The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
MENA COUPLE IN
PUEBLO FLOOD
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night we had another scare. About
5 or $50 p. m. car came by our
house and gave the alarm that the
waters of Strattam dam at Colorado
Springs had given away and the
Fountain river only a couple of
blocks back Of US was rising and for
everyone to be ready to leave at any
time. Well you can imagine that
did not know what TO do for we knew
that we could we'll get to safety al
right but in case the river caused
anything like the trouble that we had
had the night before everything we
owned would be completely ruined.
We got busy and took all of our rugs
upstairs, also our Edison and our
clothes. Nothing came of the high
waters, however, and oh, how | do
hope and pray that we will not
have any more experiences such
as the one just passed When /
think about how terrible it ali was |
know that | should be very thankful
that we all got out alive. The men
folks saw one poor man go down just
in front of our building. Another
body was found just under the win
dow where we had stood and watched
the food. We also saw one poor
horse 20 down and there was a total
number of 200 horses drowned. A
lot of homes and store buildings have
been washed completely away and
ell of the business district is COM
pletely ruined. People say that it
will take this place twenty-five years
to build back. The governor Of this
state came down from Denver today
and also the militia men and they
are in charge of the city tonight.
They allow no one down town in the
flood district except the men connect
ed with some business house on firm
and who are there to work and even
they have TO have a special written
permit and no one is allowed on the
downtown district after seven o'clock
in the evening. Anyone found on the
streets after that hour is arrested
and if any are caught pilfering or
stealing they are shot and the order
reads, "Shoot to kill" Everyone has
to secure a written order from the
man who has charge of the food sup
ply to get any groceries of any kind
You have no idea how bad 1t really is.
lust to think of city that has taken
years to build being so completely
ruined in such short time. Pueblo
had improved so much since you were
here two years ago and the business
district was built up so much.
have been very anxious for you to
come for know that you could notice
the changes really more than we and
knew that you would enjoy seeing the
Improvements but YOU would not now
be able to recognize this to be the
same place.
Trucks began coming into our city
late yesterday afternoon from Denver
and Colorado Springs with provisions
and such; and trucks from those
places have been passing at intervals
all the morning. Trucks from town
have been coming past our house
with the dead horses and other debris
taking it outside the city limits to be
burned. I do hope that you received
your message that Merrill sent you
Saturday evening and that you will
receive the one that was sent YOU this
morning. It is said that the Western
Union are behind with hundreds of
messages so / fear that ours has not
yet gotten to YOU. don't know when
this letter will reach you but | am GO
ing to mail It and hope that II viii
reach you before many days Don't
worry for we are perfectly safe.
don't know whether ] have said all
that | wanted TO or not, things are in
such tumble.