The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-06

clearing away the wreekage is
launched, vanother heavy downpour or
a new flood alarm drives the workers
to cover.
Three times Sunday, it poured rain
Sundays flood nearly reached the bor-
ders of Fridays overflow.
Following the newsfIoed today, au-
thorities in touch with the situation
up and down the river, believed that
the worst was passed unless new rains
/ set in. ~ 1s~ss
The city, restless from its feverish
sleep, looked with dread upon the
coming of night. The danger of flood
from Fountain creek, make hideous
the night in the residential section
| that escaped the overflows from the
Arkansas.
The notes of a bugle calling for a
shift, of guard duty in >the night,
brought women rushing to the doors
| OF their homes, wondering if it was
new alarm for the people to flee.
Oil lamps burned in many houses
all night. Sleep was impossible. Fam
ines divided watch duty thru the night
SO escape'~from new floods would be
speedy in case the waters should keep
on rising.
! Downtown, the tension was even
greater. Armed sentries halted every
| pedestrian and motorist and required
display of the military night pass at
| every block
Flashlights Of the sentries, glimmer-1
| ing IKE glow worms, flashed inter-
mittently up and down the streets.
me darkness was more intense over
| the hooded streets. The north and
south sides of the city were cut off
during the night by water. Passage
or rowboats was not even attempted
because of the danger of their being
| lost in the whirling waters
No Looters Caught.
The nights, since Fridays flood,
nave been notably free from any dis
order. Not a looter was under deten-
ton today.
With the fall of night, rumors of
the number of dead increased Specu-
Iation regarding the fate of farmers
and tourists in nearby portions of the
| pepper sauce" bottoms, still cut off
from communication, caused whisper
ed alarms 1t was incredible to many
| that the loss of life should be con-
| fined largely to Pueblo, where even
more vulnerable farmsteads and ham
lets along the numerous swollen creeks
were hit blythe same cloudburst
Arrangements were made today for
the rebuilding of Pueb1o's levees along
the Arkansas. Local, state and fed
eral financial cooperation TO recon-
struet the levee, which gave way dur
ing Fridays cloud burst, was planned
They hope to build an impPegna BILE
wall against the fury of the mountain
streams.
Following conferences here late
Sunday between Governor Shoup of
Colorado and leading citizens R. S.
Cast, prominent attorney of the city
was delegated to work out the plan
of financial cooperation. Much is ex-
peeted locally from President Hard
ing's proffer of federal assistance.
Governor Shoup win present to the
federal government the plan to aid
Pueblo save herself from similar dis
asters in the future
Governor Sheup, it Is expected. will
officially declare Pueble's plight is an
emergency emitting the city to a poF-
ton of the states emergency fund.
City Officials Busy.
The city fathers, who have hardly
slept since Friday. have divided the
execution of different phases of the
flood relief work among the five
councilmen. When the casualties
division completes its preliminary sur
vey today. more reliable estimates, of
the dead are hoped for. III
At the Vail hotel In the heart of
the devastated district. no one could
live below the third floor Its one
time beautiful lobby was waste of
Shiny mud.
The Vail was barred to guests who
went up town before Sundays flood
and TO one could leave the hotel to-
day. Four feet OF oezy mud stands
in its lobby.
Hetels and other public buildings
4 pressed into service for lodging puF-
poses, were crowded to oveFflewins
& with soldiers rangers, stalled trav-
elers, relief parties from neighberins
: cities and friends and relatives OF