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<br />watershed and along the main stem of the Arkansas River from ~;alida <br /> <br /> <br />to Pueblo. The storm center was concentrated at Lake Moraine on <br /> <br /> <br />Fountain Creek. The city of Pueblo received 3.02 inches of rain- <br /> <br /> <br />fall on Illay 30 and 31. The Fountain Creek discharge was estimated <br /> <br /> <br />to have been 40,000 cubic feet per second. <br /> <br />AUQust 7. 1904 <br /> <br />The flood originated on a minor t.ributary of Fountain <br /> <br /> <br />Creek near Eden at approximately Mile 8.00. The local "cloudburst" <br /> <br /> <br />concentrated over the 6.9 square mile draina,!', area to produc8 a <br /> <br /> <br />peak flow of 9,640 cubic feet per second. Failure of a railway <br /> <br /> <br />bridge over this normally dry gulch caused a train wreck that killed <br /> <br /> <br />more than 100 people. Although property damage was apparently minor, <br /> <br /> <br />the city was grief stricken for the numerous local victims of th8 <br /> <br /> <br />flood-caused train wreck. <br /> <br />June 3-4. 1921 <br /> <br /> <br />"The largest flood visiting Pueblo since Decoration Day <br /> <br /> <br />1894 gutted the business and wholesale business district.s of the <br /> <br /> <br />city last night and early this morning," re~orted the Pueblo Chief- <br /> <br /> <br />tain "Flood Extra" of June 4, 1921. The combined effects of the <br /> <br /> <br />flooding on Fountain Creek and the Arkansas RivBr were disastrous <br /> <br />at Pueblo. Many people lost their lives in Pueblo due to the fast <br /> <br /> <br />rise of the flood and unwillingn'ess of many to heed the flood war- <br /> <br />ning. The official list placed the number of bodies recovered at <br /> <br /> <br />78; however, many bodies that washed downstream were not recovered. <br /> <br />The total property loss in the city was estimated at $10 million. <br /> <br /> <br />A report to the Pueblo City Council stated that 510 dweJ.lings were <br /> <br /> <br />washed away, 98 buildings were wrecked, and 61 buildings were washed <br /> <br /> <br />from their foundations. All telephone, t.ele~Jraph, and railway ser- <br /> <br />vices were knocked out. All but one of t.he six railroad bridges <br /> <br /> <br />over the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek sustained loss of one or <br /> <br /> <br />more spans or large portions of their approaches. <br /> <br />26 <br />