The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-06
PUEBLO FLOOD
RECEDES; TOLL
UNDETERMINED
Work of Removing Bodies Be-
gins - Patrol Devastated
Areas - Establish Camps
for Destitute Refugees.
SUPPLIES ARE ARRIVING
fBy Associated PressD

nolnlns 10 IlnQ lne waters In the low.
| lying sections of the city receded to
! below the five-foot mark and still 60
| ing down. The flood was at the low
est stage since its sudden onslaught
| last Friday night.
Governor Shoup today asked the
United States government to place
>$2O,000,000 at the command of the
state for use in relief work
| Today the work of removing the
bodies from the Grover and Pepper
salt bottom districts began. Col. Pat
Hamrock, in charge of the military,
announced the situation was well In
hand and that order was rapidly being
restored.
All during the night the devastated
areas were patrolled by heavy guard
of Colorado soldiery, while the State
Rangers. in automobiles and armed
with riot guns, patrolled the streets
of the residence quarters.
Lootins Not Confirmed
Every person found on the streets
after nightfall was questioned. Some
time after midnight reports of Iootins
in the flooded areas began to come in.
The guards brought between Is and
20 men to military headquarters for
questioning. but in almost every case
1t was found that the supposed van
dals were merely frightened Mexi-
cans, who, homeless and forlorn, did
understand HaL
provided for them.
Only one or two cases Of actual
looting have been brought to light
since the military assumed control,
according to Captain H. o. Nichols.
of Denver.
i Today there will arrive from Den
yer, according to c lionel Hamrock,
enough tents. bedding. cooking uten-
sils and medical supplies to care for
1000 of Pueblo's homeless Work of
establishing refugee camp at Min
eral Palace park also was under VS..
and all the flood sufferers now cared
for in churches. school houses and
i other public buildings will be removed
to the camp.
i 1t was also expected that during
the day there would arrive from Dodge
City, kas., three army airplanes for
observation and scouting purposes.
4 Streams Rise Again
i Heavy rains which fell at a num-
Der of points in northern Colorado
late yesterday and last night sent
streams in that area up today. Re
ports received at the Denver office of
The Associated Press showed the fol-
lowing conditions at outlying towns:
Greeley-Poudre and Platte rivers
rising rapidly today. All bridges in
Weld county over these two rivers
are impossible. Several thousand
acres of land in the bottoms are un-
der several feet of water
The st. Nrain river reached its
highest stage in two years this morn
ing. overflowing its banks and flood
ing the Lincoln highway in places
The rise of the st. Erain was sudden
and followed heavy rains of yester-
day.
Drain Reservoirs.
Four reservoirs, the Foothills, Fos-
ter lake. Mulligan lake and Terry lake.
are being drained to prevent possible
breakage and inundation of the dis
trict.
Restoration of the city to even an
approach to normal condition is a
matter OF weeks. Levees must be re-
can be cleared of water. II seemed
early today that all danger of a rep
etition of the flood has passed. tar~-
ing another cloud-burst Every dam
either the Arkansas or Fountain
rivers from which danger might b
expected, was already gone
The local Red Cross placed the num-
Der of bodies found at approximately
100. basing the estimate on reports
of personal investigation of the devaS-
ted area. The number of persons in
temporary hospitals were placed a.
500 by J. E. Moorehead. secretary TO
Governor Shoup. Typhoid. pneumonia
diptheria and one or two cases Of in
sanity were found among these pa
tients. Complete field hospital unit
from Ft. Logan was on Its way.
AT conference early today of mill
tary, city and state officials. in which
Gov. Shoup took part. repair OF the
le-ees was decided upon as one o.
| the first problems to be met. II va
: considered possible that aid of the fed
, eral government would be sought.
Other Cities Suffer
Floods of lesser magnitude were re-
ported early today by several towns
in Kansas. All are along the course
of the Arkansas river, which over
> flowed its banks here. Syracuse and
: Gardner, Kansas, have reported sweer-
ing floods, and Aniams, Colo, early
today reported the Atchinson, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe shops at La fJunta, up-
der five feet of water, the railroad
yards whecked and 200 freight car5
swept away. A score of lives were
believed to have been lost
Two hundred residences in Las Ans-
mas went under three feet of water
late last night. Inhabitants fled to
public buildings and to the highlands
fearing the residence section would be
swept away. The Platte river broke
its banks at Denver shortly after mid
night, inundating several blocks OF the
West Side residential sections, from