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<br />..: <br /> <br />.J.4C ** <br /> <br />]TouristsReturn <br />.To Watch Estes <br />.i <br /> <br />iiDig Out of Mud <br /> <br />118y GARY OELSOHN <br />j,o-_PotfSl-"w",,", <br />" <br />In Flood-ravaged Estes Park was <br />clslowly returning to normal Satur- <br />I,;day as dol,l,ntown streets. restau- <br />Rrants and shops opened after mg- <br />gmg out from under tons of mud <br />nand debns_ <br />ff' Town Adminislrator Dale HW <br />said all downtown streets were <br />",open by mid-afternoon, and trucks <br />ltand street sweepers were busy <br />'JiCartJ.ng the flood ~Iuse to a vacant <br />r,lstnp of state-owned land 3 miles <br />treasloltown. <br />((' Searchers were combmg the <br />...banks 01 the rapidly flowing Fall <br />lRi~'er Saturday looklng for three <br />campers believed to have been <br />swept downrtvet as they rushed to <br />(save their geat after a wall of wa- <br />-tet poured from a ruptured earth- <br />en dam. <br />"1t-: "The river runoff is still too hlgh <br />.lito go 1Otothe river," said Bob Awl, <br />'.,the commuruty's police chief. <br />:~Al:lout all they can do lS walk up <br />oJ,.and down the river and look. We're <br />.,.stillwaitingforword." <br />"I The body of one camper, Steven <br />~-See, 21. of HUbert, WlS., was found <br />.:'Frtday. The body was partly bur. <br />ied under debns m Horseshoe <br />.-.Park, about 1'.02 miles from where <br />,;he and a companion. who survtved, <br />.<had been camping. <br />~;. Searchers were still looking Sat. <br />W'day for Bridget Dorris, 20. of Arl. <br />~.Jngton, Texas; Terry William <br />. ..Coates, 36. of pl!()rta, In. and an <br />.,~urudent.lfied male 10 his late 3Os, <br /> <br />according to a NaUonal Park Ser- <br />vice spokeswoman. <br />As far as the cleanup goes, <br />"nungs are looking pretty good <br />right now," Ault said Saturday. <br />"We're getting a few touristS and <br />onlookers, but that's OK as long as <br />they don't drtve down EIkhom." <br />Elkhom Avenue is the communi. <br />ty'smain streeL <br />The street was opened by mld- <br />anernoon, Ault S<Ud, but police <br />were trying to restnct traffic so <br />mercl\ants could freely move their <br />vehicles through as they worked <br />under sunny skies to wash away <br />the mud that was everywhere after . <br />the dam broke early Thursday., ~ <br />The'txact cailS(:or._the break"" <br />hasn't ~n'determlned.- butJt was <br />btUevfd to have' been cau.secl by. <br />water:"'seepage and,ba" d~rs, "?"l". <br />dug through the structure. .' . .:<.., <br />Damage estimates 'were stillln...,'<: <br />complete'Saturday tnoming, but..... <br />th~ tigurewaspre<!lct.~totop$iO <br />million. .-0 . ,..'; .. <br />However, merchants~ and town <br />officials insisted that the sl1tnmer <br />tourist season so vital to the town's <br />economy could be salvaged. <br />"All roads Into (Rocky ~ountam <br />National -Park, the state's most <br />IXlpular tourist attraCUOn) are <br />open, and things are getting back <br />to nonnal," said Ault.~'lt would re- <br />ally help us if peOple use the- <br />bypass (road), because we're <br />trying to keep traffic out of down. <br />town. but it's coming along prelty <br />well." <br /> <br />-.'-S. <br /> <br />The Oenver Posl Sunday, July 18. 1982 <br /> <br /> <br /><. 1'\ ._rN.o:..-p".dGllnI.l.ni.1 <br />W~rk.ers in Estes Park clear mud and debris ]ett'''o;' Thur$day'~ flood. <br />