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<br />Facsimile article from page 8, <br />Boulder Daily Camera, saturday, <br /> <br />column 2, of the <br />June 4, 1921. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TRAIN SERVICE IS DEAD <br /> <br />. . . A survey of conditions in the district ar~ <br /> <br />Lafayette was made by Charles F. snow this morn1 <br /><- <br />brought back the most authentic reports so far. ~ <br />Boulder early this morning with one of the members o~ <br />for the purpOse of taking pictures of the flooded distt <br /> <br />stated that the floOded area in that district varied from <br /> <br />hundred feet in width to a half a mile or more. . . In Erie <br /> <br />was put almost completely under four feet of water. the flood <br />poured through the street like a mill race, carrying away house~ <br />building. livestock. and every moveable article. One man reporte~ <br />the loss of 26 head of cattle and several hogs and chickens. <br />Another man had just purchased a brand new piano and moved it into <br />his home. After the flood not a trace of the house or piano could <br />be found anywhere. and many miners who were living in the lowlands <br />along the creek have nothing but their land left. In the tOWn of <br /> <br />Erie itself several hOuses have been out in the street and about <br /> <br />800 feet of railroad was picked up bodily and moved several feet <br />until it was stopped by a row of trees. . <br /> <br />-10- <br />