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Show TORRENT SWEPT Q01CM0N Cloudburst in Colorado Causes the Death of Two Members of a Picnic Party. Walls of Canyon Were Precipitous, Making Escape From Flood More Difficult. Victims Gave Their Lives to Save Others. Boulder, Colo. As the result of a cloudburst that deluged Two-Mile canyon, can-yon, north of Boulder, on Friday, Verne Carlisle, aged 13, of Robinson, Ills., and Arthur Dickerman, aged 25, of Greeley Colo., were drowned. Mrs. Vergie Abbott, of Garden City, Kans., and Zera Carlisle, of Robinson, Ills., were seriously injured. The dead and injured were members of a picnic party being entertained at a family reunion by Mrs. A. Gumaer of Boulder. When the rain began to fall the party sought shelter under a huge boulder. Presently the roar of the approaching torrent as it swept down the canyon to a depthV of two feet, was heard. The picnickers mads a wild scramble for safety. The walls of the canyon were precipitous, and it was with great difficulty that they found places of safety above the crest of the flood. Six were able to gain shelter, but in aiding their companions com-panions Arthur Dickerman and Verne Carlisle forgot themselves until too late and were swept to their deaths. Mrs. Abbott and Miss Carlisle were also caught by the flood and sustained serious injuries They were brought to the hospital here. |