Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-07
Y Y.aaitaIy
 SurI of Pueblo
Every Able-Bodied Man Or dered to Aid in Removing Debris From the Streets.


 the number of dead and to clean the city of Pueblo, flood-stricken for three days was begun this afternoon. Acting under military authority, Lieutenant Colonel Paul P. Newton, ordered every able bodied man to apply himself to the task of removing debris from the street, as a measure to prevent danger from fire and pe5tueAce. The order bars sightseers rom the city and makes work compul- | sofy' either for the stipulated pay CT un- 1 der military guard without pay. The city has been divided into eight ] wards for sanitary survey and to each l ward mas been assigned two doctors and 1 IL UT nurses. The people are being in siructed how to prevent and combat dis ease and infection. Three isolation hos pilals have been established and Dr. 1 JoAh C. Cornell of the United States puo-Ic health service at Denver, who is ] asSlStlnS Dr. W. l.. Buck, city health of Icer, declared the situation is well in hahd. lie said there is not now any en- ] ldemlc of contagious diseases. and that i only IsFe eases of chicken pox had been 1 reported to the authorities since the ! Ioad Volunteer doctors from Colorado Springs and sixteen from the public ! health service at Denver are aid1ng tho Pueblo physicians
 l Recovery of bodies is progressing slo"IE since searchers are fmpeded by l the slowly receding waters and bv the 1 great coating of mud over every co1lec- l ton Of debris. A careful check bv tha | -AssocLated Press showed forty-two bodies l in morgues here today.
 To this list were added len ,,,ouo ] known dead wien a reporter for tbo ] Pueblo Chieftain made his way iron, (st { ChafIes Mesa, six miles down stream i 10 report Fhe number of bodies recov- cred there
 -A&hy bodies probably never will be found as they were carried down stream, pelo% Pueblo by the terrific force of ] Searching of the buildings is being 1u"uucted today as Workmen are en- 5ase" m clearing them out Some re- coFti] ol bodies has been made. and in eases where bodies are known in ba,-e been found, it was impossible to learn i where they had been taken.
 NO estimate can be made accurately or the number of persons missing. An 1lloFt 10 do this was made by the Pueblo Nl-e-Ialn and this newspaper had a list ot approximately twenty-five persons his had to be revised freuuentlv as Ipersons were found.
 With the recession of the waters iron, the inundated district Pueblo citizens were able to get some estimate of tho damage that had been done in their ItllE by the angry waters of the Arkansas and Fountain rivers.
 SJfetcasQg in an irregular, far-fung tCNaI thirty blocks long and of a r,a,f mum width of twelve blocks, comprising about three hundred and fifty city blocks ! me oamased area, after the curtain of water had been withdrawn presented an aspect of desolation that forced many observers to revise the early estimate of 3lo0o0000 to one nearer fifteen mil Ion dollars.
 \ number of large and important bus mess buildings on each side of the area were destroyed and many others were seriously damaged
 In a proclamation. issued at Colorado Sprnss, GoFernor Shoup said:
 'The havoc wrought by the recent Hoods in Colorado is appalling. Many parts of the state have been affected but the greatest damage apparently has been done in the Arkansas valley. The hood probably reaped its largest harvest ol human lives and destruction of pron- erty ln and about the city of PuebIo- If Is impossible at this time accurately to eStmate either the loss of life or of property, but the toll will be very heavy
 Knowing that the response will ha prompt and generous, I, as chief execu- tive of the state, call upon the DeoDle of loIofaoo to contribute to the relief of the Hood sufferers. The city stress is great and their needs most Dressfne IT will require not days, but weeks and Htfhaps even months, to relieve the sit uation.
 As governor. I have, on behalf of. the people of the state accepted the Offer of the American Red Cross to take gen csaI charge and supervision of the relief work, Its officials now are on the ground and actively undertaking the her culean task
 From a personal inspection of nuc, Of the flooded area l can state that the situation IS serious. I, therefore, make this urgent appeal for prompt and gen erous response"
 Transportation east and north from the city is just now declared to be the , greatest need. Governor Oliver H. Shoup today telegraphed Senator Phipps and Senator Nicholson to make every ef- . fort to get an appropriation of S20.OOO .OOo to the state of Colorado to repair tracks and rebuild bridges on the lines entering ] from these directions
 The senators replied that they did not
 feel they could consistently make such Q request for federal assistance until
 facts and conditions have been more definitely determined"
 n0ally reaches, not half the bodies of the victims of the flood will be recovered" F. G - Breckenridge, president of the Pueblo Rotary club, said today He based this
 statement on peculiarities of the river
 channel and the drifting and mud over tht ' flooded areas.
 All of the recovered bodies are beina
 held in the morgues. It will be impossi
 Die, undertakers say, to bury the bodie.
 for several days, roads to the cemeterie,
 being impossible.
 ] Rain again began falling this afternoon , and J E. Moorehead, personal represent , ative of the governor, made the paradox
 ical statement that it was a blessing
 Should the city dry up" too rapidly be fore the debris and mud were removed
 the result wouHI be disagreeable odor
 and probable menace to health. Whil
 the list of known dead grows slowly. re
 ports to undertalers. indicate that othe bodies have been found and will be recov
 cred when the waters abate. ]. Lieutenant Colonel Newton late this af t ternoon ordered out the rife companie n at Brush, Fort Morgan and Brighton t 0 augment the troops already doing guarC @ aud police duty in Pueblo.
 il 4 carload of provisions. the gift of tr, q people of Utah to the Pueblo flood suffer S CTS, was sent from Salt Lake City today f bringing 125 tents, 2,250 blankets .75
 bed sacks. Three baggage cars loade,
 with tents, blankets and cots will b.
 started to Pueblo from Fort Logan Tues
 day morning.
 I Late estimates of the total damage an
 crop loss from Canon City to the Kansa line is placed at S20, 1000 900 in a tele r gram from the Pueblo Commercial club t