The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-06
WEEKS NECESSARY
 TO RESTORE PUEBLO
 TO NORMAL STATE
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 were forced to quit by the cloudburst which descended on the city.
 Both trains, one on the Denver x Rio Grande and the other on the Mis- Souri Pacific were said to nave been filled with passengers when they were few persons are known to have es- caped.
 Thirty five have been identified; eighty eight bodies are in the moreues and vague estimates of the number of dead range from 15o to 800 and more
 The greatest loss of life occurred in the Pepper1. ,s, Sauce I Bottoms ras;d erfia1 ana districts in the south eastern part Of the city inha bitated mostly by Mexi- cans and negroes.
 Whole families were wiped out here and chief of police Daley said it was almost certain that hundreds of small children in this district have been victims of the roaring waters that covered Pueblo to d maximum of nineteen feet
 The washout of railway lines lead ing to the stricken area created Q menacing situation. Flood supplies in Pueblo were estimated by Red Cross officials as being less than Suf- ficient for three days. Roads to the city are impossible for miles around. Efforts are being made to transport food from surrounding towns oy ar plane.
 The only drinking water available today is from Iithia spring on a hill at the outskirts of the city. A heavy downpOur of rain continued all through last night.
 Military patrols were handicapped by the impossible streets pitch dark ness-the city's electric service sta ton having been out of commission since early Friday evening-and the unreIenting down pour.
 nc the streets since Saturday evening. Looting has been held to a minimum. No one is permitted to enter the city except the military. Military Red Cross workers and state and other of ficials. A supply of clothes, blankets. 1an- terms, candels, sweaters arrived yes terday from the Red Cross at Color ado Springs.
 Hundreds of persons applied to the Red Cross yesterday and Saturday, for food, clothing and medical relief. A canteen supplied the food. Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and other large cities, closest to the flood have offered material aid immediately but are unable to get their offerings ro the community
 The basement of every building in the downtown section is filled wit . mud and water Military officials say that bodies may be found here weeks | later when it has been possible to pump out the haSenl entS. Fourteen doctors and 25 nurses ar rived here last night from Colorado Springs. Fifteen embalmers arrived ! from Denver and sixteen from Color ! ado Springs.
 l Officials attribute much of the flood i to the blocking of the high waters by railroad right of ways in one section ! built entirely of slag- With the ex- l oeption of a small hole under the ! tracks, the slag withstood the onrush of the flood and the waters backed ur | to the city.
 News of conditions in Pueblo was i obtained only under the greatest ot i difficulties. Local newspapers, poEse l fire department. military and Reo l Cross were the first sources of 1nfor- | nation as the high water and strict | vigilance of military guards made Il impossible to get first hand informa- passes had been obtained and pro.
 visions made for getting around through the mud, water and hreS that overwhelmed the city.
 Correspondents had to work in re lays to keep in contact with the lone | wire-and an uncertain wire at thai (which connected Pueblo with Den
 yer, the distributing center for news | which drfbbled out from the city. From the tops of buildings news paper men in Pueblo witnessed nucf
 of the disaster. They also used boat S The military wig-wagged inform stIor
 when distance made it impossible t6
 hear the human voice. Fire whistles
 served as signals for more urgen
 matters Church bells also played
 their part in the transmission o.
 emergency information Half nude and intrepid swimmers, many O. them negroes, served as cour1ers-