About 175 families had to vacate
their homes on account of the high
water.
Clear Creek caused much loss in the
vicinity of Golden, washing away
many bridges.
The Colorado Central suffered seri
ously from the floods.
The tracks of the Rio Grande were
washed out cast of Florence in several
places and a passenger train was
blocked at Beaver station.
The Home Supply dam near Love
land broke and flooded the water
works and country around.
The Rio Grande road was badly
damaged in the vicinity of Salida.
In fact all parts of the mountain
districts were flooded and the railroads
were badly crippled.
Great Damage at Itoulder.
The floods worked ruin in the vicin
ity of Boulder on Friday. The heavy
rains of two days accelerating the
melting of snow in the foot hills sent
a tremendous flood of waters down the
canons that open just above Boulder.
Not a railroad bridge, nor a wagon
bridge is left in the canons of Boul
der, Four Mile and Left Hand creeks.
Not half a mile of grade of the narrow
gauge railroad is left in the distance
between Boulder and Sunset. A nar
row gauge engine lies in the flood of
Boulder creek, several feet above
where the creek formerly ran. Boul
der’s mountain system of water-pipe
line has been greatly damaged.
At Salina, eight miles from Boulder,
several houses were undermined and
they still hang in the air.
At Sugar Loaf not a house which
stood in the gully is left, even the
large Hoosier boarding house being
carried away.
Nothing but debris marks the spot
where was once the thriving gold min
ing camp of Copper Rock.
