The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-09

AhSA SuluC tllc IltS. a HASH
lightning, a crash, and in the light
the next fash building was d
closed in flames. There was no wat
"A to combat the blaze 50 it swept 0
4 1t ate through the Florman Pail
ID Company, the gas plant, the ice plan
moved down two big garages in |
path, and then attacked the yards {
=. the King Investment and Lumbe
Company. All were laid in waste.
Residents Are Dazed.
In the grip Of disaster all Puebl
seemed stunned. Refugees, daze
and seemingly not knowing what t
s. 40. struggled about the mud-coyere
streets. Mothers with babies in thei
arms, mothers whose arms wer
empty, old men and women and PEG
y pie Of every description wandered
about until gathered up and taken t
a headquarters established by the Rec
Cross. There they were fed and al
lowed to rest.
Q With everything swept away but the
+ clothes on their backs ard the few
Y things they carried in little bundles,
d. many moaned and cried, while others
, tried to find relatives and friends.
The courthouse was thrown open, and
served as canteen and hospital
After the food motor cars moved
up Main street carrying bodies on
the tenders, each body covered with
mud.
Just when Pueblo was beginning to
recover from the terrible disaster of
! Friday night, the Skaway reservoir
between Florence and Victor sudden.
ly gave way, and within an hour the
swollen torrent Of the Arkansas river
again had inundated the outlying sec
tons Of the city.
Waters rose to point only few
inches below the high water mark of
Friday nights floods.
The new food did not develop ser
iously, although the river rose several
feet in a short time.
State Troops on Duty.
Trees and masses of debris were
coming down from the country above
Pueblo on the crest of the new floods.
Troops quickly cleared the business
and wholesale districts. Citizens were
prevented from coming within block
of the waters, while every effort was
made to prevent loss of life from the
new danger.
Gov. Oliver H. Shoup and Col. Pat.
rick Hammock, commander of the state
constabulary, arrived early to take
personal charge Of the situation. In
upon their arrival it was
decided that Colonel Hamrock's
troops, consisting of Colorado Ma
.lonal Guard units and state rangers,
will assume all responsibility for law
and order during the emergency.
Governor Shoup and Colonel Ham.
'ock left Colorado Springs in motor
ruck mounted on tlange wheels, which
raVeled to Pueblo over the Santa Fe {
md ID. & r. G. tracks. Due to DELAYS {
'aused sy washed out roadbeds the I
officials abandoned their conveyance
It Buttes, however, proceeding to this !
ity by automobile.
Along the railroad tracks from Col. :
RADIO Springs to Pueblo are scenes Of =
isolation and disaster, fences down 9
reat trees uprooted, deep gullies torn +
the fields by the rushing torrents. J.
upon the arrival Of Governor Shoup n
nd Colonel Hammock the belief was
expressed by members of the party !.
lat the reports of the death toll had
cen exaggerated. The property dam. ;,
&c, II Is conceded, however, will he II
least $1O,OOO,OOO. 81
Pueblo recently experienced two y
CIV hoods. Breaking of a dam on -
Re Fountain river near Colorado d
prlhgs mas sent the food waters Of III
le Arkansas river up. The waters :"
gain reached Third street Then III
kasway reservoir broke, and brought A.
le third flood. u
Inc CITY was put under military con. "
Oh under charge of Lieut.. COL Paul .,
: newton OF the Colorado National 1 1v
lard. Thousands of persons were :,
RED for at night in churches and ",
urthouses, hotels and private homes ~
Water from the Arkansas river al
ept back into Main street in the "a
'rnlng, seriously handicapping res. $50,
= workers. The water, which had o.
ceded at night, rose again in tho W
'rnlng, but by noon once more had
lrted to recede. !
Both food and water are being 70.
NED and are very scarce, but tbe
'st serious problem facing the c,rv del
'ording to Robert Cast, chief Of the op,
nltation Commission of the Red inc
'ss' is that of sanitation. Disinfect. ant
s are needed urgently, Mr.. CAST lun
d. In an appeal sent to the s.
lis chapter of the Red Cross tne T
al chapter stressed the need for sew
600 for immediate use in rec,am,. str,
| work. and
4 fueblo's courthouse hundreds q, for
neless were housed.
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