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<br />The following facsimile f,oM th~ 9reeley Tribune shows that <br /> <br />town residents were given some warning of the impending flood. <br /> <br /> <br />No issues of the Erie Herald which may describe.this event from <br /> <br />a local perspective could be found. <br /> <br />Fascimile article from the Greeley Tribune of September 3, 1938. <br /> <br />FLOOD DRIVES ERIE RESIDENTS FROM HOMES <br /> <br />Erie, sept. 2. -- Two hour warning from Louisville made <br />possible evacuation of some 20 families from the Coal <br />Creek bottoms in the lower part of this town Friday <br />night. The homes were flooded by the torrent that <br />struck Erie at 10:30 p.m., the result of a cloudburst <br />in the hills west of Louisville. The high water that <br />pOured through the business section, filling, most <br />basements, co~tinued until morning. At about 10:30 a.m., <br />the water was receding. <br />Stock stored in the basements of the Elzi Drugstore <br />and the Wilson grocery was damaged. <br />Mayor M. W. Padfield estimated the flood damage at <br />"Several thousand dollars." <br />Bridges between Erie and Longmont were out, but <br />bridges north of Erie were okeh during the morning. <br />Rain had ceased at 10:30 a.m. but weather remained <br />cloudy. <br /> <br />/ <br />Sometime following this flood, the Corps of Engineers <br /> <br /> <br />initiated an investigation on the feasibility of constructing a <br /> <br /> <br />flood control project at Erie. In February 1944, plans were drawn <br /> <br />up for a proposed levee designed to protect the town from a <br /> <br />100-year flood. <br /> <br />This dike was never built although a smaller <br /> <br />-14- <br />