Show c 0 r DROWNED IN A DELUGE Terrific Cloud Burst in the Yiciniiy Or Colorado Spring I I Railroad and Wagou Bridges and Many Residences Washed Away Picnickers Tents Floating Down the Stream And the Picnickers Where Are They J J DENVER July 26The heaviesbflood ever known hi Cherry Creek came down at 6 oclock sevcning The Denver WMV Orleans bridge at Newatta street which has been weighted with a train of loaded coal cars aa carried away The Broadway Curtis and Holiday street bridges were slightly damaged No loss of life and the damage will not exceed a few thousand TribuneRepublicans Colorado Springs special says One of the most disastrous cloud bursts ever known in this section of the State struck a point ff few miles north of this city last night and but for the fact that the storm struck the crest of the hill where the water flowed in opposite directions the loss of life must have been appalling Several railroad and wagon BRIDGES IN THE VICINITY WEBB CABBIED AWAY And a large amount oftrack swept out The house of B A P Eaton Superintendent of Schools in the northern part of the city was lifted from its foundation and carried down the stream with great velocity In the house at the time were Mr and Mrs Eaton who had just retired for the night As soon as the former realized the situation he jumped from the door of the floating dueling dueli-ng instructing his wife to do the same After hard struggle he succeeded in reach ng a place of safety Instead of jumping his wife clung to the house which struck the Denver New Orleans railroad bridge a hundred yards below and was dashed to pieces Diligent search has failed to discover dis-cover any trace of Mrs Eatons body Several Sev-eral families living further up the creek BABELY ESCAPED WITH TEEtH LIVES Later reports from Luckless Valley north of the town indicate devastation of and loss of life greater than at first supposed In the slopes of Shooks Run were a number of summer campers and many of their tents have been seen floating in the stream and as the flood came down in the dead of the night it is FEARED THAT MANY HAVE PERISHED One body that of a Swede woman is reported re-ported found several miles below town News from Shooks Hun is awaited with intense in-tense anxiety II |