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<br />Glen~ooac Post
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<br />i-No. 145
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<br />Tuesday. July 26, ,,1977
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<br />Glenwood Springs. Colorado
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<br />~hil dOV1u,ny whllt illeft of flu lllnd,uping ttle interior of Z.,,., home fatl'd quill wilt. Not 10 lucky WII
<br />!urlt TO",",hoUI" south 01 town. The pain Nick Mass..ro just ac:'O$l the n,leI. HI! .,I.d WIS totally
<br />,of . tettA. Despite 1M I.le.io. MUltat;on, cowe."d ..nd hi. horn. IU"lined conlid'fllble dllml~.
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<br />8 Poges
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<br />15 Cents
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<br />Welcome rain turns vicious
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<br />Ac:TOM the slr'eet, Tom Collinson, shovel
<br />inn..nd.wlld~Uiroulhhis'yard.Aneigh-
<br />b<<'svmicllhadcomllo~ljustinrTOIlI
<br />of his house and was l\alr-subml.ged in
<br />mud. His liaragedoor....usmashed.
<br />Byfi:30,lverybodywasdlggingou!.
<br />''Take your shoes off," said orleen.
<br />thusiastic digger. "Hell, it's fun."
<br />Another, who said tit had Ol\ly somt
<br />noodill8inhisbawmenl,shoveJf'dll'",yat
<br />asix-ineh !.yer 01 mucl. Hlcounled him.
<br />~Irllmonlllheforlun.ilt.e.'
<br />"I'm luduuthAnhell,"heuld
<br />By then,City C~ were arriving ~y
<br />direcled tn.ffic and sluted clearing the
<br />streelS. F'i.rtmen wen checking fill'" gn
<br />Iu'"
<br />On Grand Ave., \.here w~s htUe sign 0(
<br />whatwilsgoingonalf:Wblocks.....ay,only
<br />. byer of mud on the street. " carhop at
<br />,,&W Rootbeer Drive-in ....as lioking orden
<br />".susual. .
<br />Alo.khut$t, fronl-loa~rssOonarriv<<l
<br />.nd began to dear away the rocks and
<br />mud The street was Iitlered ....ith
<br />bouJ~". Sl.)mi!' as big as lhree or four f~l
<br />across. Early this morning, lrucks were
<br />stillhaulinca.....ytbeload5oldebriS
<br />Thlrl)' mll'lules 0( r~lI'I ClIn make a
<br />LaslingimprtSSlon
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<br />By Peter St.a""l!'r
<br />Postmanas:inlledltllf"
<br />A Volkswagen war. ptrdll!'d on its drive
<br />and appeared ready 10 break lOO(;I!' .ny
<br />minute. A river of mud and boulders was
<br />sw~ping acrO!>s the drive....ay. and tlM'
<br />sm.all automobile began to move a little
<br />with tM tide. The Volkswagen ~rrit<llo
<br />teeter, bul htld itsa.rouncland....as not
<br />wasl'ledaway.
<br />Suncb.y evening's do...:npoor h.adstarted
<br />.bout 30 minutes earlier. ~ rain was
<br />beginning to slack off and people, were
<br />emtrein& from Iheir homes. At firsl. tile
<br />sheels of water moving dO\l.'n lht ,'alley
<br />had s~mtd to be no 'threat. a welcomed
<br />bceak in the dr)' spell. Bul lhis rain ".iIS
<br />unlike OIher summer cloudbursts btealM.e
<br />....henilstoppt'd)'oucouldhearlhe....-aler.
<br />mud and rocks rushing dov,'n 1M moun-
<br />lainsaoove. _
<br />The Volkswilgtn belonged to Emmell
<br />lerr. Jr. 1 Oakhurst So. Court. He and hiS
<br />wife had been unable 10 rrturn 10 UM'ir
<br />hC!me. thf)'cOllldnOl get acrO!iSari\"erol
<br />debris th.11 blocked tht ....11. 10 IlM'lr
<br />dwelling. lhefi!"!>l in lhe roy, of iM\'nhou~
<br />at Oakhurst.
<br />Zl'rr hlld been ~prnding much of his
<br />sp.arr limO' ..."rkll'lgon a fl'nfO'lltohll'lll hl~
<br />homl' P....l~ t\II(\ ",",1'1 mnk 11'1 ('tml'nl ~ntl
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<br />he \illS rudy 10 finish 1M job. His fence
<br />wn wiped out. Lumbft' Slacked Marby
<br />WI$ Kallered, rocks and mud pilt'd up
<br />behindthehouSf.
<br />Befort long. ZerT and his neighbors wert
<br />al WoR wilh 5hovels. 1'hey sLarted
<br />clearing away tl1e'rt'd mud and rocks.
<br />Many who joined in appeared reli~t'd
<br />Tht~ tLad been no way 0( knowing how
<br />much mud would slide down lhe mounlioin
<br />"and, now th.it it .....a.s over. m~l considered
<br />them~lvt5ll.1C:ky.
<br />Othet$ wereoot 50 lucky. TI\r-ee blocb
<br />lI.....ay. m tile 2100 block of Bennl!'tI and
<br />Blake, basemenl5 IuId fiUtd up with thick
<br />red mud Y,rds \IItrt IS much.as four 1~1
<br />d~pinmudandrocks
<br />Bill SIs.son. 2102 Blakl!', slood in his fronl
<br />yardtryingtohosea.....a)'SOmeoflhemud
<br />Ht slud 1M' tLad mOyed in lhree Wl!'otks 'go.
<br />Nov.' his back yud Wal dtotp in mud and it
<br />. WIS seepinginlohis basement D1I'Iner.ap-o
<br />p8~nllyinterrupled,wlScooIlingonthe
<br />slDve, bUI nobody WIS ttltrl!' lowatch II .
<br />,'On Bennetl,a m.a.n with a bollle 01 wine
<br />in hand ofltffd to rond\.ICt a 1000r Ihl"OUgh
<br />hiS floodt'd ba~menl. From the oulside,
<br />~'oucoulds~thatil"'askTltt-dtotpinmud
<br />He pointedloY'-iIrd hIs y.ard wllere records
<br />i1nd ~per~ '"ere slre.....n ilboul and said
<br />Ihey"trf'allalolaIIO)M,
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