The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-10

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pected in Pueblo was proved ground
less early today. AT $3.50 O'Clock
the river had fallen considerably
from it's high point OF last night.
Water had receded from the
| lower part of Main street, leaving
| only mud which was about a foot
thick. The rangers said that the
condition of the river looked better
| than at any time since early yester-
day afternoon, just before the first
heavy rain. The search for bodies
here late yesterday was interrupted
by rising waters. However, search
| ers We're out early this morning.
Drownings At Lake Charles.
With the exception OF relief train
| over the Colorado Southern from
Trinidad yesterday there has been
no resumption of train service into
| the city and officials are uncertain
as to when the movement of trains
| might be expected.
Lake Charles, fifteen miles south,
told of the probable drowning OF a
hermit who lived in cave near that
| place. He had lived for years in the
| cave, which was on the high bank
of the st. Charts river. The swlIi.
ing waters obliterated the cave and
the occupant is still missing. II
was near the same spot, Lake Charles
reports said, that woman and
four children were drowned.
Taking Stock OF Losses.
The south side of Pueblo, isolated
from the remainder of the city by
food waters. early today was TAX
ing stock Of its losses, and anxiously
ton with the. city proper that the
full tXtent ar the disaster Pueblo
has suffered may be realized. When
the flood struck the city, the south
side was separated from the re-
mainder by a gulf of churning wa
ter. The stream Is blocks in width.
There was no official estimated
this morning Of the number of casu-
alties or the property loss in this
part of town. Through the efforts
Of south side undertaking estab-
identified. The list included. Doro-
thy Metz, Pueblo; T. Hall, Pullman
porter. Denver; Doris Seaber, Pue-
bio; Frank Erwin. Pueblo; Eavs,
Kansas City. Mo-, Pullman conduc-
tor; John Fareros. Bennett avenue,
Pueblo; e. c. Hames and Henry
Miller, Pueblo.
Florence and Canon City fears
for the safety of which had been
expressed by officials on this side,
early today were reported unframed.
waters destroyed the storage cellar
of the cement company and put the
light plant out of commission. The
problem of caring for refugees on
the south side of town became a
serious one yesterday. Homes.
schools and churches were used to
house the refugees and soup line
was established while lunches were
served in the high school building.
Flood Hasn't Reached Kansas.
Hutchinson, Kan, June g. The
Arkansas river Is at a very low stage
here. No rise is expected from the
Craolodo floods for two days, an ex-
perienced river man says there is
little chance of the river leaving it's
banks or doing much damage in this
vicinity. Reports from Dodge City
were that the food had not yet
reached that city,
The heavy rains last Friday and
Saturday, in western Kansas and
eastern Colorado practically all flowed
into the big system of irrigation
bitches and into Lake Mckinney,
the large artificial Irrigation lake of
a sugar company twenty miles west
Of Garden City. The food waters
from Pueblo are not yet down into
Central Kansas.
with the exception OF small hole
under the tracks, the Stag withstood
ers backed up to the city, washing out
the levees and leaving tine lower part
of Peublo at the mercy OF the flood.
At conference OF military, city
and state officials, in which Governor
Shoup took part repair OF the levees
| were decided upon as one OF the
first problems to be met. Importation
of crew of engineers to undertake
the problem was advocated. 1t was
considered possible that aid OF
United States government engineers
as well as engineers from Colorado
would be sought.
News from Flood Stricken Area
Denver, Colo, June 6-Information
in regard to conditions in food strick-
en- and isolated Pueblo was obtained
and forwarded to the outside world
under conditions that were as tryiLg
and in some instances as hazardous
as those which the suffering people OF
that city themselves underwent.
The first news of the disaster cam 9
to Denver over The Associated Press
leased wire and the Western Union
Telegraph company almost simultan-
eously. A few minutes after the AS
ISOLATED Press wire lost Pueblo, the
last Western Union operator to brave
the rush of the waters wired to the
Denver office: Il am going to be at
it, the water is around my feet" That
was Friday night.
1t was hours before communication
between Pueblo and the rest, OF the
country was restored. The first out
side newspaper men to reach the
flooded city were two Denver cores
pondents. One of them was al Asso-
ciated Press staff man and the other
a staff correspondent OF the Denver
Times. They went together early
Saturday morning in an aeroplane
from this city.
Work of News Gatherers
News OF the conditions in Pueblo
was obtaiLed only under the greatest
of difficulties. Local newspapers, the
police, the fire department, the mil
itary and the Red Cross were the first
sources OF information as the high
water and the strict surveillance OF
military guards made 1t impossible TO-
get first land information until the
necessary military passes had been OBJ
tanned. Correspondents had to work
IN relays to keep in contact with the
lone wire an uncertain wire-which
connected Pueblo with Denver.
From the tops OF buildings news