Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-04
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WARNING SIREN AND.
ARE SWEPT TO DEATH


DENVER, Colo, June 4,-From all
over that part OF Colorado lying
east of the Rocky mountains, but
with the heaviest damage and prob
able loss of life reported from
Pueblo, where several fires still
were reported burning late last night,
came messages telling of terrible
havoc wrought by floods following
cloudbursts yesterday after oon and
last night.
A dispatch to the Denver Times
from Pueblo, received at 9:15 a. m.
today. contained the statement,
Hundreds of lives have been lost
This was the first direct dispatch
from Pueblo since last night and
it came over the Western Union
wire. The dispatch added that most
of the lives we're lost in the Grove
district southeast of the town.
The Times announced it had no
way OF verifying the dispatch, which
came from the regular Pueblo cor
respondent,
Newspapermen in Denver who are
familiar with the districts location
are skentical about such heavy loss
Of life 1t is pointed out that there
were many high hills for refuge
Latest reports from Pueblo say
that several fires, started by lightn-
ing, are raging unchecked in various
parts OF the city There was no
water pressure for the firemen. The
damage in Pueblo is estimated at
over $4,OOOOOO All trains are
stalled.
The water in the Pueblo Union sta
ton was receding this morning after
reaching a height of feet 6 inches
All lights and telephones are out
of service. Meagre reports are sltt-
ing in through small railroad stations
and towns between Denver and
Pueblo and express fear that there
has been a considerable loss OF life.
The damage in Denver is slight.
Colonel Patrick Hamrock, com
manding the Colorado state rangers,
received message from Pueblo
urging him to send every man avail
able to Pueblo to assist in the res
cue work A telegram from the com
manding officer at Pueblo read:
Conditions here very bad. Rescue
work going on. Send every man
you can. Hundreds in danger"
Reports to the Associated Press
indicate more or less serious con
ditions and great damage at Lafay-
ette, Longmont, Berthoud, Loveland,
Johnson and Marshall where the big
Marshall dam still is holding, but
all residents in the valley have been
ordered to seek places of safety;
Superior. Greedy, Frederick, Dacona
and Boulder, where interurban car
S rvice to Denver is paralyzed, 1t
will be impossible to run cars for
five or six days, according to c. w.
Richards, general agent of the inter
urban system in Denver. Just be-
fore noon a special representative
Of the Associated Press left Denver
in an airplane to attempt to reach
Pueblo. The railroad yards at
Pueblo are a slough OF mud and
slime and strewn with wrecked box
cars and railroad equipment. The
rain still was calling this morning
in northern Colorado and southeast.
ern wyoming, but has ceased in
other parts OF the area, after what
was characterized as the heaviest
June rain here in 20 years. Den
yer today was going about its bust
ness under murky skies. The pre-
cipitation at Pueblo was reported
as 2.92 inches. Denver & Rio
Grande train No. turned over while
standing still a few miles outside OF
Pueblo, according to report tc
railroad officers here
The state OF Colorado this after