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<br />Facsimile article from the Greeley Sun, Wednesday, May 31, 1876.
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<br />ERIE UNDER WATER
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<br />.: 'C'tut.1 creek" 18,S -Ih Boulder' .-,,""tn, .~tu.
<br />nUUldrd ff".peeL "nil iMl'irtd l~rrO'r' On ~iot;.
<br />11111 IRel, if nqnr ba~ore. About. nOOD lh
<br />lllreet. of Erie beg'lu to fill ",ilb willet', Mill
<br />beron an bour bid el_reod Jlone-o! "'I'e
<br />Btrl(l<e~, and ~be ..helle flu.L 00 ",bicb the low:).
<br />i. IDeated ~a. ..;ept by .. mudd,. foariD;
<br />tlood, o."r a q,uarler or & mil. io w-idth.
<br />People were DoL djl6oieGI. iD. b~~t..,. 01' coo).
<br />Dell. Mefthanl.. etaD-dibg in lb. rilliD.~
<br />water, piled their. gnod. biSb OD thf ebelYu
<br />when the "lone dlllbe.d-,aJ6alUIllhe buHdio.;,
<br />with Do (ury t.hat U1!&d1 tbe wbole elraotar...
<br />l\utLke ..od l'remble. "PeophJ waded thrQugh
<br />the boiling"ftood with children on tbeir ehoul.
<br />de"ra. .".ben lh. current threateQed eTtry m.o..
<br />l?lt!lt. tl? dub tht"ir teet. from ben.eath them.
<br />and to hurl them. helple.. and drownilll do~f'tr
<br />the ro"rittc tide.
<br />Allinee o'el04k p. m., \he Elood. a-t\.&ined UI
<br />higheat point. Out~~.ea, IIbed., cbick~n..
<br />(lOOpS, elc., went. ea.rnriog down tbe ttrea-m.
<br />Doors nod wiodowlI were wreached OpeD io
<br />!lome ot the houlel, &ud &rttele. nC ru.~oilOJ,n
<br />bedding, elc., "..bed out witb reli.tlell foroe:
<br />J. T. Willi.m,' dwelling) o.bout. 16'1.26, "''"
<br />wuhed (rom ih foundation, lurned bl\IC
<br />:\round, .nn (I)reed. .ea.t'l,. n.gl1i.nlt M. &. J.
<br />IJerm'ln'lI clothing.bollse.
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<br />Tho uilrood gude -:nbofe 10WD' gOTe ".y,
<br />IfJgctber with the hridgo. The bock sad Heft
<br />"ere lined /lod dt"r~"hod lat8o'O' about thr~e
<br />huudrcd Ccet from rlJl'ir original p08ition, in
<br />lbc (orm of no clhlllY, Prohnblr leTe1Itoy !'Od!
<br />nf roil! nnd lie!, llxtendillS' frollttbo 'Doulder
<br />Vo.lIt,. Cool Work>! RaroS! 10 Ih~ lligil' land on
<br />lhe other 111.1., were IhuI diepolOd qt, making
<br />n. new (tDck, with scored] a. tic mi,uing or a.
<br />rn.il Lrolccn.
<br />In tho Jlwirt ellM'elll. John Tbom.. .lambled
<br />n.nd {ell witb a child ot Mr, RoberL Bummer.,
<br />ltilling from the muddy "'Dler, Mr. T. grabbed
<br />Ihe COn.t~D whieh the cbild b~ jU!t been eo...
<br />'felnpl"d, But sbe W4S. Dot I here. Another
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<br />~In.aee rOTealed his charga " Dum.ber of feel
<br />hrlo", I::""plng in tho boiling flood~ A .few
<br />dc.perlllo, plunges relilloretl her 10 billl' &~mll,
<br />bllt 10 flauntIer oul. oC the roaring eletDeDft
<br />luc.l biM onergie.l to t.ho utmo,t.
<br />He placed bls bcttor bDle bigh Oil ~i. shoul..
<br />der, did John Iliacs, to SAYe her :lif., 6Dd tu
<br />keep bel' from geuinc 'wot; but, IItepplag on a
<br />rri8ky n1!'1ter CGD, bo rlungcll the wll, .of hie
<br />ho:o;om hen.rlloDG int.o tho tccthing wa,lers.
<br />'I'llI'll, in ~J1ito fir .Inng'.!r, In ltrito or ovor,.,
<br />1I1i111. JHlU'llll Irmill:,' nlhl'll.
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