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~ ~ ~ s~z- °' "'~ ^- _ CORTEZ,_ MONTEZUMA COUNTY COLORADO; THURSDAY,; JUNE 23, 1949 ® _~: .~ . NUNi$I;R 17 Sheol Extensive Damage Results as Dolores entary .~nd :~~Mari~cos. -Rivers -~ Go- on ~ Ram a ~ es~:.- ~~~ ~~~~ be re .. _ _ p. ~ , Super- _. . ~e Cor- Flood damage In Monte2uma reported damaged between the log )ams with the use of dyna-'result of the Dolores flood, the until county mounted Into thousands) town of Dolores and Rico. mite. - high waters of the Mancos river veNng, of dollars over the .week-end) With receding waters Sunday Although considerable concern are reported as having caused ~ when heavy rains sent torrents. night and Monday, the damage mounted In Dolores as the water some $50,000 worth of damage. ~ - "or the of water cascading down the Do- could be recounted. The rail- level came higher and h[gher, Ar[ Hyde of the Solt Conser- tools, )ores and Mancos rlvers,~as well road bridge at Stoner creek had there was very little, if any, vation service said Tuesday that s nee- as many smaller streams. lost its upper abutment.' The damage within the Lown. The an inspection by SCS engineers ion of Fore-runner to the long-ex- Taylor creek hrldge on the high- river channel had previously Showed that the loss included at the peeled flood stage started Fri- tray above Stoner had been been dredged out to carry, foci displacement of head structures bwney day evening with heavy rains washed away,as had the Arthur the most part, a large share of! to lrrlga lion ditches, stream section that raised the level of the mud-+ Waters bridge below Stoner. The the flood wnter. Sand-bagging) battk washing and damage to: dy Dolores river some 15 inches.i Menem Akin toot bridge at was, however; needed in a few private property. The railroad nstruc-~ With continuing rains Saturday, Stoner was swept away by the places. bridge one mile upstream from s may both rivers went- up and up, high water. I Flat lands above and below the town of Mancos was worked rune 27+overfiowing the banks in many Other structures across the Dolores were submerged as. the~out a distance of 150 feet. dnten- places and flooding the nearby river had to be constantly watch=~ water bounded over the banks. I Hyde said that much stream dndres,~ bottom lands. ~ ed to keep debris from piling up ~ Cortez Sends Help bank stablization work is neces- ~er, the' The Dolores river hit its peak and knocking out supports: Rail- Corte2 residents were warned sary on the Mancos river to pro- le dis-' of seven feet Sunday, with many road bridges at Stapleton and Saturday atternoon that they tect irrigation installations. He highway and railroad structures west of Dolores were cleared of neighboring ,town might need i also stated that some new Intake help to tight off the rising wa-~ structures, are necessary and recs. The members of the fire that several ditches should he _ ~ department were ~q~lerted ands replanned to provide, more ade- when a call came shortly after quote water diversion and pro- - ~ ~ - - nine o'clock, six or eight of the tection to ditch companies. . firemen, along with several) Most of the irrigation ditches - - - ~ ~~ other residents, drove to Dolores investigated were badly damaged • - ~ to aid sandbagging crews. by the flood waters. - - ~ The diversion dam far the Do- Animas Floods Too _ ~ )ores river fish hatchery was Monteauma county was hot washed out, but the concrete the only a~ea in the basin to s headgate was saved. The diver- wetness fl~d condlt~ans. The s ';:~ ~ ~ ~ ~ `- ~ sion structure was o[ earth and Aromas rtvY,r-roared Sunday to ' "{ ~ rock and can be replaced. ~ the highe~.t level .since 1927, -°--`-- -"""'-? ~~~.+ Communlcat[on in and out of reaching ~ peak of 8.30 feet. q,.,r° the neighboring town was dis- The Animas Valley north of _ copied early Sunday- morr>!ng Durango was virtually a lake Por !~ when flood waters washed out some five to eight miles where {;.,. x'~`ks'4fsi'.v~+`4"` _, poles on the toll line between pastures were flooded. In Du- "`'=1`~`~~ , Dolores and. Cortez. Paitial sec- rango, the westside. road Yrom vice:was, restored after several highway 160 was closed when hours,.but It was not until Tues- water came over the road early day evening that crews had all Sunday. circuits in operation. I The approach to a bridge over .y_Datnage .Great at Mancos Vallecito river at the north end Although there 'has been no of Vallecito reservoir was washed . monetary loss established as the out. ~~.•^Sentinel=Photos by Cal'Beaber t - ~ ; w•+'a 7' aq~r •oni All Directions ~. in a Bean Field :.. a, ' Two Held After•--Robbery ~a#;-- ~~y-~ An Le Theatre Tuesday:: Night