Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-06-11
HUNDREDS DIE
AS FLOODS HIT
PUEBLO VALLEY
Wall Of Waters Sweeps Through
Colorado City Following
Heavy Rains.
THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS
Three Hundred Bodies lie in MorgUes
as the Toll Mounts f4ogrly-T"enty-
FIVE Looters Arrssted-ons
Mexican Shot BY Guards.


Mexican shot BY Guards.
Pueblo. Colo. June G.-Puebi0's bus
mess district Is d mass q wrecked
buildings. lis streets are deep in naud
fro10 TIE Arkansas river. wh.cA oYer-
flowed It's banks, bringing the wors,
f.ood ia TIE history ot the eiJy.
The death ..st probably vii mount
into the hundreds whea feI e. taken
81 The wrecked residences aud room
Ing houses Ia The river bottoms. The
fuii death sist may newer be kuo5xD.
reports say Io killed lis q conserEa-
TIVE estimate. II may reach 1909.
Property joss ls estimated at S10,-
00bu
Second Flood HIS City.
= ne4g iiool hin the city Sunday. ex-
tending 90 Fourth and Main streets.
Heaviest loss was n Grove district
ald the Pepper.auoe CFeek bottoms.
Foreigners were caught after they
refused 70 leave. at noon - bodies
la1 been recovered
Flood warnings were sounded again
o. $3.50 o'cItck. aa3 the Arkansas
river ross rapait SO Main an4 SEQ
oad streets ard Man and Court
streets. Win tbs water abouc two feeg
deep 10 tie streets, tho hopl continued
80 swell Meanwhile she Fountain
river rose l. inches 'n AK hours.
a total % - ueu have been arrest
ed for looting Oue Mexican tgas Shot
by guards
After second night ~ horror
tuebioasoke 10 take up the grHesome
task oi collecting au1 identifying her
dead food victims or trying 20 carry
succor fo thousands If stranded
refugees ana establishing lines 81 COM
muairatlon o}er HlicI TO send her cali
for he.p irom outside.
Three hundred bodies u- stretched
out .u re" morg1ee. The toll IS mount-
.ns hourly.
The searching If ruins for bodies
ia tie Inundated district las been
greatly laupered rs ,ac rising water.
IL is impossible go get .nt0 The ruins
ln many sections.
Cb.ei of Police Joseph s. Daily es-
iHaa'ea the tofaj dead a' 1900 To the
Crosse section lu tire southeastern
Iaw Of the city, which Is ln the Ar
tausae river bottoms, he says ther-
arr 1850 children, M8-t af Hhou. be-
believes. would l4re alHcalty ia es-
Gaping FROM the hoad waters.
Warnings Are Unheeded.
! Wa- M fhi- section warning the
Inhabitants" De- said They took the
warnings llzhHy The waters came
down -o sud- lcnIy ;beu That ! bad
G.tlcaifN .H escaping myself"
> w.. Presley, chairman Vt the
safety committee. says 40 progress
can be made pa search for bodies IN
I'll thc waters haze gone down further.
Although Pueblo is under martini
law. regulations were relaxed some
what. Il is no'e possible 10 traverse
the city, except to cross tie deadline
al the waters edge, without a military
pass
Estimates ot the property loss range
from $5.ess0u0 10 S20O0uUOQ.
1000 in Soup Lines.
bne thousand destitute food victims
are lined UP at relief stations. They
are being fed soup. bacon, bread and
coffee.
"ne hundred persons ara In the re-
lief station established In the court
house. Every physician has been work
lug constantly since Friday night
Scores of little children in the court
house station have suffered terribly
from exposure.
At the converted hospital in the
Congress hotel several eases of small
poN and scarlet fever have developed
among Mexican refugees.
Clothing, bedding and medicine are
being furnished where needed. Navor
Mike StudzMski said. what W. need
most is motortruckS and gasoline. M,
supplies may be distributed. We nlso
need aid from Denver underwriters
We are making every effort 10 clear
the road to Colorado Springs. AS our
relief depends upon it,"
Candle Prices Co Up.
n few groccrS placed AN exorbitaut
price on candles. City officials and
police forbade them TO charge more
than the ordinary price on pain of
having their stocks seized and dis.
tributed. The prices came dowa.
II may require week 20 ken train
our of here over any road. The near.
est from the East a train can get To
Pueblo on the Santa Pc line is -