Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1933, Page 5

FLOOD INUNDATES SECTION OF DENVER Several Persons Reported Missing—Dozens Marooned in Homes Rescued. By the Associated Press. DENVER, August 3.—Cherry Creek | swept over its barriers today and inun- dated the lower section of the city after destroying two bridges. ‘The flood, result of a cloudburst last night southeast of here, swept into town shortly before 6 a.m., took out the wooden Colorado Boulevard Bridge and broke down the steel and concrete structure spanning the creek at Logan street. Five thousand persons were forced from their homes. The flcod left a trail of damage to crops, railroads, high- | ways and buildings that will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Several Reported Missing. Several persons were Teported miss- ing, most of them miners who had been panning gold in Wildcat Canon, just mlow the dam, 30 miles southeast of Te. cluude Hill, 50, cloudhurst ares, 6-foot wall of was swept away Iry water when she stepped into her yard. Fear Felt for Others, Fear was expresscd for other families in that section, but disrupted communi- cations made an immediate check im- possible. ‘The Castlewood Dam, feared as a flood menace for several years, broke at 2 | a.m., Hugh Payne, caretaker, telephoned Denver police, and sent its 5000-acre feet of water after the first flood which had gone before. Police, forewarned, raced through Denver districts liable to be flooded and routed out the residents. In the agri- cutural area between Denver and Cas- tlewood Dam, 40 miles away, telephone operators and volunteers warned the residents. ‘The flood was reported to have swept away several buildings at Parker. The town was abandoned before the high water struck, however, as the residents had been warned long in advance. Barnsdall Dl;eetor Dm GREENWICH, Conn., August 3 (#).— Robert Law. chairman of the Exec Barnsdall Corporation, died suddenly of a cerebral henmrrh.‘ge last night. | tive Committee and a director of the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DIRECT QUIZ ENDS IN GOSTELLO CASE Widow Flatly Denies: Poison Killing in Reply to Law- yer’s Question. | By the Associated Press. SALEM, Mass., August 3.—With one word Jessie B. Costello today denied that she administered poison to her fire captain husband, Willlam J. Cos- tello, as chi the State. 'un Costello, did you kill your hus- hlnd? her counsel, Willlam G. Clark, ask ‘No " replied the 32-year-old widow, who was called today to resume her | testimony began _yesterday. Dld dyou love him to the end?” T di Clll’k then closed the direct exami- | nation and District Attorney Hugh A. Cregg began cross examinal am Describes Finding Bedy. Resuming the stand at the trial, which Wwas recessed yesterday noon on account of the excessive heat, Mrs. Costello, under the guidance of her counsel, re- lated the events leading to the dis- covery of her husband’s body, on Feb- uary 17. She said a woman selling candy had KEEP C-0-0-L BRING the BATHROOM UP-TO-DATE with a SPEAKMAN “TRANS-NOZLZL Chromium-Plated, AN Metal SHOWER These convenient non-tarnishing show ers are made .pecuuy for Mflluw come to her home just before 10 %eu:;l e upper part of the house and she went/ upstairs to get it, she said. “I just (ot to the top of the ‘stairs when I saw ‘Bill's’ body in the hall- way,” she said. She struggled to go on but nve way to her tears. After a moment she passed a handkerchief to her eyes and then wnnnued “His shoulders seemed to be up against the wall and one hand looked as though it had slipped down the door case. I screamed and ran down stairs.” A daily shower will relieve that tired, worn-out feeling. 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