Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-11 | Page 3 | Denver Flood Takes 2 Lives

DENVER DEN VER FLOOD TAKES 2 LIVES Receding Recoding Waters in Six Rivers Leave Trail of Damage Close to Million DENVER Sept 11 W IP Receding flood waters in six streams of the Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver area left a toll of two dead today possibly three missing and nd property damage which authorities said will reach close to The dead are Mrs Elizabeth James 86 and her old 9 grandson Benny James Jame who were caught when a wail wal of ot wa water r four feet deep struck the farmhouses in which they were asleep Two boys unidentified were vere reported reported re re- rc- rc ported to have been in a car which plunged Into the Platte river after skidding on a highway The report could not be verified by authorities who believed it was erroneous A farmer was reported to have been drowned south of ot Littleton but this likewise was unsubstantiated Six towns including Denver were damaged by the flood At only one place Englewood was the loss serious The others are arc Idledale and Morrison on Bear creek Littleton on ott the Platte river and Welby northwest of ot Denver Den ver on the Platte Platta They are in an area approximately 50 miles long and 20 miles wide Cloudbursts which started Saturday afternoon and continued continued con con- until last night filled Clear Dry Cherry and Bear creeks to overflowing over over- flowing All empty Into the Platte river and their combined output sen sent the larger stream on a rampage A huge gully was washed in the main street of Englewood and three buildings collapsed 75 basements were flooded at Denver and extensive damage was done to crops north ol of here Authorities said it was miraculous that the entire James family was not drowned They had been living in improvised buildings on on a farm southeast southeast southeast south south- of while c being being be be- east here the house was ing repaired Mrs James was torn from the grasp of her granddaughter Frances James 20 who sought to pull the aged woman to safety on a rafter in the cow shed The boy Benny was washed away way from a bed in jn the barn in which he was sleeping In another dairy barn the mother of ol the James children stood on a milking stool holding her year old baby Betty Lou aloft in her arms while the water swirled up to her waist Two other children Mabel 14 and Edith 5 also stood od on milk stools and saved themselves from drowning