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<br />Facsin;l:'; articl" from pi:lgc 1. column <br />Boulder ;:'i:li1y C'1..1ICril, M~nJay, JUrle 6, <br /> <br />3, of thc <br />1921. <br /> <br />l'loodofMay26,l935 <br /> <br />ERIE'S MAIN STREET <br />FOUR FEET UNDER WA TER <br /> <br />This flood waS <br />1 . " <br />R~ner" ra.nS, <br /> <br />a~ain caused ~y rapid <br />The peak discharge wa, <br /> <br />sno'Nmelt in the mountains and heavy <br />approximately 3,100 ofs interpreted <br /> <br />n. ~.'n .te..t 0' .... ~.d fo", f..t 0' ~'''r 'n .t S"u,day <br />a~<~,d'n1 to "<01. F<~d dl..e ~h<> ".. t~eu On thot day. Ha <br />thinka t,l~ .uff<r~d quit. ~e..ily. <br /> <br />from infor",,,tio[l published by tho Corps 01 E[lgineers. This i. less tlo~n ~he <br />10_yenr flood (6,170 efs) a$ computed by th~ SCS.25 Eye-"i~ne"ses of the <br />flood repor~ed that the flood of 1935 was 21 feet lower than ~he flood of <br />1921.26 Dam..g~s estiruated by th~ Corps were a; fol1ows:27 <br /> <br />.. . <br /> <br />. . . h."i~. b.O".." """Id~, .nd O."vo~ "00 ".iOt,'n.a ..<"rd.y <br />by ~.n.,"rr'n9" p...."q~~. .t c<'o. ~h.re 0""'" 1.500 foot ~< tu~ <br />_re badly d..,...d by tl<o flood 1"&00], Cru~ Frld.y"i.ht.... <br /> <br />Abo"c Superior $ 1,950 <br />In Superior 6,830 <br />Superior " Ed" 19,500 <br />In Ede 29.250 <br />Belo,", Erie 8,780 <br /> TOTAL $66,310 <br /> <br />Facsimile article from page 1, column 8, <br />Boulder Daily Camera, Wednesday, June 9, <br /> <br />of the <br />1921. <br /> <br />This event ~as probably reported in the Erie ~e~s and F.~ie Herald b~t <br />~o copies of th~se newspapers CQuld be found. <br /> <br />MAYOR BILLIG CALLS MEETING FOR <br />THE RELIEF OF ERIE AND LAFAYETTE <br /> <br />"....t'nq "... hold aO 6 "'~IOC~ Ohl. .l<~''',",n in the o"io~ 0< <br />...yo, J. Q. Ii".q, .t tho It<>e.y "",",,<,'n o,oeery co~o.ny. to <br />""n",d~, "~at '<~o' oh""'d "'" hhn '" p,ov'do rea.f '0. Hood <br />.ut<a<~ro in E,.. and LahyoOh. It i. ropo,O~d <h.< th~," a<o . <br />0_0< "' 0.... o~ .~fl~"'nq .n 01\1. ahodct bu. th.' .....'vidual. <br />"Ill not ""'~pt roUet OK<~pt Oh,~ OlIo ..'"io"" ot U1~h '~.P<I<- <br />tlvet:h,,-,t:ho.. AplonotuU.f"".k"iU","o"Uln..a .00Mo <br /> <br />__tl"'J. . . . <br /> <br />24U.S. Engineer Office, Appendix II, pa~e 28. <br />ZSU.S. Soil Conservation Service, Table 2, Flood frequency El~vatlon <br />and Discharge Dat... <br /> <br /><0", . <br />Y. .Snglneer <br />n...., <br />iuJ . <br /> <br />~ttice, Appen4i~ IV, p..ge 24. <br /> <br />-29- <br /> <br />-30- <br />