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<br />EXCERPTFROMTIIEOURANGODEMOCRAT,OCTOBER6,1911.
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<br />WORST FLOOD THAT EVER
<br />VISITED THIS SECTION
<br />ANIMAS RIVER SWEEPS EVERYTHING IN ITS COURSE
<br />Entire San Juan Basin Swept by Most Disastrous flood in History
<br />Properly loss in Entire Dillrlct Will Reach Fully a Half Million
<br />Dollars. . . Pine. Florida. la Plata All Aid in the Destruction.
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<br />WIlh neatly a hundtod
<br />bridge'w"hedout.railroad
<br />tr~ft1e demoraii<od, lho""and.
<br />.of doll." worlh 01 dam.ge
<br />done 10 propetlyand tho live.
<br />of hundred. ofpeoplo ondan.
<br />gtrod.theworslflooJinthe
<br />history 01 the SOUlhw..,toc.
<br />eurredye'terdayafter""onand
<br />evening;n tho collre San J,","
<br />b..in.nd with 01101 lhcrive"
<br />.nd cree\;"ag.ingtorronh.ilis
<br />impo,,;bl. to judge the extont
<br />oflh.d''"'ge....
<br />Tho climax oftlH: eontinu.d
<br />ra;n'w"nolicedye'l.rd.yin
<br />DurangO wh.nJunct'onCre.k
<br />Lighlner Cr.ok .nd H"'m05~
<br />Cre.khee.merogi"llrivCl'.nd
<br />.dd.dto th.imm,n<eb<>dyof
<br />water flowing from tho Silver.
<br />tonmounlaindi'lnct.th'Ani.
<br />"",Riv.rropidiyroi..dun!il
<br />ycslcrd.y 'y<:nin~ wh.n it w""
<br />nowinglour footde'plhrough
<br />'Orne of the .l,..to ,nd had
<br /><.used hund"d, of f'mi~e, (0
<br />seck hilJ,h.rshelter. The Main
<br />Avenuebri<lg..<ro,'Junellon
<br />C""k"'''''''.pt,w.yan<l
<br />'ho'tly.lter...or<l'.th,D.nv<1
<br />& RioGrande';\ilro.dhcidgo
<br />"l"'nnlng the '.nle>lre'm...,"
<br />tomloo'<fromit'pl=.
<br />'1"I,"fi"l ,....1 <10'"08' In '".e
<br />dty w>< "oticedsho'Uybefo,e
<br />noun yosterd.ywh.n lunclion
<br />e,ock bo<nme lik. .nvc,. The
<br />h""vy..in'inlh<l.aPlal.,
<br />c.u""dthat'trcamloove,flow
<br />il'bonh.n<lthow.te'oomin~
<br />from hund'ed'of'm.lIrlvulelo
<br />w""oonru,hingdQwothena,.
<br />row elw,m 'w"epjn~ .Imo>l
<br />overythin~ before iL..,
<br />For several hOu". the <",ok
<br />r>~ed. when il finally .ub,ided
<br />fot.:<l1orlP<'ri<l<l.J\notl\cf
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<br />cloudburst In th. mounl.in.
<br />had th. efl.ct oftaisinK tho
<br />"rock .'ocond timo,.n<l itfC.
<br />'ulledinlnore"ingth.dam'go
<br />.l,..dy done. AU or tho
<br />unch.. .long the creek w.,e
<br />inund.t.d,. ,ever. io".nsu-
<br />ing. Mo't of the d,m'go w..
<br />don. in III< morning and in lhe
<br />eorly hou" 01 the.flomoon.
<br />00 not.o much wa'done ialo,
<br />in th. alt"noon.The DenvOl &
<br />Rio Grande r.iim,d brldg.
<br />.ctOssJunetion Creek w"' d..
<br />.troyed,lherebyd..uoying.1i
<br />hOp" of temporary service
<br />withSilvOllon.
<br />Th. Ughtner C",ek <:\i'u;ct
<br />w"'q",Uy"b.d os the JUM'
<br />ti<>1l C""k. Mo't of tho ',,"che.
<br />were inundated and many 01
<br />thcb,idgc'w.r<w"hedcut.
<br />Therailrond lraoko of the Rio
<br />GrandoSouth.rn.uffe"dgtOot
<br />d.m.ge," did the ,.nche,..
<br />ond the wOl'" w<r~ CuUy os
<br />bi~h"-'Ometim'a80 when lhe
<br />c1ondburstdn.rcl<.AnimmM>O
<br />body 01 wot.rc.m. dOwn the
<br />",ock."doniy.ctvodIO"i,.
<br />tho Anim.. !I.;ve, to do d.m"ge
<br />furlher.nulh..,
<br />Among lhe wo"l .ufler".
<br />>tc the ronon<" ,n the Anima,
<br />V.:tey.L..lr;ighll];cvdil.y
<br />w.. On' 01 running wator .1.
<br />mo,1 f,om biU to hill, .nd th,
<br />g,oatest dam.!. 10 ""<II<,,
<br />ocout1"ed he",. AU hOY'la,k>;.
<br />gr.inli.loJ.s.ndotll....o'Op'
<br />wore w"h.d.w.y. Pig;, <hick.
<br />ens.nd Olhe, fowl were..rriod
<br />downstre.m .nd,f< 'upp"",d
<br />10 h,vcb.:endlowned.M.ny
<br />of tn. mnehcr;hod tt>,i,grain,
<br />'ndalfalr.";Uinth.n.id,,,nd
<br />the.. w.te c.rriedaw.y. I' w'"
<br />no uou'u.1 'i~hllo ''''' ,1\00"
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<br />01 gr.in ,nd pumpkin' ,nd
<br />,qu"h to Iloat;ngdown the
<br />river..ndb<:dciotbingwos.l,o
<br />'ccn.lnthevall.ythew'lo,
<br />",..>ohlghth"tilroa<hedth.
<br />o,<hard' 01 tho Trimble
<br />Spring. Hotel,fuUythre'q""'.
<br />l." 01. mill: di.tanl from the
<br />n>tur;I,l.erb.nk.ltwo.re.
<br />po,t'd tb"t in m'ny pl,,"e' in
<br />the volley tho ,i.efh.d
<br />changed it' <ou,,,, ,nd ""hod
<br />th,oulJ,h thoorohard.on.
<br />numbe, of tho ..nelle' badiy
<br />damaglnglhem.
<br />La:tovoningthe.urg<of
<br />w'le, l>ec.me '0 g,,,t tluillhe
<br />grcate,td.m'gemult.d.Tho
<br />roadwayofFift.<nthStroet
<br />".ombll:da river more Ih.n.
<br />pub~" Ihorou&hf.re. So much
<br />w,ter wes flowint down Ithe
<br />river]t!Lotil.lIw",un,bl.to
<br />p'" und.rno.th the ord,e, of
<br />the.ton.bridgooverthenve,
<br />with tho ,e.u1t thai th, w,ter
<br />found ,n ouliet bdwe<n th,
<br />raiiroadbridge.ndthonour
<br />mW. Tne wot., th.n ru,h'd
<br />down Fil'eOnlIlS""et w,'h.
<br />,wifteLll"ront.nd.lItheho",e,
<br />In ii' path "'cre mo", or 10:-'
<br />dam'8cd. All of Ihe re,id<nts
<br />olthis'oetion werecomp.lled
<br />10 "'0'< "nd m."y ."ce,.dco
<br />in moving thoi, househoid
<br />Kood, to highorg",und.Wbile
<br />the wal"p=<dM.inAvenu,
<br />,nd ,unningonFilteenth
<br />Str.ot. it w"' ,boul ,;, fe.t
<br />deep. For a time.lho.. w,nt,
<br />;ng to go 10 South Duran50 or
<br />lo,om.towudluwnw"'e
<br />lr.n,fe"ed throu~" the w.t"
<br />by expres> ""gOn', bill ,oon
<br />the w>terb,c'm. too de,p fo'
<br />",ntML...
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<br />Ammaa Rive2' at U. S. flighl.Jay 160
<br />l.ooki1l!J UFqtl'eam, Jun.e 29~ 1927.
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<br />Figltl'e9-
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<br />Fig=e
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<br />10 - Animas RiveI' fiood1..Jaters
<br />hatahGry, J"llD 29, 1927.
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<br />at the
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<br />State fiqh
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<br />(a) Source (Figul'es 9_11), CO"l'pS of Sngin.~(;rs/(;port w.tiHea,
<br />SUI'Vey, Animas RiV81', CoZorado an.d New MBJ;'-Co.
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