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watershed and along the main stem of the Arkansas River from Salida to Pueblo. The storm center was concentrated at Lake Moraine on Fountain Creek. The city of Pueblo received 3.02 inches of rain~ fall on May 30 and 31. The Fountain Creek discharge was estimated to have been 40,000 cubic feet per eecond. AUQust 7. 1904 The flood originated on a minor Creek near Eden at approximately Mile B.OO. tributar'y of Fountain The local "cloudburst" concentrated over the 5.9 square mile drainage area to produce a peak flow of 9,540 cubic feet per second. Failure of a railway bridge over this normally dry gulch caused a train wreck that killed more than 100 people. Although property damage was apparently minor, the city was grief stricken for the numerous local victims of the flood-caused train wreck. June 3-4. 1921 "The largest flood visiting Pueblo since Decoration Day 1894 gutted the business and wholesale business districts of the city last night and early this morning," reported the Pueblo Chief- tain "Flood Extra" of June 4, 1921. The combined effects of the flooding on fountain Creek and the Arkansas River were disastrous at Pueblo. Many people lost their lives in Pueblo due to the fast rise of the flood and unwillingness of many to heed the flood War- ning. The official list placed the number of bodies recovered at 7B; however, many bodies that washed downstream were not recovered. The total property loss in the city was estimated at $10 million. A report to the Pueblo City Council stated that 510 dwellings were washed away, 9B buildings were wrecked, and 61 buildings were washed from their foundations. All telephone, telegraph, and railway ser- vices were knocked out. All but one of the six railroad bridges over the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek sustained loss of one or more spans or large portions of their approaches. 26