Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-27 | Page 3 | Flood at Pueblo Section

FLOOD AT pueblo hay 27 scores of people living among the fountain river in aul city have moved to higher grounds in anticipation of the ghigli which is expected about 3 afternoon the first news of the heavy raina about 30 itil fly north reached alm city it h report at kelke n cloudburst prairie with from two to four inches of water three hundred feet of the dencer lio grandc railroad was washed out near fountain and pinon and railroad do not know when arnvel can la returned the santa fe trick is al ato reported damaged alie hood which reached hire shortly after 8 came down in a gret breast of water tearing loose everything in its way at buhlea lation on the kio cirando road the section hauae and other property destroyed st from there to this city not much of value could bo reached by the wave and ample warning biad been sent ahead but a number of tent dwellers dw ellera disregarded it and had a narrow escape two women were compelled to cling to a tree several fioura aroid the noisy waves several house i and tente were off alie three largest abeel railroad rail roid bridges of alie sanan fe Stis pacific and colorado southern loads all within a quarter of a coile above alie mouth of the fountain were torn out and no trains wah in able to cross for nonie diroe the to alie two city bridges on fourth and eighth streets and those of the county birdge north of the city undermined and then torn out