Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-06-10
tie Death H.: H. All! ..e..e< e 500
wtsers 4 sompiete count u 60S3t6ls.
Neutrality-suspicious. million dollars
would be made Immediately avail
able for relief work In the flood
district Of Colorado under resolu.
tions introduced simultaneously In
the Senate and House by Senator
Phipps and Representative Hardy,
both Of Colorado.

tions introduced simultaneously In
the Senate and House by Senator
| ehipps and Representative Hardy,
both Of Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo-Resumption of heav.
rainfall, the bursting OF two dam
above Pueblo, attended by rapid ris'
OF the Arkansas river to a stage nearl,
approximating that of Saturday morn
Ing, and several cases Of typhoid, pneu
monia, diphtheria and one or two cases
of insanity marked developments in
Pueblo.
Estimates of property damage in the
city and vicinity mounted to $1,000,
600. A recapitualtion of the known
dead made at military headquarters
fixed the figure at 100. Earlier reports
had given the known dead as 1873. II
was explained that confusion had re.
suited through duplication of lists.
The Grove section, where thousands
OF Observation-Disclosures and italians
lived has been literally wiped out. The
houses were carried away by the food,
many of them with their occupants
clinging to the roofs.
The railroad yards are filled with
wrecked cars and engines. Five rail.
| road men sought safety on top Of a
locomotive. They remained there un-
til daylight when they swan to safety.
The breaking of the Skagway and
shafer. dams will add approximately
$l,OO0,000 to the loss, which had previ-
ously been estimated at $10,0OO,O00.
.... More Houses Swept Away.
The Skagway dam furnished power
to- the Arkansas Valley Light and
Power company. Big industrial plants
of the city depended upon it. The
Shafer dam supplied water to an irri-
CATION project.
That the loss of life was not great
when these dams: burst was due to
warning that had been given. For "a
hours they were known to have been
in precarious condition and warnings
were sent down the valley for families
living in the lowlands to move to
higher ground. Fifteen houses were
swept away when the Shafer dam went
out, but there was no loss of life.
Governor Shoup returned by auto
mobile to Colorado Springs, from
which place he expected to answer
messages from President Harding and
Senator Nicholson at WASHINGTON in
regard to the measures needed to help
the situation.
No Exaggeration Possible.
1t was expected that the Governors
answer would say that large sum of
money was needed at once.
+ when l arrived here, l issued a
warning to newspaper correspondents
against exaggerating statements in re.
gard to the loss Of life and property
damage, but now, since l have been
over the devastated area of Pueblo I
know that no exaggeration is possible"
Col. Pat Hammock, adjutant general
and commander of the Colorado state
troops on duty here, said.
1T is absolutely impossible to do
more than venture a guess as to the
number Of people who must have been
killed in the food of Friday night"
he continued. II don't care to begin
guessing. .,...sA ..,ssssf
II t'>N Many Unaceounted For.
Il know that about hundred bodies
have been found but no man alive can
tell how many more corpses are hid
den in the piles of debris in the Sec
tons stricken by the food. It has been
reported to me that there are between
300 and 500 dead horses down there.
don't know where they came FROM"
The Pueblo chapter Of the Red Cross
received word that 100000 had been
appropriated for the relief Of Pueblo
from. the national fund. Robert Cast
Of the local Red Cross chapter said
fair progress was being made in dis
trfbuting relief. Homes were thrown
open to the destitute. The courthouse
Was housing more than 100 women and
children and scores were being cared
for ct the Congress hotel2ktAtF 'e1der-
gency hospital has been eitab lished at
the latter place. !: 80.