Canyon flood devastates Drake and surrounding towns in Big Thompson disaster
Rescue pilots described widespread ruin in Drake Glen Comfort Waltonia Midway Cedar Cove and Glen Haven after a 10 inch rainfall fed the Big Thompson Canyon flood. Officials estimate multi million damage and uncertain fatalities as U S 34 reconstruction looms and isolated communities tally losses.
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Loveland
Colo
Drake
Glen Comfort
Cedar Grove
Midway
Waltonia
Glen Haven
Big Thompson River
Big Thompson Canyon
Larimer County
Robert Watson
Richard Lamme
U.S. 34
Jrake
Jerry Marshall
Colorado National Guard
Denver
Marshall
Big Thompson
Forks
U S Death Rate Hits Historic Low Amid Shifting Causes
Census Bureau data show 1.91 million Americans died in 1975, an 8.9 per 1,000 rate the lowest since 1967 and below nine per 1,000 for the first time since 1900. Cancer and murder rose modestly while heart disease, highway deaths, and strokes declined. Population stood at about 214.4 million on Jan 1 1976. Boy Scouts HQ listed as North Brunswick New Jersey.
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Census Bureau
National Center For Health Statistics
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Thompson Valley
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Cedar Cove
U.S
Dillman
Central Avenue
Washington
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Boy Scouts of America’s
North Brunswick, N.J
Fryer
U.S.D.A
Hellman
Aluminum
Dillman’s
Central Aveco
Crisco
Fryers
Potocna
Central Ave
Borden
Oiate Duff
ELF
Aaa
Aly
Wane
Diliman
Yankee Road
Berns