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Show CLOUDBURST WRECKS C0L0HAD0 TOnS Xinc Lives Lost and Much Dam-ago Dam-ago Done io Property Near Trinidad. TRINIDAD. Colo., Aug. 2I.-A cloudburst cloud-burst ln tho vicinity of Rhodo canyon, through which ordinarily a .small stream of water runs, converted tho canyon Into a raging torrent tonight, which swept Ihrouch the towns of Berwlnd mid Tn-basco Tn-basco wrecking everything in its path ami drowning at least, nine persons. I he property loss Is estimated at hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollare. suffered mostly by tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company and the Colorado & Southern Railway company. The former compn.nv una mines and coke ovens scattered ail along between tho two mining towns of Berwlnd and Tobasco, and although thev were situated mostly out of reach of the llood, the tramways connecting the different dif-ferent properties of the companv were practically all wrecked and the loss ln this particular will be Immense. The railroad rail-road company had a line running up the canyon and the roadbed was nearly completely com-pletely washed away. Communication Cut. n Is Impossible to get nccurato news of tne loss of life and property tonight, rpr the reason that communication with tne stricken towns Is constantly being interrupted in-terrupted by the storm, which still con-t con-t nues. Belief parties havo gone from this city and neighboring towns, but cannot reach the canyhn for several hours, as the sixteen miles of distance lying between is deluged. From all directions arc coming reports ..th.c disastrous effects of the storm, which enveloped Trinidad and tho territory terri-tory adjacent for miles but no further oss of life tlmn at Bcrwind and Tobasco has yet been reported. |