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Show Damage by Flood Is Enormous In Weld and Larimor Counties, Colo., Two Million Dollars Will Not Pay Eoss. I DENVER, May 21. The flood In the Cache La Pou'dre valley, caused by the water spout In the foothills foot-hills yesterday afternoon, reached Its height at Grcclej' between 9 and 11 o'clock this morning. The only life lost so far as yet known Is Robert Strouss, who was drowned near Tlngmath. A number df people are missing and owing ow-ing to condition of the roods and washing wash-ing out of bridges It is impossible as yet to ascertain whether or not they lost their lives. Dozens of bridges were washed out between Greeley and Windsor and between be-tween Fort Colling and Llvermore. The railroad bridge north of Greeley Is still standing, but for a dlstanco of 100 rods the embankment under the Union Pacific Pa-cific tracks are washed out, leaving the rails without support. The Colorado Southern management reports that It will be Tuesday or Wednesday Wed-nesday before traffic ain oe resumed, owing to the damage done to the tracks. Estimates of the damage caused by the flood ln the Cache La Poudre valley val-ley last night run from 51,000,000 upwards. up-wards. The head gates of all the Irrigating Ir-rigating ditches have been washed away and miles of embankments destroyed. de-stroyed. UnlesB repairs can be made in time to save water for Irrigating this vear the loss will be nearer $2,000,000 than $1,000,000. One hundred and fifty houses in the Russian settlement at the sugar factory fac-tory north of Fort Collins were destroyed. de-stroyed. So far as ascertained, only one life was, lost there. The body of a Russian named Strauff was found today to-day tangled ln a wire. Six bridges were washed out between Liycrmorc and Fort Collins and trafllc is suspended. |