Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-05
BIG CLOUDBURST
PLAYED HAVOC
Tied Up Trains, Autos Car
riages and Wrecks
Bridges
SANTA Re RIVER SWOLLEN
AT Cieneguilla Holds Big Motor
Car In Its Sandy
Grasp.

The big cloudburst that visited
various portions of the country around
Santa Fe, reaching its climax in many
places at p. m. yesterday played
pranks of a food, holding up traffic
in all directions, washing out rail
road beds, swelling creeks and little
rivers so that they were impossible
and making the roads so muddy that
horses attached to carriages and Wag-
ons gave out or were able with Difficult
ty to continue their journey. Even
the king of the road, the mighty tour
ing car Of thirty to fifty horse power,
felt the power of the doWnpour and
in more than one instance, the ma
chimes had to stand still.
The rush of water down the Santa
Fe canon was like a raging torrent,
black in color and troublesome in
demeanor, big bOulders crashing along
unable to withstand the streams mo-
mentum. Santa Fe Itself felt some of
the fury OF the storm and portions of
the streets were turned into miniature
canals, while the pavements looked
like duck ponds,
Santa Fe River Swollen.
The Santa Fe river which is gener
ally a placid stream, except when the
snow melts in spring, seemed to have
the spring fever yesterday as was
discovered by sightseers returning
home from the Santo Domingo dance.
At Cieneguilla, twelve miles from
Santa Fe, two automobile parties tried
to ford the stream. A leather stock
ing scout was sent out and reported
that the water was knee deep, with
treacherous sands underneath making
it difficult to gain footing. The first
automobile which attempted to cross
the stream en- route to Santa Fe had
in it Mrs George Cabot Ward and her
brother Bronson Cutting the New
Workers residing here for the sum
mer, their chauffeur William Fay and
their two guests, former Governor
Otero and Carl Lotave of this city.
Their motor made excellent headWay
and had reached withon one foot OF
the other side of the river when a
boulder was struck by one Of the
wheels, throwing Mr.. Cutting forward
and his arm touched the sparkler
which stopped the engine. The ma
chine stopped and began to sink rap
idly in the soft sand. The occupants
easily stepped to the shore while the
chauffeur and others worked in vain
to eXtricate the machine from its dan
gerous position. The machine SEEM
ed imbedded in the soft sand as
though it were cement and it could
not be made to bulge an inch.
Motor is Prisoner.
Superintendent J. E. Clark, flushed
wltn pleasure at the ease with which
his Carter car had scaled the dizzy
heights of La Bajada hill and had
ploughed through mud and water on
the way from Santo Domingo, started
to ford the stream but seeing the fate
of the motor in front of him decided
to wait until the water receded a bit.
With him were Superintendent {. j.
Crandall of the U. S. Indian SchooE
R. F. Asplund, the Rev. F. W. Pratt
and a representative of the New
Mexican Mr. Clark finally crossed
over to a small island in the center
of the river and there attached rope
to his machine and the motor that
was sinking and tugged hard to eXtri,
cate the motor car. The Carter cars
wheels, however, had no traction pow,
er, as there was nothing but mud and
water for them to turn in and after
a prolonged effort the attempt was
given up. Mr.. Clark returned to the
city and Mr.. Crandall telephoned Ter
ritorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa and
Mr.. Michaelis, an old resident in the
territory, who has been in Santa Fe
for two months. Both Mr.. Jaffa and
Mr.. Michaelis sent their touring cars
! to Cieneguilla to be Of assistance to
Mrs. Ward and her party who return
ed to the city in Mr.. Jaffa's auto, ar
irving here before midnight.
Before they started home Mr.. and
Mrs. T. 2. Winter had crossed the
river in their IS horse power Buick,
bringing with them their daughter,
Miss Helen Winter, Miss Jose Grim.
shaw and Mrs. Charles Catron and her
little daughter. Mr.. Winter said that
he had encountered no difficulty climb
ing La Bajada hill but had passed
Assistant District Attorney Charles
Catron and his party which was in
a 30-horse power Ford. Mr.. Catron's
car met with some accident to its ma
chinery climbing the hill. Rogers
Fiske, who was in Mr.. Winters party,
gave his seat to Mrs. Catron and re-
mained with Mr.. Catron, who mad IN
his party Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Levan
With Charles Hersch as chauffeur.
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