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Gardeners east of Ninth Street reported that only In one or two cases was the flood water high enough to cover their land. and loss there was limited. Residents Flee H~es In Canon City the rain at no time was violent but was a steady downpour. At the weather bureau at Colorado state prison, a rainfall of .55 of an inch was recorded. Four Mi1ecreek east of here attained flood prop<lrtions early Thursday morning, but receded rapidly before any serious damage was reported. Residents living in small homes near the river bank rushed from their homes as the flood of water sweptdoWTl the Arkansas. COMMUNICATIONS LINES DISRUPTED BY HEAVY FLOOD . " Communications into Canon City from the east--both telegraph and telephone--were disrupted by ~ednesday night's flood andwerenotrestoredunti11ateThursday morning. Lines of both the Mountain States Telephone and Tele- graph CCJnpany and the Western Union Telegraph Company were washed down between Colorado Springs and Denver. The telegraphcCJnpany was able to establish connections with the Grand Junction office by 11 o'clock Thursday morning and all normal business was being taken care of by Thursday afternoon. According to residents of Park dale and Gorgemore, Cur- rant and Cottonwood creeks, which empty into the Arkan- sas River at those points, were turned into roaring riversbya steady downpour of rain in the Guffey dis- trict that at times approached cloudburst proportions. It was estimated that a wall of water 12 feet high rushed down Currant Creek about midnight Wednesday. It was the biggest amount of water carried in that usually mild creek on record. It was this mass of water that damaged the D&RG~ tracks. Many Roads Damaged PORTION Of CITY PIPELINE WASHED AWAY AT INTAKE Roads in every direction from Canon City were damaged by the heavy rain Wednesday night and the series of floods. The Salida highway was badly washed in a dozen places but traffic was maintained. Side highways leading to ranches and small connunitieswere washed out, however. The Pueblo and ColoradO Springs highways were al~ damaged but were not blocked. The water In the Arkansas River n!ached its highest p<lints about 12:30 to 1:00 a.m., but started to recede in about 20 minutes and dropped IO'lthcomparative rapidity. Many little islands and sand bars in the river were washed away, and in places the current of the river changed from the south to north banks, or vice versa. The south bank of the Arkansas River a half-blOCk east of Ninth Street bridge broke about 1 o'clOCk arn:l f100ded the lowlands in that district. By l:OOrnorethan three inches of water covered the Santa Fe trac\:snear south Ninth Street and the paved highwdY ltselfwas covered with water and mud. Between 70 and 80 feet of steel pipe in the water works intake pipe1ine in the Royal Gorge was washed out early Thursday morning by the flood that swept down the Arkansas River. The pipel ine washed out was all near the intake. Al~ thouqh the intake and intake valves themselves were covered by the water, they were not damaged. \/aterdid not reach the caretaker's house at the intake. Early Thursday morning 10 employees of the water depart- ment were put to work rebuilding the pipeline and work will becompletedbyFriday,cityofficialsstate. CANON CITY DA!LY RECORD CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO MONOAY,.1IJLY14,lQ41 HOMESFlOODED,GARDENSRUlNED Santa Fe Train Delayed A Santa Fe freight train, scheduled toledve hereabout 2 o'cloCk was held up for about two hours before orders allowing the train to move were given. Portions of Rio Grande Track in Royal Gorge Swept Away by Wall of Water in Arkansas River Cloudbursts in western Fremont County, Sunday afternoon swept out higtlways, raised the Arkansas River to flood stage resul ti ng in track d~mage to the Rio Grande rail- road, flooding of homes in South Canon and loss to garden areas. 12 D