The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

Morgues were opened in dfffcres< parts of the city and by mid-sftexnosn 1a2 bodies had been recovered. Tke were cut off from tAe business see- ton.
 The Red Cross organized to sAd suf- ferers and c W. Lee was named off, cial food administrator to have charge of rationing tho food availabls In tho city.
 To add to <hs horror of Rast
 night. lightning set fire to half
 dosen buildings in the center ef
 the city. Fireman could ~et reach
 the scene, and they would hazs
 been Helpless if they could. fnS
 the flood had already cut eff the
 water service as well as the alec
 tric lights.
 At the same time ths xfHfng
 flood overturned two trains fillad
 with passe ngers.
 The whole business portion of Pu- eblo was under six to eight feet of water this morning but by afternoon the flood had begun to recede, dis closing a scene of devastation.
 Buildings Swept Away
 The railroad yards were left filled with undiscovered debris and broken and overturned equipment carrying the damages to moro than million doI- lars. Business houses inside and out side were covered with the same slimy mud and in many cases even brick buildings were undermined amt wrecked. Frame buildings if the path of the flood were swept away, m many cases carrying their inhabitants with them.
 While the flood warnings had been given before dark last night, many persons did not heed them, and to this is ascribed goodly part of the death loss.
 Thousands of Mexicans with possess sions on their backs, were wandering through the city this afternoon with nothing to eat and no place to sleep No gas nor drinking water were await i, able.
 A party of Pueblo business men who assembled for a dinner at MinneQua. club last night. still were marooned today.
 Frank Pryor. of local furniture company, spent last night on the Stdnd1nR wall 5OI ms IOuT-StOTy Duilu- ing, collapsed. Rescuers were endeay- bring to reach him this afternoon.
 Richard Philbins was rescued from telephone pole where he had spent the night. He was riding a horse last night when the waters ovcr- whelmed him. The horse was drowned but Philbins managed to swim to the pole.
 Other Sections Damaged Yr.1 . l. 70 f1 to have been in Pueblo, reports of damage to property come from many sections of southeastern Colorado Streams, sent out of their banks by cloudbursts in the mountains, carried away farm buildings and drowned many head of cattle. Residents of the rural districts adjacent to irrigation projects spent the night last night prepared to flee instantly if the impounded water broke through irrigation dams.
 Railroad and highway bridges were carried away and miles of telegraph and telephone lines were laid low. In Pueblo damage was increased by fires in the business section. started by lightning and unquenched by lack of water pressure.
 Means of communication from Pu- ebio are most meagre. The Western Union company has three or four wires from neighboring suburb, but these are so crowded with official business that press dispatches have little show. The roads to the outside are SO torn by the storm that it is almost impossible to make progress over them.
 No Lights or Gas
 The city was without electric light tonight. Gas also was unavailable. This added to the plight of the suffer- CTS The water plant was put out Of commission by the flood and there was no drinking water available from the city mains.
 The flooded section is described as tContiaued on Pase Ten)