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<br />Plate .VI shows..views of the Union Depot and Electric Building,
<br />and PlateY, Ai shows the IS-inch deposit of silt left by tneflood at
<br />the Union Depot.
<br />The first warning of the approaching flood reached the city about
<br />6 p. m. on the 3d, stating that a wall of water was rushing down the
<br />river. Messengers were sent out at once to warn the people living in
<br />the lowlands called Pilppersauce Flats. Hundreds of people rushed to
<br />the levees to witness the approach of the great wall of water,Ilot .
<br />. :-' thinking that the City could be inundated, as the levees we~ebelieved
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<br />high enough to protect It. ' The sudden breaking of the levees cut off
<br />. .' ::.-: the people from the higher' land, and in endeavoring to escape many
<br />,. '.... were drowned, as were many others in the houses in the lowlands who
<br />";~"!:. had refused to heed the flood warning. Fires broke out almost simul-
<br />". taneouslyin dift"er~tparts of the city, terribly illuminating the dark-
<br />:L;~' ness caused by the ~D:ilur~.of the lighting system.., Burning piles of
<br />:,c': timber from a blazing !umbe~Yllr!i:dri~ted;throughthestreets oithe.
<br />;';.: ::, . city, lodging momentaJ,'ily: !lgai~.,frl1lIle ,buildings and setting them
<br />'~;;~~:. on fire. . It was almost impossible. to: fight :the fires,as. the buildings
<br />':~<<were .surrounded by water, which prevented the fire department from
<br />.."O:.t..:. reaching them. Evenif the buildings could have been reached, how-
<br />J~~:';, ever, the breaking of the city water system would have made it im-
<br />::";:.',:; . p~ssibleto'put out the flames. The fires finally burned themselves out.
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<br />UDJon Depot...................... VlctorlaAvenueand B Street.......... ................... 9.8
<br />Fniton candy Co... .............. Santa F. Avenue between Third and Fourth .tr..ts..... 9.8
<br />E1ectrio........................... UnlouAnnneand North Main Str..t.................... H.9
<br />McCarty Block.................... UDJotlAvenueand C Str..t............................... J2. 5
<br />Centra1Block..................... Main ~_d m..e. .................................. J2.8
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<br />A study of the' tributary Hood crests' in th~ir z:elation to the maxi-
<br />mum discharge of the !ArkanSaS at. Pueblo 're'quires the deterniination
<br />'of the time of their arrival at that pomt.:; This can not be determined
<br />absolutely but can be estimated with a'fair degree of aCcuracy.'The
<br />time required for the flood from the Schaeffer reservoir to travel the
<br />25 miles from the mouth of ..Beaver Creek to Pueblo-on . June 5 is
<br />known to be about Sf hours, arate of 7.1 miles an hour. (See p. 18.)
<br />At that time the stage of ilie' 'ri~~r~was 'much lower than when the
<br />bulk of thEJ .waterfrom the tribu.tary streams formed the flood.of the
<br />3d. . Coriseque~tly the retardati()n d.ue .tp..e<hannel,storagewas prob-'.
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