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Show GREAT DAMAGE BY WATER. From Two to Four Feet Water In the Business Portion. A terrific flood struck tho city ot Trinidad, Colo., and tho valloy along tho Los Animas river, devastating n wldo section nnd causing n money loss which nt present cannot bo estimated, but which may reach Beveral hundred thousand dollars. Every brldgo In tho city of Trinidad Is out, tho Santa Fo station la demolished, demol-ished, nil of tho railroads aro Hod up and tho telephono and telegrnphlc services ser-vices completely suspended. More than thirty city blocks In tho residence and business sections wero from two to four feet under wntor along tho river. So far ns known nt noon no llvos woro lost, but there wero many narrow nar-row escapes. Tho flood was caused by the heavy rain which has been falling for two tlnys. The storm assumed cloudburst proportions, nnd the Las Animas river went over Its banks. It was Impossible to get within a block of tho river bed nt ony point and Commercial strcot was Hooded for threo blocks In tho heart of the business busi-ness district. Meantime tho electric light and gas plants hnd been flooded and tho city was In complete darkness. |