Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-06-09
ARKANSAS FLOODS
 COLORADO CITY
PUEBLO IS COMPLETELY RUINED BY OVERFLOW WATER FROM
 ARKANSAS RIVER.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOSS
Flooded Section Includes Large Por- ton of Business Section-Many Persons Pay No Atte
 to Flood Warnings.

4ueDlO, COlO"f lOOu WdJSTS Ol Il6 Arkansas river sweeping through Pu- eblo Friday night and Saturday caused deaths that total into the hun- dreds and property damage in excess of S10,000,000 according to reports.
 The Red Cross organized to aid suf- ferers, and c. w. Lee was named food administrator to have charge of ra- tioning the food available in the city. The railroad yards were left filled with undiscovered debris and broken and overturned equipment, increasing the damage by more than million dollars. Business houses, inside and outside, were covered with slimy mud, and in many cases even brick build ings were undermined and wrecked. Frame buildings in the path of the flood were swept away, in many cases carrying their inhabitants with them. No Attention to Warnings. While the flood warnings had been given, many persons did not heed them, and to this is ascribed a large part of the death loss.
 Thousands of Mexicans, with their possessions on the backs, were wan | dering through the city with nothing to eat and no place to sleep. Not even drinking water was available. Frank Pryor, of a local furniture company, spent one night on the stand ing wall of his four-story building which collapsed.
 | Richard Philbins was rescued from telephone pole, where he had spent the night He was riding a horse when the waters overwhelmed him. The horse was drowned, but Philbins managed to swim to the pole. While the greater loss of life ap- pears to have been in Pueblo, reports many sections of southeastern Colo rado. Streams, sent out of their banks by cloudbursts in the noun tains, carried away farm buildings and drowned many head of cattle. Bridges Swept Away. | Railroad and highway bridges were carried away, and miles of telegraph and telephone lines were laid low. | In Pueblo damage was increased by fires in the business section, started by lightning and unquenched for lack of water pressure.
 The flooded section of Pueblo ex tended from Second street to the Mesa. It contains a large portion of
 the business district.
 Starting shortly after o'clock. Pu
 eblo's fire whistles sounded the flood
 alarm. At that hour both the Arkan
 sas and the Fountain were rising rap
 idly from the cloudbudst that prevailed
 during the day. Hundreds of person:
 took warning and gathered a few be
 longings, seeking safety in the hills around the city. Others did not heed the warning. Many of these paid with their lives.
 The floods swept into the city proper about o'clock. Police and guards drove crowds back from the main bridges, where they had taken refuge. In a half hour water was pouring over the top of the railings of bridges, and the main business sec tion was inundated. Street cars stopped; electric lights went off
 In the darkness could be heard the roar of the onrushing waters, and the crash of falling buildings. A rain was falling to add to the discomfort Here and there with the flashes of lightning spectators could see small houses floating about. Over in the railroad yards passenger coaches and other equipment lay overturned, and out of the night came the cries of stricken women and children appeal ing for help.
 Scores of men risked their lives to bring women and children to safety | The Colorado Rangers, the police and the Colorado National Guard bent to | the work of rescue Scores of per !; sons alive in Pueblo owe their lives to the bravery of the men of these organizations and scores of volun | teers.