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<br /> <br />by'the.o"dcre"or11yeshort timsego, \IIithstood the floodr1obly <br />but the Huorf"r1o Stroet .."gOr1 bridge end tho bridge on the ~anitou <br />Brench were t"ken a..ay almost oompletely. A fe.. of the squatters' <br />oabir1sand,itisthought, a fe\lltents were bedlydamaged." <br /> <br /> <br />~UQust 2, 1856 <br />This flood resulted from intens8 r"infell in the Monu- <br />ment Croek and Templeton Gep dr"in"ge arees. Monument Creok "t_ <br />t"inod er1 ostimated peak discherge of 40,000 cubic feet por eecond <br />at Colorado Springs end inflicted the greater pert of dameges <br />cufforod. <br /> <br />Mav30_31,1935 <br />Produced by excessive .aiofell of sho.t du.etion over <br />an eree of less then 100 equare miles ir1 th~ Monumeot Creek basin, <br />follo\ll1og a period of gener~l prscipitation, this flood "eused <br />$I,7fi9,ODO in rrnp..rty rl~m~':l" (sAtim~ted My city, IOnLJnty "nrl 5t~t.~ <br />officials) and tho lose of four livc~ at Colorado Springe. <br />"Eighteen Lbted A~ Dead Or Missing With Scores Reported <br />In Hospi~als," ""id the Coloredo Springs Gal<,tt~'s leading article <br />oaptiian of May 31, 1935. "l)a,""g~ fro,,, y"sh.<.Jay's "tarm "ill run <br />into ;h~ndreds of thousandc; officio,le "ot to halt looting. ~:<l.ny <br />homes swept away by raging torrsnt that c~irled dO\lln monumsnt Creek <br />in of tar noon; p~rks, Se\llCr", rail.oudc 011 cuot~in hoavy 10.0... <br />The ravaged aree, embrecing monument Vel ley perk, Dorchester perk, <br />hundredc of hornss, railroad line~ and business buildings, \liaS under <br />virtuel martial la~ last night... Railroad~ sufferod hsavily... All <br />bridges eo.~s~ Monum~nt and Fuuntain Creek~ ir, th~ city, exce~t th8 <br />Bijl>.JStrestviaductacrossMon"mantCreek.\IIaredestroyed." <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.---. <br />-...... <br />"- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'~-"""'"",~-. <br />-..- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Scones of damage~ inflicted by historic flood~ of the <br />p"st a." eho~'n in Figure9 1 through J on pageii that follo~. These <br />flood p1ctures \IIera furnished by Ste..~rts Commercial Photagraphsr~. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />figure 1. HI5TGRIC fLOOD SCEN(S <br />Top view louks ea~t ~t Gijau StrBet bridgu--Jun~ 1914. <br />8o~tom view is re:iidor,tial ~r..", Spruce Street "B~r ~onumBnt Crsek <br />--~ay 1935. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br />