Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-04
HUNDREDS IN FLIGHT
FROM TERRIFIC FLOODS
Towns, Under Five or Sir Fese
Of Water With Heavy Rains
Still Falling.
By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
SAYS PURBI0 DIsPATcn

NHAIW Nt"f w
Denver. june f-3 b. m-A
dispatch to the Denver Tines
from Pueblo this morning COM
tanned statement mar hum
dreds - lives have been lo~t-
II was the arsf direct disnatcs
from Pueblo since iast night. mo
dispatch added most ~ the lives
were iost in the Grover district.
southeast ~ T0wrre.
The Times announces thar "a
has NJ way ~ verifying ne dG~-
patch. which came from lts rex-
uiar Pueblo correspondent
Denver. June 4--The food which
inundated parts - Pueblo. COL 80
night when the Arkansas river u~rut
on rampage due 20 heavy rains srss
recediug today. according 10 word -
ceived here.
Damage estimated ~ millions q
dollars was done by heavy rains and
floods II eastern ard central Colo-aso
and neagre reports from the Effected
districts had placed the ioas ~ lf.
at four.
Early today rain was reported u .
falling steadily throughout eaStern
Colorado.
According % message received a
the offices uf The Denver and Hlo
1rande Raiiruad CO.. here from a
operator az LArkspur. CcI. water n
the Union station at Pueblo. which
stood az nine feet SIX inches af 20
O'Clock LAST night, had rece,ied ~ tnrc,
feet six inches az o'clock TINS norm
ing.
-deagre reports Indicated -
rUnning into the millions vim -.
heaviest loss AZ Pueblo where = arg.
part a the business section and sew
eral residential districts were inun-
dated by waters from the ArkAas.s
river The known loss of Efe remaia-
ed four;
Pueblo Loses Heavily.
The situation early today was.
Pueblo inundated and cut on fror,
wire communication fur hours. p--
vate dispatches placed loss at al-o.t
81 900 600
Marshall. q town 90 zoe .nhabiiantx
threatened by break in the Marshall
Lake dam.
Louisville inundated. several housas
and other buildings washed away.
Loveland. discs 81 ake broken "a
parts of town Inundated. nr-lds "a
electric power plant uut of com-
mission.
Families Flee from Fiood.
a cloudhurst al swallows. f5 nnes
west of Pueblo. al o'clock vostrr-
day, two hours later had SUM- -
Arkansas River on a rampase. Rv
o'clock it hal overiiowod mo the to.,n
Inundated the business section "a
forced scores of families to nes rrof,
their homes .n the ioWiands Elghta.,
families were rescued m boats and
boats also were used ,o rescue several
persons from the Federal hui.ding.
Five feet % water was reporied
standing ia the streets of Pueblo n |.
message early this mornlng
4 telegraph operator remained "a
his ke.y IN the Pueblo oflce sendins a
news dispatch concerning ths aood
until the waters had crept around his
ankles.
MarshaI's Population In Flight
At Marshall the coo inhahif.nts
spent the night n their homes fiilfv
dressed. ready t0 Bee when series
OF bomb explosions gave warning that
the dam had broken rcleasine s00
acres OF water SO feet dccn. rhs a.n
began 70 weaken Yesterday and effort.
70 lessen the strain on thc structure
by releasing some of thC .mpounlsd
water were rendered muie - fh. con-
tinued heavy Aow from other sgraams
and continued rain.
The spillway dam of the North Storl.
ling Reservoir broke Yesterday. empty.
ine into Pawnee Crcck and causing tha
death of Mrs. Carl Davis ana hahn.
TWO other children are missing. Davis
was rescued from tho aood. boz ner.
haps ne IS fatally injured an hath.
way bridges between Colorado snr.nes
and Pueblo were reported washed ouf.
on tho Boulder highway nearly 500
autonlCbidsts between Boulder ana
Denver were caught hy the rain ana
forced O. spend the night in thcif ears
or abandon them and wade throuah
several feet 80 water Ga farm houses.
Train Ser' Zee Disrupted.
Train service in eastern Colorado
was seriously disrupted hy ,hs aood~.
Residents of Marshall Who remainea
up an night to hc rcady to leave on a
few minutes notice in case thc dam
of the reservoir ahoNc the Cty broke
said over ems Telephone this mornine
that waiter was running throaeh ma
streets and that most 90 fht houslhnil-
ers had moved their coods out af tha
foAded region Rain Was stl falling
over eastern Colorado al nv, o'cloe.
IN a steady downpour, reports s.1l4