Show COLORADO CALAMITY barlous flood at central city cy by W V U telegraph to tho the col august A central centra I city special bays says the most disastrous flood in tile history of the country occurred thia this afternoon at 23 a heavy storm cloud appeared accompanied mccot acied by almost incessant thunder r ap and lightning about tho the citizens were startled by an almost unearthly roar to the tile w west cst and almost instantaneously a volume of water between beav ean and feet high camo came rushing down nevada and eureka ats taking everybody by surprise heavy quartz teams standing in the streets were overturned and carried down tho the stream like feathers largo large rocks weighing or GOO pounds were rolled along tho streets like pebbles animals and everything in tho the track of the flood were swept away in ili an incredibly short time tho the streets were cleared of people everybody body seeking shelter during the flood floo evey largo masses of debris were carried through tho the streets at the rate of 15 miles an hour tito whole length of tho the gulches from Neva nevada davillo illo on one side and the head of eureka on the other presents tonight the most desolate scene imaginable tho the roadway roa dWity is entirely destroyed dost st in in man many places laces tho tile ruta being live fhoos or six six feW feet deep deep and extending for hundreds of yards tito entire length for about three miles is is perfectly strewn with debris of every c cry kind at several points between central contral and blackhawk deoris is 13 piled 25 feet high eureka street tor for a qu quarter a arter of a milo mile ia is one mass of rocks ro ks and rubbish at on slain main st four feet of sand ig ia deposited the flood was caused by tho tile bursting of a mun rain loud cloud a mile west wc t of the city tho neural natural channel of tho tile stream beanie dimmed turning the tile water down the streets the only loss of life kuohn at it present is that of joseph arri k v liose whose body was w as found in aln kb uv iv the flood listed lasted but 20 ini minutes the ho daniago is ti mated at about half of which is sustained by highways A number of small houses were upset and washed aali away I buny residences and stores 11 flooded L an and mud and sand deposited on oil the 11 floors ours and cellars to the depth of several feet advises from idaho spring say that the storm was tho the severest ever fell felt several houses in virginia canyon w were ere carried away aw ay A year old girl was drowned nearly all tile railroad and county bridges between the forks of the creek and idaho were swept aw ay most of tho houses in tho the business part of the town were flooded and the streets damaged the dadaye damage in idaho idalio will amount to it t ia is estimated that it will take men 48 hours to repair the damage to the railroad idaho and floyd hill no trains tn ins are expected to depart or arrive in central until late tomorrow to morrow indications point to a stormy night |