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<br />The Denycr nock'l Mountain 1h;;s of J'<.uy 25. 1596, shea an
<br />::.ccount of t'l'J flood, e.~ followsl
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<br />rJ1thcut a moraent1!3 warnine t!"...$ largos t flood tha.t ev~l"
<br />C2.t:l3 d:)'~,"n Be~r Cro!?k :atruck t~orriscn a~o:":.lt 8 0' clocl:: tonii::ht
<br />(July 2~) s~ec?ir~ cverytnin0 in its p~~c. ~ .. ~nu ~a=ro~
<br />wag adt~ea.. to OJ'' 0. r e~ort thst e. flood ti~,~t wo..ud wi ~~a en"'; th<;)
<br />er. tire to":7n nas com.in{:~ dom l.~~CJ;,t Vcrncn e:-,::"lch * "'.& :t b\l.~ ;).1-
<br />thO'.J.gh th" ",ate!' C0.::-.a down tr.ro'.lr.n tho to;r::l ne!lrly th'<?') :fee~
<br />do,,? in the rnnin strcGt, the o",ildin[;9 in tn\lllU91no,n secUon
<br />all withstood it.
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<br />T~~artlcle nt~te9 tl~~t tho rnin ,tarted to f~ll lata in the afternoon.
<br />cau'3iIJ,;3 ea:-1y darkno'u.
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<br />Mr. ~l'MlIt. Ricks or ~er&roen, ":1.0 1i';0i &bout 7 r.::\.lS$ a'o07Q
<br />~:11t\rg:reen on Jlatu'"' Creek in 1;390, gtated. t:::nt 't:terc wns n 2Lt-hou:r rain.
<br />tl-,ora before tho flo.,d of 'legS. Then" cloviro'-'.r~~ occurred on CUb Creu
<br />Co.uJi!'~; 0. flood which Y1g.~he;!. out IJ. clll tb:Jl on Cull ex-coX: fit :';7ul'Gl'oen.
<br />t'.r. lUcl-t:!l t'uxtbr !ltnti?d that, tbig W:l9 th3 only tifiJ9 wr,fJU " flood 0.1;
<br />5vergro~n reached the mutn ~trert of the to~, and that he d09~ not ltn~
<br />at ~ time when lles.r Creek M3 be,m out. of ite b?..nk~ MOYIl "S'l'er~oen.
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<br />ThG T'~!!k now of ':Bear ONek on .11,1.1;7 24, lflg6. o.t IJol'1'1son.ar.d.
<br />W)a7e tho n~~th of ~t. Vernon wag eJtL~ated a3 5,600 seco~~-fset, on tho
<br />b;'.sla cf 1(;"7'31 nota:! tf~on .\0.,'. 4, 1596, which shalled tho d""th in tha
<br />m~in eh~~e1 to b~ 5.40 feet, ''l'olocit:;r of,Rr3in chp~$l 19.60' :faet par
<br />eceono, ~.nii total area of cros~aoc~ion 465 90,uaro faet. (Fran 8th
<br />bi~nninl Tepart of StatD engineer, ~n~e 45.)
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<br />From th~ no,,,s::>,,-,?cr re;>o:rta, the area of he!l.7'J rain!.'l.1.1 a::ttended
<br />to tha head of Cub Cree~ "nd 90 7)1"00ao17 covered nn area of50J t0551
<br />$qu=e n:ile9, e;17i~ !l u..'1.it r"moff of I'IOoutloO-)\lcond-feet per square
<br />mile.
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<br />Ro,?,!ll'ding the ;flood. of At1€;. 15. 1903, the Colorado 'J1ran~13ri"pt
<br />of ,\.tl.e. 20. 1903. I!Itate~1
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<br />On th0!3 afternoon af AU.":ll3t 15, 1.1. olO'.lc.burst in the foot-
<br />~~113 bet~een Morrison and Golden dtd eon31dGrah1e dA~ to
<br />:road\! and d1 tQ!',6!.
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<br />The 1'ollo\Vin~ Itatllr.1eut is found in a S'1lP"!'lement to the igeu.a of .\Ue. 20.
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<br />.. xnother big ;flood tore dO;1n Mt. Vernon (l:aIJ;fon 1"'.3\ S.'\turds;r
<br />(.:.u,,;. 15) lll1lking the road i~M~iole to=- a cOU>ll" of <1.1.70.
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