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<br />page 41 <br /> <br />A dozen COws were seen in the Pl"tte Sunday morning near <br />the home of Mrs. George Schaffer south of Sterling. They came <br />to shore and scrambled out. <br />Water Commissioner Robert Littler, whose appraisals <br />kept Journal-Advocate readers accurately infomred of the <br />flood potential last week, reports no new crests are now in <br />sight. <br />Waters from rains at Denver and the Beaver creek at <br />Brush raised the river leyels today but overflow ;ras minor. <br />The river will remain high for severa.l days but there <br />should be no more flooding, Littler said. <br /> <br />l'rom THE STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE on Thursday, August 15, 1968.... <br /> <br />R E COR D <br /> <br />R A I N <br /> <br />F L 0 0 D S <br /> <br />STERLING <br /> <br />ARE A <br /> <br />Scores of families fled their homes in north Sterling <br />and Desert Village last night after the heaviest rainfall in <br />history flooded the area. <br />Thirty persons found refuge in <br />Northeastern Junior College campus. <br />stayed with friends or relatives to <br />Damage was devastating in wide <br />but no casualties were reported. <br />"We were extremely fortunate there were no casualties <br />or injuries," civil defense director Harold Getz reported <br />today. <br />The crisis began building up Wednesday afternoon after <br />heavy off-and-on thunderstorms saturated the area. <br />When ditches began to overflow, flooding became wid.e- <br />spread. <br />Sheriff's posse members and volunteers sprang into <br />action at 5:20 p.m. and remained on duty seven hours to help <br />evacuate families. <br />Getx reported flooding reached its peak by 2:30 a.m. <br />and water levels began to drop. <br />Great Western Sugar Company I s official guage measured <br />4.88 inches of rainfall in Sterling during the day. <br />The previous all-time record was :2,.81 inches measured <br />on June 7, 1940. <br />That means yesterda.y's rain was 2 inches greater than <br />the old record. <br />The deluge wa.s even heavier on th2 outskirts. <br />GW reported rainfall ranged from '7 to 9"';2 inches north <br />of Sterling and 8 inches west of Sterling. <br />Iliff and Padroni were flooded. <br />Families at Iliff and Padroni moved out of their homes <br />and found shelter in school buildings. <br /> <br />Long-Berg hall on <br />Hundreds of others <br />esca.pe flood waters. <br />areas of Logan county <br />