The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-07

Of PUEBLO
DEAD VARY
City Leaders Believe However
II Will Range From Three
Hundred To Five
Hundred
BY JOSEPH c, COYLF

s74rr CORRESPONDENT n SERVICE stEr lour
PUEBLO Colo june
4a-s ~ terror and suffering Fueo'o
"a. astir today in an opumis1'c
mood
Tns cttv and its citizens nerves
have been restored as all rear
-urtne- aoods have been ausyed
As the raging angry waters e the
4rxsnsas and Fountain rivers SUP
- buoyant courage prevails
For the frst time since Thursday
rf-bt citizens slumber was not dis
.Y7bed by alarms of foods The
onurning. rushing waters Of the cd
4,trv currents was replaced By the
ram 81 motor patrols and the buzz q
attempted business resumption
Ta4 total number of dead bodies
~aoorered and identified early today
fni-tv-oue bus estimates Of the
dAath tou range from zoo - 500
me day broke fair and warmer sno
4os,t+a fne favorable Effect these
weather conditions had upon the peo-
re. il opens up another menace that
nav prove disastrous than the FOODS
themselves.
DEAD UNDER DEBRIS.
p.s.as, contagion and epidemic are
the dangers
An antl-ny campaign has been start
- b,1+ II Is almost a hopeless battle.
Dead animals are buried under wreck
age in many parts q the city and
stencil from these carcases Is already
n.rvadinS the community. severely
hsndfca piping the cleanup work
The water supply IS still inadequate
spd water may be used only for COOK
ing and drinking. 1t being necessary
% boil the latter.
Sanitation experts - the United
states Public Health Service are put
ting forth every effort TO prevent the
outbreak Of epidemic smallpox
stph4heria and typhoid fever arc re-
oorted from several OF the stations
John P. Cornell. in charge OF SAINT
tarv work expressed the hope early
+odsv that the threatened epidemic
could be avoided but he said that the
DEBRIS. decaying vegetation and mass
- vreckars under which were hum
1reds OF dead animals may Re TOO
nauch for his men TO cope with
wits Parker. city commissioner,
.t.ted today that tho property loss IN.
he food viii reach IN the netghoor-
,ood Of s2o,oo0.ooO and that loss OF
=
II. be1ieved however. that at least
+nree hundred perished Hundreds Of
rersons .ere trapped IN the rush OF
water
rTTYs URGENT NEEDS.
p.~rAr stated that the present urg-
at needs OF the city are gas, water
light and communication service
shouzh the latter was rapidly being
restored today
oTher. is no difficulty ~ present IN
obtaining GOOD, but keeping It in con
sitton without Ice and the fact that
,re virtually without water ht 70
drink makes q serious epidemic pos
siole
Parker also urges that money be
..rt pueblo At once, Food can be
zotten IN All right he said, out the
lack Of financial assistance Will hamp-
er the work 81 reliof"
parker declared that stories Of loot
ne were exaggerated, saying the
military had had little trouble in that
respect.
pueblo IS rising from the death and
obstruction. despair and devastation
~ the VESTS worst food. 1t is
slowly but surely shaking of IT'S
.hroud Of mud and slime. u Is so
enerosseo n being born again it has
no time to mourn ot it's misfortunes.
Looking for a needle in the proverb-
tal haystack would be ohilds play.
compared with the task forced upon
the secord largest city in Colorado.
Only those who have seen with their
cwn eyes the appalling destruction
can even have slight conception OF
what has to be done Immediately II
the survivors ot water and FIRE are
70 escape death OF petsilence.
ALL MUST WORK.
The city IS nearly one hundred per
cent busy in reconstruction work.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Newton.
military commander IN the city, has
issued a proclamation requiring all
able bodied men to go to work. "Vis-
iting sightseers must shoulder p'oa
and shovel or leave the city Newton
announced and Orders were issued TO
the military forces 10 keep a yigilant
watch for sIackers
Forty three cents an hour has been
fxed BY the city government as the
wage for laborers cleaning up the
mass or wreckage