Arizona republican., 1921-06-05
HUNDREDS n!E IN FLOODS
Summary of Flood
 Damage in Colorado
TRepublIcan A. 2. Leased wire1

DENVER, June 4-Reports re-. ceived by the Associated Press at Denver tonight indicate the follow ing conditions at outlying towns:
 At Greeley all eastbound trains on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad detoured on account of floods. Rivers, creeks and irrigation ditches overflowed and several bridges near town washed out.
 At Sterling. four drowned and dam age running to more than 1000, 900. Floods receding in the district.
 At Marshall: The big Marshall dam still holding, but all residents in the valley have been ordered to seek safety.
 At Loveland: Eleven reported dead. City in darkness after o'clock Fri day night. Telephone service main tained by means of storage batteries. Two reservoirs, the South Side and the Ryan Gulch, broke today. Hflls- boro dam. five miles east. also broke, the concrete gates being washed away. Colorado & Southern railroad tracks washed away Damage will run into hundreds of thousands oi dollars. George Arndt, 60. dropped dead with excitement.
 At Longmonf: Three feet of water in the main street; communication cut off. breaking of irrigation ditches principal cause.
 Three hundred members of Lions club marooned here. Many residents of Longmcnt stranded in Lyons, Col At Frederick: Town under three feet of water. Two coal mines flood ed and several mules drowned. At Daycona Irrigation dftches broke, flooding town; railroad bridge washed out.
 At Firestone-Irrigatio ditche, broke, flood conditions At Atwood-Under water several hours; many buildings threatened with destruction.
 At Boulder-Many persons ma. rooned in mountains near here. A Willard-The bodies of all tn, members of the Davis family wh, were washed out of their home her. late Friday by the flood waters Q Pawnee creek were found found to, night. The father. Carl Davis, wa the only member of the family t. escape. He is in a critical condition Davis wife and three children los their lives.
 drowned in houses owned by a suga
 
 flood warnings. The city is virtuall. surrounded by water Water stand six feet in the sugar factory. Ther is a foot of water standing in tn main streets Several houses ar l floating in the lower part of the cit, Residents are leaving in the darli ness for the surrounding hills. Tn l bridges over the Arkansas rive which runs thorugh the city hay I been washed out, taking telephon and telegraph lines with them Tn I river has risen 25 feet and Is s-i 1 rising.
 I Fort Collins-The Poudre rive
 which runs north of that city. v,s
 rising tonight and at II o'clock vfs
 flooding the basement of the Flo
 Collins packing plant. A bridge ne' l Fort Collins was expected to go o
 at any minute.
 : At 10 o'clock tonight heavy ra , began to fall in Pueblo. Up to tn | hour the Fountain river had be- } l dropping at the rate of three inch
 an hour.
 At F1orence-The Arkansas riv 2 was out of it's banks. rising rapiil ' Rain was failing. At Portland-The Portland Cemel
 company, which operates mill t,n
 ploying 500 men, reported five lie y of water in its offices and mill. Tie ?, was no loss of life. Supplies are b y ing brought in from Florence, 8 Q miles away.
 : At Canon City-A hard rain " # l-falling at midnight No damage r ' ported