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Show ROCK ISLAND WASHOUT Cloudburst at Colorado Springs Puts Road Out of Action. COLORADO SrniNGS. Aug. 1. Tho Rock Island railway Is temporarily out 'of action In this city as a result of the cloudburst that struck north of town lato yesterday evening. Tho cut through which tho road enters Colorado Springs Is about 100 feet wide and twenty feet deep, and It Is declared to havo run full of water when the forco of tho Hood reached that point. N Tho-tracks today for a distance of nearly near-ly a milo aro burled under from eight to ten feet of sand, and traffic Is reaching reach-ing the city via Denver. |