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THE LYONS RECORDER Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado Saturday, August 2, 1919 "THE WORST FLOOD LYONS HAS HAD SINCE +894) 25 YEARS I-\GO THI S FALL;" SAYS AN OLD IMER. LETrS BE THANKFUL THAT No LIVES WERE LOST. CLOUD BURST NEAR LYONS HEASY LOSS The Worst Rain Storm that Has Ever Been Known Since Lyons Has Been a Town---Water Two Feet Deep Fifty Feet Wide Rushes Across ~1ain Street SIX INCHES OF WATER AND MUD PLUNGE INTO BUSINESS HOUSES. The heaviest and most destructive cloud burst and down poor of water in the memory of the oldest inhabitants visited Lyons on Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to 3:45 o'clock. It took out all the bridges on the North St. Vrain for about 5 miles up and 5 miles down stream--wooden, iron and cement, all suffered the same fate. The Longmont and Lyons water mains up the canon were torn out in many places, leaving both towns without water, which condition may exist for thirty days before the repairs can be made, owing to shortage of workmen and the immense amount of work to be done. Not only was the bridges washed away closing the road to Estes Park, but miles of road was torn out along the narrow canon, and tons and tons of boulders and heavy rock washed down from the mountain side obliterating the road completely. No one can tell at this time when it will be pos- ible to get the North canon in condition for travel. The people living on the low lands along the banks of the river were flooded out and many abandoned their homes and everything in them for higher ground and safety. Several of the stores on Main Street were flooded with water and mud two to four inches deep. This water did not come from the river but from the hill-sider lying north of town, from which a torrent of water flowed equal in volume to the North St. Vrain ordinarily. It was no uncommon thing to see an automobile, bridge bar, chichen house, and other small buildings going down stream at a high rate of speed. there appeared in the About 2 o'clock wednesdai a~t~~~~~~g over the North st. heavens a black, very heavy c ~u, northwest of our city. Vrain Canon and steamboat Moun,a~n d rumblings of thunder and A few sharp flashes of lighten~nb a~.30 it was apparent tha~ a gradual rain started a~ 2:15, y. From that time unt~l d' ry ra~n was upon us. , more than an or l.na n~_ 1-.................. t.dt-'h ~()me ha~l.