Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-21 | Page 1 | Six People Drown at Cheyenne

SIX PEOPLE DROWN AT CHEYENNE 1 If I I X n II ETBNNK. Wyo., May 20.-Slx lives arc known to have been lost and property damago to a large amount la the n- X 'i' l I , T "tori noou ln 1,10 Crow rlvcr' which runs through this city. Tho flood w as caused by unusuallv heavy rains The 14, I IH 1 V H?MnC? iirc" Two Clayton children, Private Hughes of tho Thirteenth artillery and two men." a woman and a t l,V 1 IH f cnim whose names havo not been learned Several ranchers living along tho rlvcr arc also reported lost. X 1 ' ' ' The river In Chcycnno has spread out over tho lower sections, flooding tho dwellings and business houses. Tho Ii' i f lengthy embankment on which runs tho Union Pacific trucks has boon plorccd In two places. This embankment Is holding X I I l" f ' the Hood and water has accumulated to a depth of twenty licet and extending over a spaco two miles wldo and several X I 'f!n ' '' i. miles In length. The orienlngs In tho embankment nrc not large enough to carry of tho water and tho pressure against, T I ''fci IH f tho embankment is llablo to cause other breaks. 'M ! X Tho Union Pacific tracks at Buford. twenty-six miles west of Cheyenne, aro washed out ln many places. Two of that H i'l' ' ' I J. company's bridges havo gone out and Its tracks have been weakened on the lino between Chcycnno and Grooloy Colo X B J ' IHVJ H H M I M HjHHHW HI I I I I I I I 4. j H j' , , 'jH