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<br />EXCERPTFROMTHEOURANGOIIERALD,OCTOllER20,1971.
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<br />Flood waters rush through Durango
<br />DURANGO - Tho ri.ingw'l. running through thoir homes lh;u Juncllon Creck '''ideol,
<br />.r> of Junction ,od Uglllntr Thu,yj,yevcning... "'.,oinfo,.lnng'l,ugglea.d,.
<br />C,..km,deTno"dayoneo[th, By shortly.fternoon Thurs. ingtothepoinltl>altheCl<>Yi,
<br />looge'td.y,hunJrod.ofDu,an. day. Ughtn<< Creok bolow tho Drive bridge Wa' .,10><0 and
<br />goan' rn,y ov<, eXi><,ionc". Tho point'l which Wiklcat C.nyorl water beg.n 10 nowov.,il.The
<br />.",ok, arC railing now and tho", COm.. inl0 Ilth,c. mil.. w.,t of d,,,, ".'led by the debri, plh.
<br />arc indic'liolU thc "'calhormay Du..ngo wa, oul of it> bank, .ring'l (he bridge di""cd
<br />b. rdenting but . great deal of .ndcrol,ingHighw.y 160'1""'. walor in10 home. and yard>
<br />damage wos dono before t~e ro. N.l points. SI,'e Highw.y CNW' there. Re,ident< ~nd h.llX''' be-
<br />pri... camo lat. Thursd.y nighl worked frantically 10 koep thc gan,.;mdbagg;og.
<br />.nd e.rly Friday moming. ru,l~ngdebris from lhe to.d. Hom.own~" just w..t of
<br />Uec,u"" of the su'prise ~Ie. Down Ughtne, C,eek lhe Junct;on ond 2nd Avenue had ~
<br />men, or Ihe 110od, .nd lheir wor." ,wltied up around horn"" If~wJ di",u,bing hours wh.n
<br />wl(!..p,c"d imp::ct thlouOhout m,kir.g lhem in:lcc,,,,ible "nd Junction] Crock broke out of
<br />re,;denti.l sec,;ons of ,h. ci,y. ftIling lhem wilh mud... its b,ok, .nd formed a ,"cond,
<br />no dam,,!." .,tim.,c. "to :,01 A. !Junction] Crcek con. ru,h;r.s ch.nn.1 in lheir book-
<br />ava;lablo,bu, .ome homeowners tinuedto riseitb'cam..pp"er.l yards.
<br />"pott~d th. mud.he.ry lO"en!
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<br />Oerobe!' 19, 1972. (DwWlgO Herald pllOtograph.J
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