavy
damage.
LowIands Flooded
Around Greeley the lowlands and be-
ing flooded by a sudden rise in the
Cache la Poudre river. Yesterday
evening a dam southeast of this city
burst from the weight of flood waters
and the freed water swept through the
lower portions of the suburban town
of Englewood, causing considerable
damage.
A telephone message warned the peo-
pie of the approaching torrent and
they had ample time to protect all
property that could be removed.
In the neighborhood of Limon, ninety
miles south of here, cloudburst yes
terday changed the Big Sandy from n
dry bed to a roaring river, flooding
many farms in the low sections.
Walter West and Ethel Alexander
were drowned while trying to ford the
stream. The breaking of a cable
anchoring a ferry boat in the Grand
river at Sulphur Springs, precipitated
four persons into the raging stream
and Jake Tyndall and Thomas Will
liams. the latter years old, were
drowned. Young Williams father,
Robert Williams. barely escaped with
his life while trying to rescue his son.
The Grand river is the highest in
years.
Damage Extensive
Flood waters in the streams of
Wyoming also caused many thousand
dollars damage to crops, and delayed
r-,ilroad traffic throughout both states.
1t is reported from Greeley, Colo, that
the Cache la Poudre river rose six in
ches today, flooded a large acreage
planted in beets and vegetables The
water is flowing over the Colorado &
Southern tracks below FIT. Collins and
Greeley, and all through trains over the
Union Pacific between Omaha and
Cheyenne were run over the Julesburg
short line to avoid washouts on the
main line.
Farmers living in the low lands near
Greeley are leaving their homes and
many are compelled to use boats as
a means of transportation.
From Laramie. Wyo.. 1t is announced
that both the Big and Little Laramie
rivers are in flood and that the farms
upon their banks have suffered da-
mage. Many bridges on the Big
Laramie are unsafe
From Cheyenne comes the report
that the Union Pacific railroad has suf-
fered the most serious loss in years
between Smeed and Bushell, Neb.