Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-06
RED CROSS BUSY
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The railroad yards are a sight beg
rail equipment of all descriptions are
piled in hideous, foul smelling mass.
River debris covers the wreckage.
The turbid waters swirl and race
through the rails and ties.
The flooded section of Pueblo Is
carpeted with thick. Shiny layer OF
mud and debris. Water rose to the
level of the street lights in many plac-
eS.
Merchants face serious embarrass-
ment, because o. the tremendous
stock loss, one big department store
facing stock loss of $25O,000.
The Nuckolis Packing Company lost
practically everything, its loss run
ming over a million dollars.
Cast said the total property damage
will exceed $10,000.000 while others ON
his committee said he was far too
conservative.
But, despite the terrible disaster,
Pueblo is fighting to regain its feet. A
spirit of optimism prevails and with
the arrival here today of outside as
sistance, a greater degree of conf
dence is felt.
Trees and masses Of debris were
coming down from the country above
Pueblo. Troops quickly cleared the
business and wholesale districts. Cit
liens We're prevented from coming
within block of the waters while -
cry effort was made to prevent loss
of life from a new danger.
Five persons are in temporary hos
pitfalls as a direct result of the flood,
according to j. l.. Morehead, secre-
tary of the governor. There are cases
of chicken pox, typhoid, pneumonia,
diphtheria and one or two cases of
insanity.
The entire city is under martial
law, one hundred and fifty troops are
patrolling the city armed with rifles
if necessary, that all persons be Kept
out of the restricted district.
Troops have received orders to pre-
vent all visitors from entering the
city. No persons not members Of the
National Guard, or coming here for
the purpose of enlisting in the Ma
tional Guard Will be admitted.
The Red Cross today cooked a car
load of meat to keep it from spelling
and this will be distributed to the
needy.
Governor Shoup returned this aft
ernoon by automobile to Colorado
Springs, from which place he ex-
pected to answer the messages from
President Harding and Senator
Nicholson at Washington in regard
to the measures needd to help the
situation.
Colonel Hammock, adjutant gem
eral, commanding state troops here,
stated tonight it would soon be pos
sible to ascertain something definite
on the disaster.
1t is impossible to obtain any &C
curate information on the number of
dead or the number of bodies recov-
cred as military headquarters is
without communication with the
east and south sections of the city.
DR.. f. M. Heller of the Red Cross
said tonight that reports to him had
indicated 90 bodies recovered early
today. A number of bodies were
known to have been recovered pre-
viously and it is on this figure that
the estimate of 100 recovered is
made.
When the first report of the new
flood this afternoon came. soldiers
conducted hurried search of build
ings and in one found woman stand
ing in water up to her armpits and
holding above her head baby five
hours old. The mother and baby were
taken to a hospital where it was said
they could not live.
Three United States army airtlanes
We're on the way to Pueblo, tonig7t.
from Dodge City, Kansas. According
10 Col Hammock, the machines will be
used for observation and scouting to
verify reports of further flood dan
gers.