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<br />AULT PROGRESS 6-13-35 <br /> <br />On Monday evening at about 6:30 a dark <br />heavy cloud came up from the northwest and <br />gave this immediate local ity a damaging <br />hai I stDrm accompanied by a hard rain. <br /> <br />The fir-st hai I ste.nes to fall we'"e ve,-y <br />large, but when this came in a greater <br />amount the size was sma I I er. The stor,es <br />fel I thick and fast fDr several minutes, <br />before turning to rain. <br /> <br />Hai I stDnes cDvered the grDund and streets <br />to about 4 inches deep. The ha i I was <br />shoveled from the sidewalks and by Tuesday <br />morning thet-e wetpe sti II pi les of' ice al(lng <br />the cut"bs ar,d by t~,e side Df bu i I dings. <br /> <br />A g,"eater- amount .of ,"ain fell at Pie,-ce and <br />Nunn, wher-e the st,-eets were fill ed wi th <br />water and IlOoked almost I ike the floDd Df <br />Decelr"at i .on Day. <br /> <br />The highway at Pierce was under water, at <br />several places between Nunn and Pierce, and <br />alslO in the Nunn vicinity. Heavy traffic <br />Dn the highway was halted at Pierce flOr <br />several hIOU'"s. The ,-ai IrlOad t,-acks at <br />Pierce were reported to be under water... <br /> <br />AULT PROGRESS 6-17-65 <br /> <br />...Pierce alslO had several streets fllOlOded <br />and workmen tried desperately tlO keep the <br />water Dut Df the recently dedicated <br />MethDdist EducatilOn Bui Iding. They were <br />not successful. Here again hDmes and <br />business houses Were surrounded by mucky <br />water and debris. <br /> <br />At Pierce, a Union Pacific crew got to wlOrk <br />early, sandbagsing the rai IrDad track near <br />the bridge .on the nlOrth edge .of Pierce. <br />The mucky fllOlOd waters were rushing at the <br />,-ai I road bed f'"lOm blOth the east and west <br />sides. <br /> <br />Highway 85 nlOrth Df Pierce and Nunn had <br />water cross it in several places and <br />