Folsom, NM Storm and Flooding, Aug 1908 - Funerals

The known dead are:

R. B. WINGER.
MRS. R. B. WINGER
MISS DAISY WENGER.
MISS LUCY CREIGHTON.
T. W. WHEELER.
MRS. T. W. WHEELER.
THREE WHEELER CHILDREN.
MRS. BOOKE.
T. W. Wheeler’s sister-in-law, whose name could not be learned.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 29 Aug 1908

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FLOOD VICTIMS BURIED.

All But Two of Nineteen Dead at Folsom, N. M., Are Recovered.

Trinidad, Col., Aug. 31. – All but two of the bodies of the 19 persons who met death in the flood of the Cimarron river at Folsom, N. M., on Friday last have been found, the missing ones being two children. The funerals of 15 of the victims were held Sunday, practically the entire remaining population of the town attending. The loss in property is estimated at $1,000,000. But four of the 20 odd store buildings are left. The force of the flood was terrific. A saloon in which five intoxicated Mexicans were asleep was carried down the river a mile and a half. The building was left intact and the Mexicans were not even awakened.

One of the heavy losses from the flood is the Colorado & Southern railroad. Great stretches of track and many bridges were washed out and only Sunday was traffic resumed.

Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, IL 31 Aug 1908