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<br />Fortunately, no lives '~ere lo~t, jut there were seVeri)I narrQo/
<br />escapes b y t.~e SOltt I ers on the bottcn lands."
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<br />FloodS in
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<br />IlocdstegewnS,"ea5wred.
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<br />Ica~ and IOgl, the latter resulting from a
<br />b"5i~, '~~shec OU~ the g~ge and so no accurate
<br />The pea k d 15C~er"c in 1!39 I was I "ter esti mat,,{j
<br />be 21, ~no cub Ie feet per socond.
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<br />fblns b"g"~ In th" basin OOOLJt 3 r."'. n" 38 I,~y 1930 ~nd
<br />a peak disch~rgc of 6,800 cubic feet ner socond, at a stu0Q ot 9.82 feet,
<br />waS reached at Liver~rc on the North Fork C~chn la ~ou~re ~Ivar at 6 p.m.
<br />The f 1000 re~ched tho canyon g~<;e 1 n t~e Cilcho la P()U~re 1,lv<:r at il: 15 r.m.,
<br />withanostimateddischargeot 10,200 cubic feetp,.r second at 7.7 teet "a(1fl
<br />height-. The flood roachcc Fort Call in:; at about 10:00 r."n. a~-d Insted
<br />approximatoly two hours. F05t of the damage <x:curred to hiJ"""Ys, b~Tdg"s.
<br />~nd Ir~igation 5t~uct~r~s upstroam.
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<br />H",avy rain in tie basin COITII:'enced belo~() noon on 20 M:oy
<br />1904 and lasted 5 or 6 hours, cente~ing ove~ 5tone,;" II C~eek. At Liverrr.oro
<br />on the fJQ.rth For',;; Ci;lche ia Poudre r.Tvor, the peak di scha~ge "as esti"1ated
<br />"t20,OOOclbicfeetpersocood. The flood, "A "all 01 "i'lter 10 to 14 filet
<br />high'", roac;",d tho"", i n stre(l,'" ea~ Iy In the afternoon ot 20 f-'ay <.lnd re<.lched
<br />thernouthof tho canyon shortlyatter. The "ater repodedly spread oV<'lr
<br /><>bout a ,,1 Ie '~ido surf<Jce "hen Tt reilchod the ~ la Ins.
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<br />The 1904 flood reachcd Fort Collins Iiltc Int-hoaftcr,'oon
<br />the 5iIme day and contTn,led 10. about 3 h<lU~s. ^ II bridges but One i~
<br />Fort Coil i ns ~ere c'est~o\,ed. About 1501 houses in the 10>/ Iilnds '~ere
<br />,,~ept Irom theTr foundiltlons and c<J~rled SC<Ile distance do; nst~eil'11. Reports
<br />con/llct as to'~hethe~ thTs llood o~ t~e 1864 fl<Xld"ere g~"",te.. The peal-;
<br />d ischil~ge i,lt the qilge neil~ Fort Coil ins ~as estimated to be q~eater than
<br />2l,OcrOcubicleetperSQcond.
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<br />The Fort Collln5 Exp~oss saij 0/ the 1~23 flood:
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<br />"High~ater on the Poudr" second only to the / lood 01 1904, tonight
<br />shut olf ill I trilvel on hlgh.o~ys no~th and '~est of the ci ty and iad drivon
<br />11 score of fami I ies from their hO"1IJ, on tho 10; I nnds. The scut~ channnl
<br />of the Poudre is" ith In a Ie.< Inches c/ tho UnTo.~ PacTI Ie track b~i'~een
<br />here Jnd Cheyenne. Three teet at "ilte~ hils driven tourists t~om their
<br />cemp ground I n the bottoms. The Goyd fe~m nortn.es+ Of h,,~," ',4_1" entl~E'lv
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