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<br />EXCERPT FROM THE DURA~GO HERALD, SEPTEMBER 8, 1970.
<br />D&RGW season ended by flood
<br />
<br />Flood damage assessed
<br />
<br />DURANGO _Arain.!,d
<br />fl.",dwtlloh,wept.ionSlho
<br />,I,,,,,m. of L. PMa and San
<br />luanCounti"l.toSatu'd'Y
<br />.nd ..rly Sund.y may have
<br />,"usod dire<:tand Indirect
<br />lo,se, ,..<hing 0....' a million
<br />dollan,...
<br />HomosanJ proporty ;ntho
<br />Anlm.. V.II.y flood rloJnand
<br />.Iong ,tream, .bove V,Uo"ito
<br />R..e",ol, accounted lorth,
<br />gre.testp""'OJI.lloS!.
<br />By Tue'day mo'nlng. th,
<br />Don.", .nd Rio Grand, We".
<br />"n R.ilro.d Company has
<br />."o"""Joquarto,of.,"iIlion
<br />doll:lfSdam"g<lol,"Ol;,and
<br />righl"'!.w,y b<twoen Durango
<br />aOdSiI..rlon.Thopopularn".
<br />'OW g.uge train. Tho Silverton,
<br />m.ke,it'",n,belw.entholwO
<br />communltie,.
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<br />D&RGWoffi<;,l<"ythorc
<br />will he no t"in betwoon Du,.
<br />"n~o .nJ Sil,enon for ,ho ro-
<br />m,inder of the 1970
<br />"a,oo...,
<br />Dam.g. to highway', ptl!"
<br />ti<ulorly U.S, SSO betw,.n
<br />Dur.ngo and th. top of Red
<br />Mount.,npa..tQtheoorthwo<
<br />fOp<>rt.dh.avy,butofficia;,
<br />luld made no monetary csti.
<br />m.t, by pre" ~mc today.
<br />Highway $$0 was closed off
<br />,ndondudngp,oktainand
<br />noodhout<S.turd.y.ndSun.
<br />doy and lva.report'd dosed by
<br />. muds1l~e 0". Red Mounto;n
<br />t.a'..g,ioMo"day....
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<br />Figure 14
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<br />JWlction Creel< fioodwater!; along JWlctWl1 creek
<br />Road. October 20, 1972. (Durlm'Jo Herold photograph.)
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<br />Flood damage
<br />
<br />soars
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<br />EXCERPT FROM THE DURANGO HERALD, SEPTEMBER 9, \970.
<br />
<br />DURANGO_
<br />Unoffkial reportspJ.<od
<br />tllodamoll< to f),nvOT,nd Rio
<br />Crol\d<Wcslorn',natlowgaug,
<br />Uno between Dur>ngo .od ~II.
<br />....clonnlfar.nov'lhequ'rte'
<br />million dollar m:uk rel....d
<br />Tuesd,y. The exlent of lh'
<br />d'mag' ha< al>o c:m",d ,orne
<br />cl<>ubt thot oven a maximum
<br />dfort by [)& RGWOTOlI'Swill
<br />l>e abk to put tile train boo~
<br />i"lo operatiun by Memorial
<br />lby I'J/I.
<br />
<br />The flood rbsh,ddownS,n
<br />luan Ba,ln "',earn, ]oto Satur.
<br />~"y nitJlt and Sunday morning
<br />rollo,dngh.TIl "instha:bog,n
<br />~ri<lay morning"
<br />Flood w,l,,,cre<tedin(h,
<br />Anim,,' Vall.y n""h of lJur-
<br />.ngo ,~o,tly afte' da",n ~un.
<br />day.l'he ,\ni",.,ereated.
<br />,e<<""oi, in the Anim"V.lI,y
<br />nood plsin a mile wide. The
<br />w'lm th," droinod from th.
<br />,h<>IIIi.ed te.",v"iI.nd
<br />thfO"~h [)""n~ duting most
<br />pI SunJ,y',d.ylL&hth<lUU,...
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<br />F0ul'e lS-
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<br />Jl<l1cti<:>nCl'eel<[loodwatel's cross Clovin D:riue,
<br />October19,1972. (Dl<ra>>:1oElel'O.ldphotograplt.)
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