Evening star., 1921-06-06

Today there will arrive from Den
wr, according to Col Hamrock.
enough tents. bedding. cooking uten-
sils and medical supplies to care for
1000 of Pueblo's homeless. Work Of
establishing a refugee camp at Min
erai Palace Park also was under way.
and all the flood sufferers now cared
for in churches. SchoolhOuSeS and
other public buildings will be re-
moved to the camp.
1t also was expected that during the
day there would arrive from Dodge
City. Kan, three Army airplanes for
observation and scouting purposes.
Reports last night that the big Den
yer and Rio Grande bridge at Buttes.
Col. had gone out are as yet unveri-
fed.
Hundreds of Volunteers.
This morning on all roads leading
into Pueblo mounted guards had been
posted to stop and turn back all those
except persons having official busi-
ness in the city. According to military
officers and officials of the Red Cross
hundreds of persons have come into
Pueblo and have volunteered for re-
lief work. The motives of these vol
unteerS are appreciated. officials say,
but they point out that the facilities
of the city are being taxed to care for
the suffering homeless. and arrange
ments for quarters and rations for
any more volunteer workers cannot
be made.
Water had receded from the lower
part of Main street. leaving only mud
which was about a foot thick. The
rangers said that the condition of the
river was better than at any time
since early yesterday afternoon just
before the first heavy rain.
Hundreds of people living in build
ings in the vicinity of the district
flooded by Fridays disaster were
routed out of bed at l o'clock this
morning as precautionary measure:
Many remained up the remainder of
the night and few of them returned
before daylight. They sought shelter
in churches and the courthouse.
Strange Sights.
Dawn showed strange sights. a
baby buggy was left standing by
itself in the center of bridge. A few
feet away were a Morris chair and
heavy trunks.
A boiler had been left on the bridge
when the flood receded. and dead
porker lay in the mud beside pile
of driftwood.
The search for bodies here late yes
terday was interrupted by rising wa
ters. However searchers were out
early this morning.
With the exception of a relief train
over the Colorado Southern from
Trinidad yesterday there has been
no resumption of train service into
the city and officials here were un-
certain as to when the movement of
trains might be expected. The relief
train came in from Southern junction
over the Denver and Rio Grande
tracks to Minnequa. starting after a
stretch of about two miles of track
between the edge of the city and
Southern junction had been repaired.
The south side of Pueblo. isolated
from the remainder of the city by
flood waters, early today was taking
awaiting restoration of communica
ton with the city proper that the full
extent of the disaster Pueblo has
suffered may be realized.
south side was separated from the
remainder of the city by gulf of
churning water.
Dead Identified.
There was no official estimate this
or the property loss in this part of
town. Among the bodies identified
were those of Dorothy Metz. Pueblo;
T. Hall. Pullman porter, Denver: Doris
Seaber, Pueblo; Frank Erwin. Pueblo;
Evans. Kansas City. Mo-; John
Fareros. E. c. Hames and Henry Mil
Ter. all of Pueblo.
Florence and Canon City. fears for
the safety of which had been eX
pressed by officials on this side. early
today reported they were unharmed.
At Portland, Col, however. flood wa
ters put the light plant out of COM
mission.
The problem of caring for refugees
on the south side of town became Sc
rious yesterday. Homes. schools and
churches were used to house the ref
ueees and a soup line was establish
ed, while lunches were served in the
high school building.
REPORTS received here today from
Lake Charles, fifteen miles south. told
of the probable drowning of a hermit
who lived in a cave near that place.
He had lived for years in the cave.
which was or the high banks of the st.
Charles river. 1t was near the same
spot. Lake Charles reports said, that
a woman and four children were
drowned.
Rescued From Island.
After two nights and most of two
days marooned on a small island in
the Arkansas river four miles below
Pueblo, Ed Harrison of Denver and +.
D. Scicer of Pueblo. managed to attract