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<br />ami the 5.~yline Drive, c<1usi.1g z;or.."ill1y dry 5.:mc C!:c('k to
<br />run a flocd-swollen torrent,
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<br />He.,vyP3i"
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<br />Canon City
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<br />I"he rw,olL lrom the hO<IDd.ckS <1long the Skyli"" Drive
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<br />~',u ~he heuvi",,,t in several ~"ar$, torrent:'; of W<1te'r O<1S-
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<br />City on'ws worked tram iln carlg flour throu~'.~ Thursd"'j
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<br />1I~'avy rains t.,ll in tI,e Canon Cit,,; arc!", ,\'on2,-,'1 <'v"ning,
<br />but minus the hail whi.ch dcs~royed mdz;y acres cf crops On
<br />Saturd<l'1cvening.
<br />PriVilto r"ln guuges throughout the community, especidlly
<br />on the suuth side, repcrted up to un inch ilnj a halt of .~isture
<br />ir.thetwoanJ.1h3lfhourscorm.
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<br />c"di.oy rocks as well as silt into the residential .,1'(-",S 011
<br />the .wrth side. Nearly every street intersection was p"r-
<br />ti-dl~ blocked.
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<br />mortJiI1g to r"11'Ot,," the debri~, Mud W,'5 pUGhcd dOlm ..s flir "'G
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<br />N"in "",d River streets ,'nd '..ater nocred over th" side"alk On
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<br />However, the strength ot the ctcrm wdC cpottcd in th~
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<br />t'"",blocksofMdill!itr",..t.
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<br />.J.reCl.
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<br />The Stilte penitenti..ry gauge, t~e officidl gduge for
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<br />'Iio1ent willa,; of "hort duration ac~"Ompanied tile JO"71pour,
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<br />th" U.S. ",,,"ther 3'!l:(,~", hdd onlL; .33 of an in:::".
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<br />ClnJ otJe ldrge tree wdS brokell off en the m",t.~ sid~'.
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<br />,"'~mer"1.1s
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<br />rep"aed '.92 ir,.;:he" "f vd" ,';e.;;:dveJ ir, t,',e
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<br />tre~ l~mDS dnd br~nchCs Wer& rippe1 Oci ~nJ th~re ~~s some
<br />ddo,,,aJe to roofs, ~"/ ""tcnn.."s und gurden". Anoth~r tree "'ilS
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<br />storm.
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<br />Oth". dUes throughoc.t the stdte H'Geiv,.,d '",r~'
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<br />little.
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<br />uprooteaonth"OOt'thside.
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<br />Stre"mliner trair.s ",hid] ",cre rou~ed thro~gh C"non
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<br />A 6""pdr~l.., 'itarm $tl'uC"k LL~colr. P"rk dnd che Four ,'.1i.1e
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<br />Cit'.' Ncmdd'J due to dQrailed C"lit-o;;"id Z>2ph'j'" ',"~'rQ });;,ck
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<br />Jis~dct$ ~t tf,e SilR,e ti.""", moving in f,om the ""st,
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<br />Roth
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<br />on ~heir re7ular (o~tes r~,,~J~J'
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<br />,;t'(n;"$ '..'ore ;;,c=",p'mi~>d b'j s'>",c'r'! ..jr'c"cd""l dist'''})a''~..,
<br />j'"e"" Wi"; a~;'U~I'" to count:; roads :jorth c.f C,moi' Cit~.
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<br />,JM'.~ Nd>Of'''''','~, ni.o~. 12 ",,>,-"r '.""''''i~.;",,,~-,,, ",~-"I t~",
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<br />T~E C~NON CITY O~ILv RECO~D
<br />CANON CITY, FREMDN. COvNTY, COLORADO
<br />~lONDAY, ,JULY 22, 1974
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<br />,1rka"$dS reschcd it,,; !,iqh point; s!::urtly after 10 p.iI,. rh~
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<br />riw'r "'~s do'm
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<br />to 3,~OO sec. ft,
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<br />Th"'rs""~ mor"in~ b';t thi~'k
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<br />enouJh to .c~t
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<br />~r.d :;,"o'~cl ," .~" "did.
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<br />P"ltsCal,onCityAre,l
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<br />WCd.~csd<1Y night's storms huilt "1' in ~~rpd:;;in'll~ ~'hort
<br />ti~, j~st ,.,; did l<1-".t S"t1Jrd~y <:v"ninJ's storm """UJ of
<br />~ir.eoln P"rk ".~d the one Heme"" eWmi~g Ihat d,,:r.chod the
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<br />Ii"'''v~ .~d.it:~ S<:nd ,q",,,rJ
<br />Flcodinq Throuqh City
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<br />Cilore:&r&l,
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<br />Ar. official 1.7 inche~ of r..in flood ,b<1SemNitS clnJ
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<br />THE CANO~ CITY DAILY RECuRD
<br />CA~a\ C!TY, FREMONT COU~TY. CQl8RADO
<br />FRI~AY, JULY 30, ,965
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<br />~~reets In C"non City Sunday eVen illY .
<br />Flash floods hit the O.chdrd Pilrk area h~rJest as
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<br />H'/,:i"'",!fc .~ilcl, [J'-'~r~>d over its b,n:k~ in sOf,"~ flpo.'S.
<br />n~".'h'!J<!l'<O w<:Jds ,,,'u' '-mdercuo dnd sam"' ro.,d 5.,cUon5
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<br />wer., cO."';olctc1y sut"'~'r yd <;,,,,si,,,, tr~[fic ~o b,' ro,;(..-,;
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