The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10
FLOOD WRECKS THE
TOWN Of CAL|ENTE
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Property Destroyed, but
No Lives Lost.
RESIDENTS HAVE FOOD AND
CLOTHING: SHORT ON FUEL
Details of the Calamity Which
Devastated That Part of
Nevada.

Ever since the food which swept
down Meadow Valley Wash on Satur-
day morning, January !, which put
tho Salt Lake Route out of commission,
details regarding the extent Of the
damage to Caliente have been difficult
tu obtain On Sunday The Tribune
received copies of a special bulletin
edition of the Cslientc Prospector
dated January :, which gives the fol
lowing account of the flood which
wrecked the town. Says the Prospcc-
tor:
What the Prospector Says.
Ou the 10Th day OF February. 1907. a
heavy food washed out much track near
Cal;eutc The damage was repaired ana
trains Just resumed when on the oth OF
March another and heavier volume OF
water destroyed the temporary work and
much additional roadway. But IN no
"ay was that flood any comparison 10
tho ono OF January l and =
The food Just past began ea3ly SatuI-
daN morning. induced by the henNT RAIN
Inc waters had reached tho danger point
and continued rising until 2;3p H. m
Sunday morning, when tney oettm s,ao- s,.it,
hogan falling aud continued la;l hon-
dav evening Many families began nov
iuG rom houses in tho pats 81 ile n"co
carly 81 turday and meE Win teams
established rescue corps aud hauic4
women and children To higher parts nt
away when the horses were cut loose
ana the depth Of water compelled the
rcsCuers To rest.
Efforts to Blow Up Bridge.
Early in The day efforts were. made
90 blow out ,hc branch track hridEe.
Al. NO,
ed the structure and turned the water
through the ccuicr Of tho Town For
tunatclv tho row of COMPANY npuSss were
tied with Iron bolts "a "c'dcds tolnhl-
tinuS and the water could lI"t girV" these,
although tho first floors cf many were
filed With uaud and water, raining zach
Somc OF The houses directly in The
path of Ihc current We" hadly niShcurcd
the night the Piochc tracks, ~erc lifted
on the current and thrown across the
y>,ar - oii, row who're they helped
rorm u nreakNatcr; NJ thr sJme time
washed away, leaving the whole struc-
turc badly dismaniled wreck. Many
small buildings were nycl from their
foundation. outhousos sud closets bobbcd
away on tho tide like acE5helf-.
People Almost Frantic.
Nbou, midnight an engine WAS stalled
a Cnc tauk aud began 10 die. tuc Whis-
Tie valve dropped and for half hod'
ing sounds Of ihc night. AdGcd TO this.
some lt1iian3 hogan shooting. II is no
wonder that men, were driven ulrHost
frantic trying tu quiet hyst"r,cal women
and children
Freight train No. 81 MAS ,aUghL about
thirty miles below town a1I was g1lScu
Ia tho food two cars Of horses Lcin.
drowned. Eastbound passenger train No
/ wns stopped tivc miles cas- on high
around. where st remained until after the
Hood
Though tho property loss Is great. all
consider il fortunate tina no lives were
lost. and the only injury %a5 a Mexican.
who WAS blown M thy ,iyit: mite. which
might have happened anyway.
Guarding Fuel Supply
Division Foreman Ncnhsrt has issued
Instructions that company coal shall br
supplied 10 women and families whose
husbands are absent from :'slian:e and
I" no others. There Is plenty of DRIFT
wood available for Others.