| Show heavy floods the denver deaver news ot of june I 1 jives gives the following account ot of the moods floods along the D B R G the first tram train since last friday arrived in pueblo this thia evening from la veta and passengers bring reports of an all immense damage by water it rained all the last three days of last week and a foot of snow abow fell on the higher ranges wide stretches of the denver ind and rio klo grande track were washed out on both sides of vets veta pass A boston excursion train was caught in the pass and has been there three da days a supposed to be at placer out neither A wagons nor cars can reach them the toll road is ruined and I 1 it will take to repair it eight miles of track must be laid between betwee niA IA vets veta andA lamosa before trains can reach san luis late valley great destruction ensued along the whole course of the huerfano Huer fano river elver whole ranches were washed away or covered with quicksand and many acres of crops washed out oat one rean man lost seventy live five acres of land in a body numbers of people were driven out of their homes and are camped in temporary habitations many bridges along the Huer huerfano fano were earned carried away and the only good bridge on the river now stands a quarter of a mile from the stream it having changed its if channel the baal aid choir of thirty mem bers ers of unit ual y elsa igo and 2000 people peo 1 1 were prevented from attending rh the memorial services at walsenburg on OB decoration day by the heavy flood in the Ca cachares Cac charas naras river liver which has totally demolished the treading and bridge of the colorado coal and iron company at the walsen and cameron mine this is the heaviest good flood the inhabitants of the Cue haras valley have ever seen and at this writing the bridge at walsenburg and the houses in the lower part of the camp at the mines are threatened john cameron general superintendent of the colorado coal and iron company is superintending super intending the work of saving the banks from utter destruction st and trying to save the engine house and camp the switches four in number are badly broken anz and the banks still cutting people in the lower part of camp have everything packed lor for hasty tight three hundred men inen are thrown out eat ot of employ ment |
