Show TEN DROWNED IN CLOUDBURST IN NEW MEXICO Terrific Storm Washes Out Railroad Tracks and Cuts Off All Communication DETAILS OF DISASTER CANNOT BE LEARNED MAN IN SALT LAKE HEARS OF DEATHS OF THREE OF HIS FAMILY 0 Ten persons were drowned In the floods which followed the cloud cloudburst cloudburst cloudburst burst at i Isom N M yesterday and an l among them were the wife laughter daughter and brother of or J 3 J W Wenger commercial agent of or the Illinois Central railroad at Cairo xii Ill who was In Salt Lake on his vacation Mr Wenger took the first train to the scene of or the dis disaster disaster aster A A Wenger an Ogden real estate man is another brother of J 1 w IV V Wenger O Trinidad Colo Cole Aug A flood In inthe tho the Cimarron river following a cloud cloudburst cloudbUrst burst washed away a number of or dwell dwellings dwellIngs ings In s at Folsom N M If last night and fifteen persons are arc repotted to have boon been b en drowned Twelve bodies have havo been recovered Two mba mH s of ot tracks and nd twelve bridges on the Colorado Southern r were washed out Trains will be bo laid out ort hours The Dead The Tho Th known dead at Folsom are areD areD areD D B enger Mrs Irs JW LW J W Wenger Miss Daisy Miss Lucy Creighton T W IV V Wheeler I MiS T W V Wheeler Three Wheeler children Mrs Mn Rooke T W Wheelers whose name flame could not be learned Meager advices received here today say Fa tat the entire city was swept by bythe byth bythe the th floods caused by the cloudburst Many 01 an houses were swept away com corn completely and nearly every house In the town was damaged to some extent The advices say searching parties have havo been formed and that It is ex expected many more bodies will be found before night Folsom Is in the northeastern part of or orN New N Mexico near Raton Baton on the Santa SantaFe Jc Fe e road Its elevation Is about feet teet and it is constantly In danger or of floods which sweep down from the sur surrounding surrounding rounding mountains whenever there Is Isn Isn Isa n a cloudburst or heavy rain in the hills A local undertaking firm today received R a message m from Folsom ordering six cof coffins tins fins for persons drowned there Folsom is s miles milts south of or Trinidad on the Colorado ft Southern railroad The town Is reported to have been beer badly damaged by the flood but hut direct t wires are down and details are arc lacking Tracks Are Washed Out OutOn Outon On tn the Colorado Southern railroad In IntIle Inthe tJ the tIle vicinity of Trinidad forty fort mlle mIle of here herl twelve small bridges and several hundred feet of track have been washed away Wires Ires are arc down and northbound passenger No o 1 I from Fort Worth to Denver due here at has not been heard from since S a n m mOn mOn mOn On the tho Santa Ft Fl east and west t Trini Trinidad Trinidad dad the track is badly damaged m rn several places Much damage was done to the road on Raton Baton mountain by h land and rock Between here and La Ia Junta it Is reported considerable track Is la washed out The streets street of ot Trinidad were wore flooded and the foundations of ot a few buildings weak weakened weakened weakened ened The heaviest rain ever ev or known here hert cov cow covering cowering ering ring a wide scope of country countr fell during the night and In consequence the tho town is practically cut off of from communication with the tho outside world orld by railroad today toda All roads running Into the city report considerable damage Citizens of Folsom N K M lf 3 are dazed avee the result of ot the awful flood which wT read pread death and ana destruction last mid midnight night and anything like accurate details arc are Impossible Imposible at this time owing to in interruption Interruption to wire communication Cas Casualties Casualties unIties are variously various estimated at Iron from 13 33 to 25 Folsom had about OO and was built on both sides of ot the t Cimarron m arron which Is dry d except on occasions of heavy rainfall A wall willi oC ot water came down the canyon canon while the In Inhabitants inhabitants habitants slept The Wenger and Wheel Wheeler er houses were completely wrecked Sew Sev Several Se Sewera eral cral era other houses and stores were par partially partially partially wrecked and many man persons had nar narrow narrow narrow row escapes when swept from their beds bed Several SevraI bodies were found fifteen miles down the stream Railroad traffic can cannot cannot cannot not be resumed for tor hours hour ow owing O ing lug to the track and several bridges being washed out WENGER IN SALT S L T LAKE Receives News of Deaths of His Fam Family Family ily By While Here Like a bolt from a clear sky J S W Wenser Wenger enser commercial agent alent of ot the Illinois Central railroad at Cairo Ill III yesterday afternoon received 1 the news that his wife I daughter and brother had been drowned Jn In n the floods following a cloudburst at Kolsom N M 1 Mr Ur Wenger who was In Salt Lake on his vacation was strolling through the streets Passing Passin the Illinois Central office In the Judge building he de tIe decided decided to drop In There he was handed a telegram telling the awful story of the cloudburst He reeled as he ho read the message messa e and clutched at the counter to avoid mold falling Continued on Page 2 Z I TEN DROWNED IN CLOUDBURST IN NEW MEXICO Continued from Page 1 to the floor The blow was so unexpected that for tor a time Mr Ir Wenger was stunned and speechless As s soon floon as he could conquer his emo emotion emotion emotion tion he hurried away awa ot arrange for his departure for the scene of the disaster As Mr Ir relatives did not know where to reach him with the tho terrible tid tia tidings ings Ins they the wired his brother who lives In Ogden The latter forwarded the message to the tho Illinois ls Central office In Salt San Lake knowing that Mr r Wenger enger would call there while In Salt Lake |