Record-Setting Arkansas River Flood Deluges Canon City
A cloudburst in the mountain drainage sent a flood down the Arkansas river between Canon City and surrounding towns last night, with a crest of 10 000 to 12 000 cubic feet per second. The flood damaged bridges, rail lines, waterworks, and streets, flooded homes and ranches, disrupted power and communication, and forced evacuations along the riverfront. No confirmed drownings. repairs and relief efforts underway through the morning.
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Arkansas River
Through Train Delayed Three Days After Flood Breach
Residents endured widespread flooding as river waters rose, washing away a tent and threatening 309 yards of track near Cripple Creek. The general manager leads 75 men to speed repairs while damage to pipe lines is deemed minor. Several ranches and crops are ruined, and residents at Nigger Jungle abandon homes with no lives lost.
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Pueblo
Gordon
Santa Fe Crossing
Brewster’s
City Park
Portland
Florence Flood Causes Heavy Damage In Colorado
At Florence the flood wrought heavy damage though no bridges were washed away. The Denver and Rio Grande pumping station near Pikes Peak Avenue, though on high ground, is flooded by more than four feet of water and service is out of commission. The flood washed seven pliers from the area.
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Victor
Cripple Creek
Canon City
Riverside Avenue
Stommell
Colorado Telephone Company
Western Points
Salida
Ninth Street Bridge
Florence
Denver & Rio Grande
Pikes' Peak Avenue
Band Concert Tonight in Canon City
The Canon City Band presents the first concert of a new series tonight. Manager Dewey organized subscriptions and the program will be rendered at corners along Main Street between 4th and 7th streets.
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Ninth Street
Canon City
Here
Howard
Dewey
4Th
7Th Streets
Follows Wife to the Grave After Cripple Creek Shooting
Helsip a mining engineer and his wife were shot by Patrick Casey last night. Heslip killed himself with potassium cyanide after declaring his purpose to join his wife. Mrs. Heslip, Miss Lucy Lorenz, was gravely wounded. Casey guarded to avert lynching. Sheriff Callahan moved Casey to Tonopah.
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Goldfield
Nev
Helsip
Patrick Casey
Frank Mann
Casey
Heslip
Victor
Colo
Callahan
Tonopah
Thomas Heslip
Lucy Lorenz
Manitou
Lawrence
Barbara Lorenz
Albany
South 3Rd Street
Cripple Creek
San Juan
Pastor Dr. B. E. Hart Dies in Canon City
Dr. B E Hart longtime pastor of First Baptist Church and dean of the Canon City Ministerial Association died at his home on Rudd Avenue in the afternoon from pulmonary tuberculosis. He had served as president of the Colorado Baptist Association and was widely known in the state for his denomination. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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B. E. Hart
First Baptist Church
Canon City
Rudd Avenue
City council votes two hundred dollars for fair association
At an adjourned meeting the council appropriated two hundred dollars to Fremont County Fair Association. The city clerk was directed to issue a warrant on the miscellaneous fund and deliver it to the finance committee for the fair, in line with a time honored local practice.
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Fremont County Fair Association
Fair Association
Canon City Autoists Have Startling Experience
Two Canon City men Arthur Johnson and J L McNindley faced a scary crossing when their car sank in quicksand crossing a creek five miles from Pigg ranch. After an hour and a half they freed the vehicle using a fence rail and reached safety before darkness. Separately R D McClelland was jailed for three to six years for inebriation after a writ of sepercedeas denial.
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Canon City
Arthur Johnson
J. L. McNindley
Pigg Ranch
Johnson
State Supreme Court
R. D. McClelland
Champion
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Arkansas
Cottonwood
Hayden
Texas
Sangre de Cristo Range
Denver and
Rio Grande
Royal Gorge
Park Gate
Echo Siding
Gorge Station
Parkdale
Cotopaxi
Texas Creek
Hot Springs
South Canon
Hot Springs Hotel
Second Street
Nelson Brothers
Kouitz Avenue
Colorado Light & Power Company
Soda Point
Wright & Morgan
Morgan
Sie
Mr. Goodnight
James R. Calvert
M. E. Curren
Goodnight
Peeble
Sell’s Island
Emma Cramer
Mulberry Street
Ernest Sells
Mr. Sells
A. G. Roberts
South Canon High School
J. R. Case
Cases
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