The Washington herald., 1921-06-07


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PUEBLO. Colo, June 6.-The
food waters Of the Arkansas river,
which swept human life and NIL
lions of dollars in property before
il, as IL descended on Pueblo. have
now reached Kansas.
Sweering through the Arkansas
river valley. they are causing the
river level TO rise at an alarming
rate and warnings have been sent
out to all inhabitants OF towns in
the path Of the food 20 take pre-
cautions But no grave danger In
anticipated"
The flood from Pueblo 60 the
Kansas state line is the worst IN
l4 years. Two hundred residences
at Las Animss, Colo, the railroad
shops and part of the business Sec
tion are five feet under water. The
railroad yards have been ruined and
200 freight cars swept away.
-Four More Drowned
At Montezuma. Colo. four per-
sons were drowned.
At Rocky Ford. Colo. pens con-
tanning 1900 hogs and several hun
dred cattle were swallowed by the
flood.
All railroad bridges on the Santa
Fe railroad between Pueblo and the
Kansas state line have been swept
away.
Pueblo is making rapid strides
toward recovering from Fridays
fiood disaster.
Tonight the water system was re-
stored in most of the north-side
homes. Electric light service was
promised for a small downtown dis
'trict. with early prospects Of en-.
tension.
AppesIs for SEQ. .ooO. 600 for civilian
relief and highway and levee re-
pairs were sent 10 the federal gov
ernment.
Build Refugee Camps
The military authorities began
erection of a refugee camp on the
fair grounds
The United States public health
service took charge OF the sanitary
situation with resumption OF serN-
ice in the large residential sections.
Danger of epidemics was believed
to be lessened.
Col. Patrick Hammock. the fight
ing Irishmsn who led Colorsdos
boys in France. started q sptedN
cleaning up Of the devastated food
area by impressing all idle men into
service at 43 cents an hour. Every
able bodied man will be forced 70
work or lie placed under military
guard and compelled to work as
prisoners.
the descent OF the flood stage in
Another most important sign was
IL
running strong. but wac below the
remaining wagon bridge between
the north and south sides OF town.
While these favorable events
brought alIPueblo out Of the slough
of despair. the public statements OF
leading citizens still showed effects
OF the four-day siege OF waters.
Damages Mt $4,000 900.
--latest estimates Of property and
crop damage between Canon city
and the state line are from hfteen
10 twenty million dollars" said
committee Of leading citizens in
wire to Gov. Shoup for aid.
Damage in Pueblo city and
county alone will total six to eight
million dollars. The federal gov
eminent expends millions OF dol
lars TO improve an drepair levees
in all sections of the country.
We now ask the federal gov
ernment to appropriate the sum Of
IS 900 600. of which the sum OF Va
oOO. 900 may be Immediately avail
able for the purpose Of repairing
and Improving the Arkansas river
and Fountain river levees and re-
moving debris from the damaged
sections. of which Pueblo should
should have at least one-half mil
lion Immediately.
Impossible to ascertain loss Of
life owing to the impossibility Of
removing debris without great
financial assistance, but Pueblo
alone will show several hundred
persons drowned when the debris is
removed"
This message was signed BY
James l. Lovern. president OF tho
city council: Frank S. Hoag, chair
man OF the Ievee repairing COM
mittee: L. L. withers, president
Pueblo waterworks. and G. X
Charg, president Arkansas Valley
Ditch association.
- Expect Large Death List.
This estimate OF the dead was
made despite the Unexpectedly small
girls who were swept from their
fathers arms in a cloudburst near
Pueblo last Thursday.
These 81 bodies are in Pueblo
morgues. A steady search for other
bodies failed TO uncover any in the
city.
Ten more bodies have been recov-
cred from the raging Arkansas
river six miles below Pueblo IL WAS
reported here tonight. The bodies
were taken from the river al the
St. Charles Mesa. This recovery
brings the total OF bodies to 4t
known dead in and around the Pu-
eblo district. -Four were reported
at willard.
Governor ShoUpe, at Colorado
Sprins, on a sick bed as the result
of exposure on his trip to Puebls
Sunday, added his approval OF fed
eral appropriation of at .least
$4,000. 200 and several millions -ad-
ditional for levee reairs. high~Ay1