New-York tribune., 1921-06-07

accurately to estimate either the loss
OF lite or Of property, but the toll will
be very heavy.
Knowing that tke response will be
prompt and generous. I, as chief execu-
tive of the state. call upon the people
o. Soicrsdo to contribute to the relief
81 the Hood sufferers. The city stress
Is great and their needs most pressing.
it Will require not days but weeks and
perhaps even months to relieve the
situation.
As Governor | have, on behalf of
the people of the state, accepted the
oiier of:the American Red Cross to take
general charge and supervision Of the
reiief work. It's officials now are on
the ground and actively undertaking
the hcrculean task
FROM 3 personal inspection of much
ot the Hooded area | can state that the
sItoatlcn rs serious. /. therefore, make
thas urgent appeal for prompt and gen
erous respease.1
Maay Rabies Are Lost
Whatever figure the death list finally
reaches, not half the bodies Of the
victims Of the food will be recovered, -
\ &. breckenridge, president of the
Pueblo Rotary Club, said to-day. He
pased this statement on peculiarities
OF tire river channel and the drifting
and mud over the flooded areas
All OF the recovered bodies are be-
ing held in the morgues. 1t will be i'm
possible. undersakers say, to bury the
eodies for several days, roads to the
cemeteries being iInpassable
Ram again began falling this after
noon, and ]. L. Moorehead, personal
representative of the Governor. made
the paradoXical statement that it was
a blessing. Should the city "dry up"
too rapidly before the debris and mud
ware removed tie resalt would be dis
agreeable odors and probable menace
To health. While the list of known
takers indicate that other bodies have
heen found and Will be recovered when
the water abates.
Lieutenant Colonel Newton late this
afternoon ordered out the rifle COM
panies at Brush, Fort Morgan and
Brighton so augment the troops al
ready doing guard and police duty in
Pueblo.
A relief train with supplies for the
flood sufferers left Fort Logan, Colo,
this afternoon and is expected to ar
rive here Tuesday morning.
Tents and Provisions Arrive
A carload Of provisions, the gift of
The people Of Utah to the Pueblo food
sufferers, was sent from Salt Lake City
to-day, bringing 1875 tents, $3.50 blan-
kets end 1850 bed sacks. Three bag
gage cars, loaded with tents, blankets
ard cots, will be started to Pueblo
from Fort Logan tomorrow morning.
Rehabilitation the teleuhone serv-
ice, almost completely disrupted by
the fpods isto begin Immediately. The
military authorities tonight granted
permission to string temporary wires
to connect important points in order to
restore business.
First Train Enters City
Entrance into the city from the
north by rail was effected tonight by
train on the Denver g. Rio Grande,
It was announced by the Colorado
Rangers, It was work train and car
ried two baggage cars loaded with Red
Gross Supplies and nurses from Colo
rado Springs. it was said.
Residents OF the Grove district, most
IL foreigners, were at work this after
noon retrieving, what they could of
their household effects. Some are plan
ming to go back to their homes immedi-
ately. tAl
The grove is one of tie poor sections
of Pueblo, Little of this district is
more than few feet above the river
banks, and that the waters swept
across tho settlement with great vie-
lence is shown By houses swept from
,heir foundations and a freight car
lodged more than 800 yards from any
railroad stracks.
An important. part of the salvage to-
day was sacks of mail. These were
recovered from all parts of the yard
gathered in piles and hauled by ropes
from the railroad yards to viaducts
and taken to the postofice. sa'
Eli last night the devastated areas
were patrolled by a heavy guard of
Colorado's soldiery, while the state
rangers in automobiles and armed with
riot guns patrolled the streets of the
residence quarters. Every person
found en- the streets after nightfall was
stopped and questioned
) Along Union Avenue, thoroughfare
connecting the north and south sides
Of the city by g viaduct, the heaviest
damage was noted. The mud is nearly
two feet deep in many sections along
this street. Here, too, the waters ap-
parently attained their greatest vc-
locity. Water had receded from the
lower part Of Main Street, leaving
only mud, which was about q foot
thick.
Officials attribute much of the food
tc the blocking of the high waters by
railroad right of way in one section
built entirely of Stag. With the excep-
ton of small hole under the tracks
the Stag withstood the onrush of the
food and the waters backed up to the
city, washing out the levees and leav-
ing the lower part of Pueblo at the
mercy OF the waters.
!. All the levees were washed out in
the flood and restoration of the river
/; to its natural bed presents an en-
gineering problem of magnitude.