, 1921-06-05
500 DROWN At PUEBLO AS
BIG FLOOD MANDATES CITY

trapping three a~irpianes and maroon
ing their pilots.
All automobile highway bridges be.
tween Colorado Springs n Pueblo.
L0vELAND MESACED
BY FLOOD WATERS.
On the Bou.6er highway. nearly 200
automobiltsts between Boulder ana
Denver were caught by the rain and
forced to spend the night in their
machines or abandon them and wade
through several feet OF water to farm
houses.
At Loveland. north of Denver. men
watched all night TO prevent a break
In the south dixie OF Lake L~oveland,
which would have flooded the town.
a report that the dixie had broken
was found to be erroneous. obstruc-
lions in h intake ditch sending a
torrent OF water down TIE hillside
from the lake. which was first believed
TO be coming from the dixie. The
ditch was cleaned out n alarm was
dispeiled. although people residing be-
low the lake spent a sleepless night.
ready TO nov should the call be
sounded.
Ryan gulch reservoirs Nos. 2 ana Z
in the Loveland region broke during
the night but all other reservoirs were
intaet today. The greatest damage re.
suited from the flood in the Big
Thompson river valley where several
farms were inundated. rich crops de-
stroyed and bridges washed out. The
Colorado & Southern bridge was swept
out n he Lincoln highway bridge
over the English irrigation ditch. a
cement structure, was also washed
away.
The Loveiand power plants dyna-
mo was put a of commission at 4
o'clock in the afternoon and the CITY
was in darkness. Fort Collins and
Greeley. supplied with power from
Denver. also were in darkness and
morning newspapers were forced to
suspend publication.
TWO FEET OF WATER
IN LONGMONT STREETS.
Several pedestrians in Longmont
were marooned in the main streets of
the town when moro than two feet of
water filled the streets after two big
irrigation bitches had broken.
More than a dozen washouts oc.
CURED on the Denver & ~Interurban
railroad between Denver and Boulder
and on tho Colorado & Southern line
into Wyoming. For part OF the dis
tance both roads use the same tracks.
Service on both roads was suspended
early in the afternoon YESTERDAY.
Train service over the Denver 4
Rio Grande and Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe lines between Denver and
Pueblo was annu1ied ad early this
morning railroad officials had not
determined when service could be re-
sumed.
II. C. Hayden. Associated Press op.
orator at Pueblo. turned reporter when
the Associated Press leased wire failed
last night and filed the first story
from the scene of the Pueblo disaster
to the Denver bureau of The Associ.
atcd Press early. this morning.
FLOOD CONDITIONS AT
COLORADO SPRINGS.
Heavy rains last night in Colorado
Springs resulted lin flood conditions
at Espanola and Ell Paso streets, where
a torrent came down the plains over
the Templeton gap road into the city.
Water entered second floors OF many
houses. according to early reports to
the Colorado Springs police.
lnc SHicdEo * fAoCh iSidiiu -rdfNodo
to the east of Colorado Springs was
tied up at Falcon. in the eastern part
of Ell Paso county where all communi-
cation was tut off.
At Churches. Il. miles from Denver.
the Churches lake was reported over
flowing its banks.
In the vicinity of Louisville. hun
dreds Of chickens were killed by hail
stones during the storm. The hail
storm seems to have been extended
from Broomfield north to Superior.
An interurban car is marooned be-
tween Denver and Broomfield- The
conductor walked two miles through
a seething flood of muddy water to
carry food to the passengers
An autombile bearing seven passen-
gers is reported to have Disappeared
at a bridge washout three miles from
Broomfield on the Denver-Boulder
automobile road.
More than 200 automobiles are ma
rooned at Broomfield.