Armed patrol in canyon
NZPA-Reuter Loveland. I Colorado Like a scene from the old West, deputised civilians with pistols on their hips [are patrolling the Big 'Thompson River canyon to [stop looters from pillaging .! homes in the flood-raked area. “I've deputised a couple of hundred good citizens and ranchers,” said Lafier County Sheriff Bob Watson “Some people say they may [not be well trained, but thev are working under my instructions.” Exactly one week ago a flash flood swept down the twisting 35-mile-long canyon. killing and injuring hundreds of holidaymakerand Colorado residents seeking mountain solitude. , Before quitting for the dav because of darkness and a slow drizzle, searchers found four more bodies in their painstaking search through silt-filled cars, flood-tossed house-trailers. and twostorey piles of debris
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Press, 9 August 1976, Page 8
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