Folsom, NM Storm and Flooding, Aug 1908

SWALLOWED BY CLOUDBURST

Flood Sweeps Down Upon New Mexican Village and at Least Fifteen Persons Were Drowned.

The Damage in the Southwest Is Reported to Be Very Considerable – The Southern Flood Is Receding But Conditions Are Bad.

TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug. 28. -- A flood in the Cimmaron river, following a cloud burst, washed away a number of dwellings at Folsom, N. M., last night and fifteen persons are reported to have been drowned. Ten miles of track and twelve bridges on the Colorado and Southern railway were washed out. Trains have been laid out forty-eight hours. The known dead are:
R. B. WENGER.
MRS. R. B. WENGER.
MISS DAISY WENGER.
MISS LUCY CREIGHTON.
T. W. WHEELER.
MRS. T. W. WHEELER.
THREE WHEELER CHILDREN.
MRS. ROOKE.
T. W. WHEELER'S sister-in-law, whose name could not be learned.
Meager advices received here to-day say the entire town was swept by the flood caused by the cloudburst.
Folsom is on the northeastern part of New Mexico, near Raton, on the Santa Fe railroad. Its elevation is about 7,000 feet and it is constantly in danger of floods which sweep down from the surrounding mountains whenever there is a cloudburst or heavy rains in the hills.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette Indiana 1908-08-29
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!