The spectator., 1921-06-10
ARKANSAS FLOODS
 COLORADO C|1Y
PUEBLO IS COMPLETELY RUINED BY OVERFLOW WATER FROM
 ARKANSAS RIVER
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOSS
Flooded Section Includes Large Por- ton of Business Section-Many Persons Pay No Attention
 to Flood Warnings.

Pueblo Colo.-Flood waters of the Arkansas river sweeping through ou eblo Friday night and Saturday l caused deaths that total into the hun dreds and property damage in excess of $10,000, 900, according to reports The Red Cross organized to aid suf serers, and C. W. Lee was named food administrator to have charge of ra <oning the food available in the city The railroad yards were left filled with undiscovered debris and broken and overturned equipment, increasing the damage by more than million | dollars. Business houses. inside and outside. were covered with slimy mud and in many cases even brick build 1 ings were undermined and wrecked Frame buildings in the path of ths flood were swept away. in many case. carrying their inhabitants with them
 No Attention to Warnings.
 While the food warnings had been given. many persons did not heed them, and to this is ascribed d large part of the death loss.
 Thousands of Mexicans. with theil possessions on the backs. were wan dering through the city with nothing to eat and no place to sleep Not even drinking water was available
 Frank Pryor. of local furniture company spent one night on the stand ing wall of his four-sto.y building which collapsed
 Richard Philbins was rescued from a telephone pole, where he had spent the night. He was riding a horse when the waters overwhelmed him The horse was drowned, but Philbins managed to swim to the pole.
 While the greater loss of life ap pears to have been in Pueblo. reports of damage to property come from many sections of southeastern Colo rado. Streams. sent out of theil banks by cloudbursts in the noun tains, carried away farm buildings and drowned many head of cattle.
 Bridges Swept Away.
 Railroad and highway bridges were carried away and miles of telegraph and telephone lines were laid low.
 In Pueblo damage was increased b, fires in the business section, started by lightning and unquehched for lacl of water pressure.
 The flooded section of Pueblo ex tended from Second street to tn, Mesa. It contains a large portion O the business district
 z eblo's fire whistles sounded the foot alarm. At that hour both the Arkan sas and the Mountain were rising raI idly from the cloudbudst that prevaile, during the day. Hundreds of person took warning and gathered a few be longings. seeking safety in the hill around the city. Others did not hee, the warning, Many of these pal, with their lives.
 The floods swept into the cit, proper about o'clock. Police am guards drove crowds back from tn main bridges. where they had takel refuge In half hour water wa tpouring over the top of the railing of bridges. and the main business sec tion was inundated. Street car stopped; electric lights went off
 In the darkness could be heard tn roar of the onrushing waters, and tn crash of falling buildings. A rain wa falling to add to the dscomfor Here and there with the flashes c lightning spectators could see sma houses floating about. Over in tn railroad yards passenger coaches an other equipment lay overturned, an out of the night came the cries c stricken women and children appea ing for help.
 Scores of n en risked their lives { bring women and children to safet, The Colorado Rangers. the police an the Colorado National Guard bent [ the work of rescue. Scores of per sons alive in Pueblo owe their live to the bravery of the men of thes organizations and scores of volur teers.
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