Show THE city of pueblo under water ruin and devastation on every hand floods all colorado in the northwest much damage done pueblo colo may 31 the rain fall over eastern colorado the past thirty six boure is the heaviest ever known in parts it exceeds five inches the flood here wis the worst ever experienced perien ced the arkansas has broken the leyier in six places A sea covers a area of three quarters of a mile square in the city and the water has rifen first floors in the build ikpe hundreds of men in boats are the families and goda no loss of life ia reported ane five rail roads in the city are tied up owing to washouts wa shouts landslides and wrecked bridges the communication north is cut off as the wires are all down denver may 31 communication with pueblo is cut oft all wires being down it is known that many business bouses and the union depot are under two feet of water no loss of life is reported no train are running west or south owing to was bouts or land elides A cave in in the II agerman tunnel on the colorado midland is reported bow it is not known five spans of 1 the santa fe railroad bridge over the arkansas river at nedesta nepesta are gone it is feared that the whole bridge will be destroyed desti oyed the bridge on alie rio grande twenty five miles west of baeb lo 10 is washed away large washouts occurred on both the rio grande and colorado midland between colorado springs and manitou are reported the BITT vancouver B 0 may 31 the fra river is still rising and the indications are that the flood will iw even more disastrous than the great flood of 1882 abo river lias already risen within fight inches of the hien water mark of that great inundation though the whole valley ie under water the fraser having spread out into a vast lake the tide is crawling up at the rate of an inch every three hours at westminster the river wharves are submerged many cabins along the water front have floated off on the many poor families have lost all their belongings points further up the river report i that the danger is increasing at aico meu island forty four fine farms are entirely under water much live stock hae perished peri thed but eight human lives are known to have been loat no further fatalities were reported yesterday it is a week yesterday since the canadian pacific has had a train to the coast annanis island two miles above new westminster is totally submerged fine farms formerly dotted the island the ranchers were rescued by steamboats but all their lias gone down the river all the river steamers have been commissioned by the government in the service of rescuing the imperilled imperil led ranchers in the vicinity of ruby the greatest danger is and several steamers have been to that district the marks of the 1880 flood have already been passed at many points the U P flood omaha may 31 reports at union pacific headquarters eay that west 0 umatilla the road ia practically laid up by a flood of the columbia river the portland is of water no trains are arriving there on any line the water Threaten lne denver ardenver RD enver may 31 the rainfall at denver up to 8 a m was 1 inch at pueblo 2 inched the river is even with ita banks and Glo beville a denver suburb is liable to be flooded at any moment without idaho springs colo may 31 heavy downpour of rain since tuesday night lias caused serious wae houta in virginia canyon and fall river the down train on the colorado central which left here at yesterday afternoon has been stuck at the mouth of virginia canyon ever since with small prospects of getting through before midnight tho rain is the heaviest hi ten beare flooded out longmont Long mont colo may 31 the heaviest rainstorm ever known in this region began yesterday and still continues many residents of the lower part of the town are fleeing from the rising waters with bubb personal effects as they can carry pueblo in colo may 31 pueblo waa visited laet night by the worst flood in its history ts everal thousand people were rendered homeless and property la maged to en amount of probably aro bably four breaks in the levees on the north side and two on the south eide flooded a large dietrict while the arkansas river was thus coursing on ita road career a great torrent of water was coming down the mountains the abet approach to east eighth image was carried away and the water main under the fourth street bridge was destroyed at the fire alarm warned the residents on the low lands to get out and they did so in a hurry some managing to earry off portion of their belongings the first ark was in the levee on the north side met west of the main street bridge the efforts of a to repair the levee were ae those of and wider grew the gap until it hiis to be belea to strive further the water aten in torrents and the entire block from the river to richmond avenue union avenue md maln street meanwhile the dirt approach to the west fourth street viaduct on the north side of the river had been slowly but aurely melting away and at a email stream was trickling down athe tracks and making its way east falong fourth street by 1130 the stream was hio deep and running madly east on first street carrying driftwood and debrie in a dangerous manner and making it almost impossible to wade the water the water commenced pouring in on the district between sixth and the west of main street and in a short time was three feet deep and all the people in the vicinity forced to leave their homes or go up in the second story women and children were taken to the water works and put on high ground on south union avenue small buildings fouth of 0 street fell and though there were no passengers around the union depot two feet of water in the waiting room made it decidedly uncomfortable for table for employed emp loyes about 2 the water began slowly to recede and it is believed all danger is passed hundreds of people men women and children are congregated in the city ball and armory waiting until the waters go down so that they can go to their homes 4 which will be untenable for some days |