Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-06-10
One Hundred Bodies Recovered;
Estimates of Property Loss
Set at $11,OOO,OOO.
MANY ARE HOMELESS
Death ToI! may be Considerably Higher
as Debris Is Cleared Away; Red
Cross Appropriates 100000
for Relief Work.

Pueblo, Colo.-Resumptio Of heavy
rainfall, the bursting Of two dams
above Pueblo, attended by rapid rise
of the Arkansas river to a stage nearly
approximating that of Saturday morn
ing, and several cases Of typhoid, pneu-
monia, diphtheria and one or two cases
of insanity marked developments in
Pueblo.
The Arkansas river has reached
Fifth and Court streets, the highest it
has been since the flood, when the wa
ter reached Fifth and Main streets.
Property Loss Set at ST., 100000.
At 1920 the river was reported at
its crest and beginning to subside
There was not the rush of water which
accompanied Fridays food.
Estimates of property damage in the
city and vicinity mounted to $11,000,-
900. A recapitualtion of the known
dead made at military headquarters
fixed the figure at 100. Earlier reports
had given the known dead as 1873. 1t
was explained that confusion had re-
suited through duplication of lists.
Wreckase 80 Feet High.
A portion of a great steel bridge
blocks the entrance to Union avenue.
Wreckage is piled 80 feet high against
walls that did not give way with the
flood
The Grove sectisn, where thousands
of foreigners Mexicans and Italians
lived has been literally wiped out. The
houses were carried away by the flood,
many Of them with their occupants
clinging to the roofs.
The railroad yards are filled with
wrecked cars and engines. Five rail-
road men sought safety on top of a
locomotive. They remained there TN
til daylight when they swan to safety.
The breaking of the Skagway and
Shafer dams will add approximately
$1,000,00O to the loss, which had previ-
ously been estimated at .$10,000O00
More Houses Swept Away.
The Skagway dam furnished power
to the Arkansas Valley Light and
Power company. Big industrial plants
of the city depended upon it. The
Shafer dam supplied water to an irri-
cation project.
That the loss of life was not great
when these dams burst was due to
warning that had been given. For "a
hours they were known to have been
in precarious condition and warnings
were sent down the valley for families
living in the lowlands to move to
higher ground. Fifteen houses were
swept away when the Shafer dam went
out, but there was no loss of life.
Governor Shoup returned by auto
mobile to Colorado Springs, from
which place he expected to answer
messages from President Harding and
Senator Nicholson at Washington in
regard to the measures needed to help
the situation.
No Exaggeration Possible.
1t was expected that the Governors
answer would say that a large sum of
money was needed at once
when l arrived here, issued a
warning to newspaper correspondents
against exaggerating statements in re-
gard to the loss of life and property
damage, but now, since | have been
over the devastated area Of Pueblo |
know that no exaggeration is possible"
Col Pat Hamrock, adjutant general
and commander Of the Colorado state
troops on duty here, said
ut is absolutely impossible to do
more than venture a guess as to the
number Of people who must have been
killed in the flood of Friday night"
he continued. II don't care to begin
guessing
Many Unaccounted For.
81 know that about hundred bodies
have been found but no man alive can
tell how many more corpses are hid
den in the piles Of debris in the sec
lions stricken by the food. II has been
reported to me that there are between
800 and 500 dead horses down there. |
don't know where they came from"
The Pueblo chapter of the Red Cross
received word that 100000 had been
appropriated for the relief of Pueblo
from the national fund. Robert Cast
of the local Red Cross chapter said
fair progress was being made in dis
tributing relief Homes were thrown
open to the destitute. The courthouse
was housing more than 100 women and
children and scores were being cared
for at the Congress hotel An emer-
gency hospital has been stablished at
the latter place.