Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-30
THREE DROWNED
At GALLUP
Cloudbursts That Extended
Over Entire Rocky Noun
tain Region
MUCH DAMAGE IN COLORADO
Fountain Creek Rises Ten Feet
at Pueblo and Arkansas
River Booming. 4

DeHNtI, ulN DU.-I1ulIdlt Gus Vi Cdot-
ern tourists are camping in the noun
tains and canons around Denver, Co
dorado Springs, Boulder and other
places had a narrow escape yesterday
from torrents of water that followed
the cloudburst in the hills. The noun
tain passes were flooded almost with
out warning and SO many washouts
occurred that railroad traffic on the
Denver and Rio Grande, Santa Fe and
Colorado & Southern were tied up for
hours. A torrential dOwnpour was
reported all the way from Gallup in
northwestern New Mexico well into
Wyoming. Three persons were drown
ed at Gallup by cloud burst. Pixies
Peak avenue one of the show streets
of Colorado Springs was turned into
a river for a time Thousands of dol
lars of damage was done in Buffalo
Park by a cloudburst which deluged
ry Creek became bankfull in a few
minutes, the result of a cloudburst
at Sullivan. Twenty Italian families
at Globeville were driven from their
homes by a flood which reached a
depth of ten feet for several blocks
women and children being rescued by
RATS. At Pueblo, the Fountain river
rose ten feet and the Arkansas river
seven feet but no serious damage was
done.
$4,000 Damage at Gallup.
Gallup, N. NJ, July 30.-Mrs. Juan
Lebow and two children were drown
ed in the wreck of their home near
Gallup at four o'clock yesterday after
noon by the most disastrous flood ever
experienced here. The cloud burst
just south of Gallup, sending a swirl
ing wall of water without warning
through the town.
The unfortunate woman and four
children were caught by the flood as
, it demolished their dwelling anu
, hurled it away. Two of the chill.
dren were rescued from the floating
debris in time to save their lives,
: but the two smallest were drowne
, with their mother before they coull
be given aid.
Thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty near Gallup and in the town
were lost by reason of the flood
which was probably the most disas
trous ever experienced here. The
city was in darkness last night as the
result of the electric light plant be
ing put out of commission by the
flood. The fire department station
, with all the fire fighting apparatus
+ was washed away and lost and various
= smaller buildings were damaged.
+ The cloudburst occurred in the
, head of the canyon just south of Gal
: lup and the water rushed through the
e town in a great torrent, carrying ava!
t all the bridges over the arroyo. These
t were new bridges, erected last yea
: at a considerable cost to the town
S Numerous small buildings wer'
washed away and in the business sec
ton of the town all cellars are foodet
and the lower floors of several busi
ness houses were awash with water
A spur to one of the mines is reporte'
gone. At S:15 p. NJ the flood had abat
ed, although there was still consider
able water in the west end of town
. which is the lowlying section. Mos
of the people in that section are NOV
ing out. The damage there will likel
: reach $4,000. The bodies Of Mrs
Lebow and two children were foun
and are now in the morgue just sout
of Gallup.
The cloudburst occurred On a hig
II ridge cut by two canyons half mil
apart, and the full volume of waite
from both gulches rushed through tn
town, so that the arroyo was not larg
y enough to carry it off.
Says Five Were Drowned.
Albert Witze1 yesterday afternoo
received telegram from J. G. Shut
! of Gallup stating that the heavies
:. rain ever known in Gallup fell yestel
1 day afternon and that about five pei
= pie were drowned.