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<br />Plate VI shows::news of the Union Depot and Electric Building
<br />and PlateV" A,:shows the IS-inch deposit of silt left bi the'flood'at
<br />the Union Depot. '
<br />The first warning of the approaching flood reached the city about
<br />6 p: m. on the 3d, stating that a wall of water was rushing down tha
<br />river. Messengers were sent out at once to warn the people living in
<br />the lowlands called Peppersauce Flats. Hundreds of people ruShed to
<br />the levees to witness the. approach of the great wall of water, not '
<br />thinlring that the"city' could be inundated; as the levees we1e'belie'Ved
<br />high eIiough to protect it. ' The sudden breaking of the le;e; cut' o'ff
<br />the peopll! from the higher land, and in endeavoring to esc~pe ~lll1Y
<br />were drowned, as were many others in the houses in the lowlands who
<br />had refused to heed the flood warning. Fires broke out almost simul-
<br />taneouslyin ~~~t.p~ofthe city, terribly illnminnting the dark-
<br />ness causedbYtl?-e~lI:Q.l11'IH)f the lighting system." Burning piles of
<br />timber from a b4zing !umber:y~r~:d~#te4ithroughthe streets of,the ,.
<br />city, lodging, IIlomental,"ily: !l~i~,'~~~e ,buil9.ings and setting them
<br />on fire. ' .It was almost i,mpossiblt~. to; fight :the; fires,as, the b1;1ilc1in~
<br />were .surrounded by water, which prevented. the fire department from
<br />reaching~hem., Even.if the buildings could have ,been reached, how.-
<br />. ever, t~~ :I?reakingof the city water system would have made itim-
<br />, p~ssible ,topu,t o~t the :flames. The fires finally burned themselves out.
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<br />A study ofihe'tributarY flood crests' in th~ir r:elation to the m:ixi~
<br />mum discharge of the !ArkanSlisat' ~u~bI6 'requires the deterniination
<br />'of the time of their arrival at that pomt." ThiS cannot be determined
<br />absolutely but can be estimated With a}air degree of aCcuracy.' The
<br />timereqtiired for the flood from the Schaeffer reservoir to travel the
<br />25 miles from the mouth of ,Beaver Creek to' Ptieblo.'on 'June 5is
<br />known to be about 3i hours, ~ rate of 7.1 miles an hour. (See p. 18.)
<br />At that time the stage of the' 'ri~er]vaS ';nu'~ lower than when the
<br />bulk of.th~ ,watedrom,the tri~:t1,ta,ry streams formed the flood.of the
<br />3d.. ,Coriseque~t~y th,e retardatipn d,u~ ,W,$a,imel,atorage 'was prob.'
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