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<br />The public hi<;hw",-ys in ~'ver'l airection ...ere convertea
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<br />"n,] "ere burlly .i~mJJ)e1 /0'1 it.
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<br />In ~~ny pl"c~s "ide stretches
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<br />The tf'rrit<;Jry from nneent/1 street ""st ~l""\l !1~i"
<br />street to the rruit.m<:re erossingot t!iL'RioCrilIlde r"ilr"'dd
<br />"'dS " :0'''' of "'.Her ~t "o'clod< Frid",! niqht ,,,,<1 =ntinu~a
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<br />into river~' of welter dudlJY tJ.~ C'Ontinu""ce cot tile ",ton..
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<br />ot th.. ro"d~'"y '"ere ",wept away and scoros of .';m~l1 bddges
<br />,me! cdv"rts ""r" ",a"hed out, rf:nd"rin'] trilt'ficover them
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<br />Thegcverw..,,,nc r"itl q11a.ye "ept bLji'rof. Tho"'dsson,
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<br />s~L,,;er(f':d vlltil leu,'1 after midlliqh1. TIJ" "il~~'r !n thil(;
<br />section -""",red do"", from the north ill gre.,(; \folume ""d wJs
<br />~rom twelve incnes (;0 threo feet dorp ovcr a Nid~ d~ed.
<br />cellars and h~&"'m"nU; in th~' low,,~ lo~'"l1ti"5 wel'" filled
<br />with w~te~, a~ were ,,1&0 qdrd~nQ and outbuildinq~. In
<br />mdn~ Cdse" peopl" had hard work co k",~p out the "'ilt"r "nJ
<br />in lsol~(;~d inGtdnCes wore ~nabl" to do ~o. liovseholJprs
<br />"",e kept busy 'Nceping belck ~.~e ...a~er from thoir door"teptJ
<br />~"d in ~ryi,,'l to s,,-ve their ).ivestock .,,,<3 movedble property.
<br />lionclred,of chiCker."""doth"rpoultr'J wen'drc'''"M "no !,nglO
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<br />10c~1 ob:;<,rvcr for thc ~'oat4'r h\lze"'~ of tlJe Dcp~rtm""t of
<br />Ar;dr"Jtur"', shows thar; ~ little more than t."" ,."d iI h<lJf
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<br />itJchesot rain [ell bcctWf't'n 1 ",'cleck Friday afternoon dnd
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<br />1 c'clock this mc~ning. As this medns ncmethlng like 10,000
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<br />~OnS of wdter on ~very squ<<re mile o~ 640 ~~re5 50mr i~e"
<br />.'!;a~i be il~,1 of U,,= ifo,"<=,,;;it'l or (;h,' pz<wipitilUOt, dnd Dr tlw
<br />flooe! th,,~ Ie wem)rl pro,)'1"'" In 'h,. "",'r,',:'.~ of" "",lIr,,~i~
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<br />'l',.;r..ti!.i,,~ uI 1u.''';'''., w""J ",",.1 lvu"", ".'",Ld;'~l ~'UB tl""t..<1
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<br />co'mt'ry.
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<br />~~',1Y, roost of it finding a lodginq pl~c~ lo""r do"", t.~e ,,"lle~
<br />h th" dir~ction (Jf t.~e Arlwns"s river. .;;ome of it cail t~
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<br />T!,,, st~eet~ of C,mo", City "'0"''' trao"tormeJ into bro"d
<br />D'" ~!Jdllo~' ~'.'""u<'s oJ- ,,-..,ter ~oo,;t ci..~k, we,,,n the ra.intal1
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<br />..,alv"'J-.d, b,t most at ]t ca~not.
<br />v'udgo "'<,,-s. 1" Coop<:'-, in (X).oq.}J"Y with F.. P. ,,-,t_~ur, cJ"L'k
<br />of t~" e!i~tri~t co~rt, st"~ted hom~ i" hi.., dutomohil~ ~t
<br />),30 o'cl'Jck Pnd..~ night, l1..vil1',,' 1,,,,-,, 'J..t"ifJ<~j i" to"" unUl
<br />~.1.]t hour ',,-,dtin7 for tile jur<< ill th<: iJ, T. fi<:nJlt:'1 CdS" 00
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<br />W,i':; i.'ilrd"3t, dnd if> so",/> "PCt/OM; of t1", b"sin..ss ponion
<br />ot' tlJt: town it o'~er1lowd 0,., cy'zbc: ~"d spreild Ov~r tll>'
<br />31de~'"lk,". ~t did ''J01. )e-!. I[)to 'I'_~" ,';'-o"'.s, no",,'\I"'-r althou'Jh
<br />U1,' dl"i.",jg" riH"h"" ",,..H-,' ,,,,,,,,, to th","r """-'ut '" meet the
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<br />e;;Jd''1e.1G'I.
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<br />Vniible to ,,]ths~..!,,1 U,.. '.';ol",nc," of the ,lo'mpour
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<br />aport d vel'diet was C'.,)mpell"d to aba.'XIo", ilis car oPFosite
<br />the il~~ of J~~~ Bclkn~p OIl East Majn str~et when tn," wator
<br />p..,C('''''' so d",,,l' ~s to make it p/>Ti Iou... ~o {J~oc","'a' further.
<br />'?he Wd~"r '"a.s oveI ~he r<InniWI bo~rds wh",n Ih" "''''c.~in(O was
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<br />tt.~ roots of a numheI of huIld;ngs along M~in stIeet dev~l~
<br />"['cd l",~"s and p~rmiHec! tI,e "dtel:" to cdr;:kl" dow" into tht'!iz:
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<br />int~ri"rs, dum~qiuY pldst",ring, and in ~Dme instances f~rIljture
<br />'r.d rixt"r<,~. ,\ r",,,, <:<'11~rs ",o'! ~,","",,'nts irJ tile l'ud,~""z:
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<br />~l:Ja"donu:i "",j ~['p<'aH,e! to b... mllch d"eper "ilead.
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<br />Th,.,whol,'
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<br />,""diu!> "'"n' Ull"d ."ith w",eer, bu(; the'y were on t:xception to
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<br />country ah""", said Judgr COOp'..'r thjs m<>rnir;g, ~i'P"ared to
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<br />(;he ","",eral nlia.
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<br />r~ u,.. r....;d'O'nr.. r>~i"hI""ch""d,< m"n~ ,On.H~
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<br />w"r~' flooded, pa~Ucu13dy in East C,,;:o", which ",l~ ,~arder
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<br />witll"'5sea ~he~e be[or~.
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<br />"I hav" 1 iv"d h,'r" tort'.... li""rs,. dfJ~
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<br />nit bS' tl1..... tlood f_han ~ny "th"r loc~;i~~; "bour tm"".
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<br />Ga~e!5!n~
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<br />chred Judge Cooper, ',"<It I fieve~ SaW ~ flood j,1 C~.,on City
<br />like the 0.." otFriday ni']ht."
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<br />!i' m~"y pl~ces '_r" .%b==rqed by the >ldter ,"'0 .. residue of
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<br />"rIcky adcb~ mua d,"po!JiU'<I u[>On ym>li,"9 v~qeUUot,.
<br />j l'O~1 this ,;O'1r,;" wIl! ;;'" cons;d"r"ole.
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<br />The losS
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<br />,in" pO'J!'ru,~,,,, iT' E~."" c~no~ w,-k' ~",~OT,..'rl ~!;;_" !':~~ni1''1 '",
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<br />haw. ':c,;t &00 h""" c'hiG'.~., by O,,,, n<XJc1.
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