Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-07

BAR SIGHTSEERS
Work of Recovering Bodies is Proceed
ing SlowIy-Asks L. S. Fer S2O,OOD,-
900

Pueblo, Col. Ju#c 7.-SEstcma.ic .ic
and drastic action tn ascertain the
number of dead and to clean the c:';.
of Pueblo. flood-stricken for three
days. was begun this afternoon. Act
ing under military authority, Lieut.
Col. Paul r. Newton ordered every
a1e-boded man to apply himself to
the task of removing debris from the
streets, as a measure to prevent dan
ger from fire and pestilence.
The order bars sightseers from the
city and makes work compulsory,
either for the stipulated pay or under
military guard without pay.
The city has been divided into eight
wards for sanitary survey, and to
each ward have been assigned two
doctors and four nurses. The people
are being instructed how to .revent
and combat diseases and infection.
Three isolation hospitals have beer
established. and DR.. John {. Cornell,
of the United States Public Health
Service at Denver. who is assisting
Dr.. W. +. Buck, City Health Officer,
declared the situation is we'll iE hand
He said there is not now any epidemic
Of contagious diseases and THAI only
five cases Of chickenpoy had been re-
ported to thr authorities since thr
flood. Volunteer doctors from Cobra
do Springs aad 1G from the l'ublIr
Health Service at Denver ar" at
ing the Pueblo physicians.
Recovery of; bodies i: progressing
slowly. since searcherS are impcded
by the slowly receding waters and ny
The great coating of mud owe: every
collection of debris. :. careful check
hy the Associated Press showed AZ
bodies in morgue$ here yesterday. To
This list were added 10 more known
dead. when a reported Cor the Pueb-
10 Chieftain made his way from st.
Charles Mesa, q miles down stream,
to repon. the number Of bodies re-
covered there.
Many bodies probably never will be
found. as they were carried down
stream below Pueblo by the terrific
force cf the flood. Searching Of the
buildings is being conducted today aS
wol&nen are engaged in clearing
them out.
No estimate can be made accurate
" of the number of persons missing
An effort To- do this was made by the
pueblo Chieftain, and this newSpap@"
had a list of approximately % per-
sons. This had to oe revised fire.
oucntly. as persons were foun!.
With the recession OF the waters
from the inundated district Pueblo
citizens were able to make some cS-
innate Of the damage that had beer
don in their city by the nagrJ wa
ters of the Arkansas and Fountain
rivers.
Stretching man irregular. far-f!une
oval, 30 blocks long. and of maxi
mum width Of y ylocks, comprising
about $50 city blocks, the damage arei
after the curtain. of: water haa been
Withdrawn. presented an aspect or
desola atom that forced, many observ-
ors 70 revise the early estimate oil
$4,000. 900 to one nearer Sl3.Ooo.oco.
In a proclamation, issued AT Col,
c,ado Springs. Gov. Oliver H. .Shour.
said:
..The havoc wrought ty the recent
floods in Colorado is appalling. Many
narts Of the State have .oeen affected
but the greatest damage, apparently
has been dore in the Arkansas val
lev. The flood probably reapod It's
largest harvest of human lives an'i
destruction Of property in and abon:
-hp city Of Pueblo It is Impossible 4:
this time accurately to estimate eithsr
the loss of life or of property. bGt
the toll will be very heavy.
"Krowing that the response will OF
prompt. and generous, l, as Chief ES-
ocrtive Of the State, cali upon the
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