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Show STORM IN COLORADO. Great Damage Done by Cloudbursts and Lightning. Donvcr. Cloudbursts and lightning did considerable damage In this section sec-tion of tho stale on Sunday. In Denver a wall of wntor ton feet high enmo down Dry creek, In tho western part of tho city, carrying away foot bridges nnd damaging the bridge or tho Denver & Intorniountaln railroad. Two boys 8 years old woro fishing under tho brldgo and woro rescued res-cued with difficulty. In Uoublur n wayy of wator bIx feet high enmo out of Sunshlno canyon and spread ltsolf over Poarl street and other streets In that city. A mile of the Sunshine railroad was destroyed de-stroyed nnd considerable damage was done in tho city. At Florence a cloudburst in Oak creek undermined a big brldgo nt llockvnlo. A heavy storm destroyed telephone connection betwoen Florence Flor-ence and Pueblo, Fay Powers, aged 17, was killed by lightning near Colorado Springs. Tho Carneglo library In this city wns struck by a bolt during tho storm, but no dnmugo was reported. |