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- 10 - brought his backhoe to the scene. In order to get close enough to work, Bob moved his equipment down into the bed of a small stream entering the Blue from the west side. He managed to remove the debris, but the suction and pull of the water was so strong that the bucket was pulled up against the mouth of the culvert and an axle snapped on the backhoe. With the help of the B. L. I. backhoe, Bob managed to get the bucket of his machine pulled up and away from the mouth of the culvert. Due to the crippled condition of Graham's equipment, and the under-current and suction of the river, it was impossible to remove the machine with the help of the B. L. I. backhoe illrlthe county road maintainer. , ? Lincoln leads to the Peak 8 ski area, and is the last existing link at this time with the town res- ervoir, Valley Brook cemetery and many summer homes on the west side of the Blue River. At the time of this writing (Monday afternoon), it appears that Lincoln is safe. It was feared for a time that the water main lead- ing from the town reservoir to Breckenridge might be swept away at the point where it crosses the Blue, but fast work on the part of the town water crew, diverted the force of the waters from the viaduct. Holes and depressions in the rock piles filled with water. At one point, near Mid City, the water overrunning the old dredge holes, ate a new course, and plunged down to Highway 9 at Braddock Flats. From there it ran north beside the highway in a muddy, roaring torrent for nearly a mile, until it reached the four-mile bridge and poured into the Blue. For a time there was some doubt as to whether the four-mile bridge would be able to withstand the current pressing and washing against it. The north approach to the bridge appeared to be considerably weakened by water which washed new channels under the roadbed, but fortunately the bridge and the road both proved their stability, even under such severe conditions. The action of the waters was strange indeed. It flooded the Boreas Pass road, left it, and then again covered the road farther west. The total was about . . . . . . (original illegible) . . . but almost buckled under the pounding of the debris and angry waters. The Dillon dam evidently ~ Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc.