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Show Damage at Trinidad From Raging Flood Business Section of Town Cut Off From Water Supply Situation Situa-tion Alni-ming. TRINIDAD. Colo, April IT.. Melting snow ca ised the Las Animas river to become, be-come, a torrent today, resulting in con-ible con-ible damage to the new Santa Pe fill here, which Is In danger of being washed away. Three hundred men are rlprapphig the bank with ties spiked to rallroud lalls. aji.l troJh-loadfl ol rook are being dumped along the bank directly in front of the Cardenas hotel und the new depot In course of ceinstructlon Cars Hold Bridge Down. The Rio Grande has a train f loaded cars standing on Its bridge to prevent It from going out Th. temporary wagon bridge connecting Ni rth and South Trinidad went out tonight. to-night. The business section of Trinidad Is still cut off from Its wab-r suppl;. and conditions ar.- alarming. Train Stuck in Snowdrift. The Colorado & South.-rn passenger train from Fort Worth was stuck In a unowdrlft four hours at Kmer Gap anil was finally dug out by relief crews from Trinidad and T.-xllne Tho river is still rising and all families hae moved from tho bottoms to tho hillsides Should the weather continue warm a high flood ls expected tomorrow. |