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DODVOL. VII. JA WISTER FHE6IJBT.Rome fn» »trp expmPrd Satonlay for the ia'e'T of the Arkai *a* river bridge at tbi* piece. The river raae aeveral fret ami •t four o’clock in ibe atieruoon Urge cakes of ice mrntr II .ating in the * ream. For »ev-cral day* train* were diliy*d from the w«et owing to frcabeu and ice gorge* in Colora do. From the Weal La* Animae Leader wr make the folio wing ex ract* concerning thr frrwhct and •‘amagr d*«ne by it:Ml*he mild wea her of Ibe laat few data daa made an impr* -inn on roiurthing up thr I’urgatuir-, thr Ladd's Mud aid Rulecrerk# ai d ll.A Mm-tning la 1 quid form ha« couie ru-bttig madly down aial I- going onward tjwaid toe rra, Ibe *j-pition i« that there b a been a h ranrr m«»w I all in thr cunom* of thr I\irg.»r»nr.* than ha* Iwwn kn *n befon for ten y«ara. CVr aiu it ia that -urh a 11 ad aa thia *»* ccvr.r knuau fof rr .n the Pur-gtoire in winter time. 1 came down Tu«a-day night and Wtduralty, an i Kriday the water waa in many p'ftn tali a aide wide, and c mid be *e»o from high point* for mile* around. Ine IqiiJ waa of a thick pamt-liac otfwlatrnty, and bad a Mimewliat diaareeahlr, »uiphutoi« odor. Kirange a* it may 8*ea», ibe »ulpSurou* I quid carried on it* hue ui imoiroee cakea of »ce, many a-largc aa he a dc of • leg -i.,rj houae.Vit* d hauler* who aiared out early in the dw rn ng for the tooth turned back and ap-palle.i u.eir Irteude with the atoty of th* tljod and the fort that a di teo or aj iiiun with driven were I elJ no the oth^r aidr. Faniet who • anrd for Ft. Lyon aooo rw turord w th the newa iha» a | art of Ft Ly« nbridge aa* t,one, and that ih* railroad frark and bridge at the I'urgaicire were under Water.l’be F *rt Lyon wagon bridge oeer the Ar-kmiua Went ou. iu »-c i «ce Wedixwd y. Ao imauD*v gorge of ire l« rujfd afov* it, from eight to ten fret hgh, maniog back a quir-t rolt; a rod«*. A epao br-lt; gave way nrar the middle which at ibe ice in motion, a -Ur wuich ibe pile* were mowed down like amw. Two *p«o* remained about midway inn (our a each cod.Two mi lea below Caddo the river made a d«t «r (root its old channel toward the tooth blufl, eroming the track, and kat waa bed oat 1600 foot of the grade. Three mllea farther down the cur eat it met ibe track, end ii In uppomJ hae c«ue*d aimilar damage theev. The bxiom bviw.eo the new channel and the old U pretty wall covered with water.Poa me Poebfo Chieftae: Thuraday’t rarUfn train waa ddayed about nine hour* by the waahl»g away of Ibe Api k.pa bridge 31 at oi the atrlt;ema in ihia arctioo have beta on a high for aeveral day a, owing to the warm weather aoa melting of ice end »mw io the uouotaiofl. The Apiahape end Huerfano are lloodiog their banka and cam lag conaiderable damage to ranchmen living mb ng the banka of ibeetream*. Toe at ream* all i a uraily run very r*p*dly, and when th*y temme awullen by their iributariee th* Waier rarrira away everything in it* mad career. Even the placid Arkaoawe a**m« to be incline*! to g* I i'« back op, and waa yeatrnl.y rtaing rapidly, but It will take a pte 'j tig thaw to 5 od it* tunk*. aa there ia cjumtlerabl* room b tween aborea. Ii look* a* though ihe «piirg fl.oda bad commeecrtJ ami if ihia abould pro.e true, Pu -bio might a* well aay good b*e to a pure water eupply the coming mi turner. 8o far aa beard no gicat damage by the Purgatoire flood h!•* been dour, but much ia anticipated before it aba’M It i* rot known yet wbetber train* over ibeStnia Fe will be able to get through to day, but it ia hop*d they will. *dUTct'»lt;■Iit‘itti.hr»r»■1foalKfoBMane U*»* baa be n pk dograpbed ia 158 poaiiiona. Thia » an ad vert ia* met.I. but the vane** of attitude* can be ba«Wn eaaily bya bov 5 y*art» o d who it told lo ail atill at n funeral cr a piayerwificWoflLiAtha
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Dodge City Times
Dodge City, Kansas, US
Sat, Feb 12, 1881
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