Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-07
50 Bodies
Recovered
In Pueblo
Every Able.Bodied Man Or
dered to Work Removing
Debris-Clean Up Is
Progressing Rapidly.
Tourists Must Leave

These include AZ in the morgues and
10 recovered late this afternoon on
the St. Charles mesa. These last III
have not been identified.
With the issuance OF All order this
afternoon by Lieut.. Col. Paul r.
Nelson, in vharge of the city under
martial law, drafting every able
bodied man in the city Tor labor, the
work of cleaning up is progressing
rapidly. Scrapers are at work in the
streets in the business section, clear
ing away the mud. Debris is being
removed from the streets and side
walks, preparatory to being carted
away Gasoline engines are being
pressed into service on all available
pumps for clearing Easements OF the
stores and buildings i'll the flooded
area
Workers Paid 43 Cents.
The order, which puts every able
bodied man to work in the recon-
struction of Pueblo. provides pay OF
43 cents an hour. Those who refuse
to work are subject to arrest and will
be put to work without compensa-
ton. Tourists and sightseers have
been ordered to leave town. If they
remain they will be put to work, the
order states.
The only official estimate of the
amount of damage from the food
was one OF $5,000,000 by the Pueblo
Manufacturers association. Other
estimates vary from $l0,000000 to
$15,000000.
Transportation east and north
from the city is just now declared
to be the greatest need Governor
Oliver H. Shoup today telegrapled
Senator Lawrence c. Phipps and
Senator Samuel d. Nicholson 10
make every effort to get an appro-
priation of $2,000,000 to the state OF
Colorado to repair tracks and rebuild
bridges on the lines entering from
these directions.
The senator's replied that they did
not feel they could conscientiously
make such request for federal as
4 sistance until facts and conditions
have been more definitely deter
mined"
Report so More Bodies.
d
to Offices of the Nuckolls Packing
company that 50 bodies had been re-
covered at Boone, on the river about
20 miles east. This report is un-
confirmed
Whatever figure the death list f.
nally reaches, not half the bodies of
the victims of the flood will be re-
covered r. G. Breckenridge, presi-
dent OF the Pueblo Rotary club, said
today. He based this statement on
peculiarities of the river channel and
the drifting of mud over the flooded
areas. No additional bodies were
brought to the morgue on the south
side today. The number remained
at Is, of which II have been identi-
fed. The unidentified body was be-
lieved to be that of Mrs. Westcott
of Pueblo
Identify 10 Bodies.
Ten more bodies were identified to-
day at north side morgues. The list
announced was as follows.
Lillian Clark, Pueblo, believed to
have been a clerk at the Crews
Beggs store.
H. A. Allen, 100 North Santa Fe
i avenue, Pueblo. carpenter.
/ William Korber, believed to be a
: brother of Jake Korber, wealthy Al
. buquerque IN. NJ merchant, who
was killed recently in an accident.
Neil Kendall, 10, son of E. P. Ken
dali of Devine.
Mrs. Mature Cabin, Mexican.
Mae Byrd and her daughter, Sarah
Byrd of Denver, negroes.
c. c. Morri, further identification
: unknown.
Sylvia Shattio, S3 West Third
! street, Pueblo, negro
The following list had been pre-
J viously announced:
Dorothy Metz, 2l7Ia South Main
: street, Pueblo.
t. Hall, Pullman porter, Denver.
Doris Seaber, 32S5a North Union
! street, Pueblo.
Frank Erwin, Hotel Deremer,
E Pueblo.
, Evans, Kansas City, Mo-, Pull
man conductor.
t John Fareros, Bennett avenue.
Pueblo. ~
E. c. Hames, Pueblo.
Henry Miller, Pueblo.
Funerals Are Delayed.
/ The body of an unidentified Mex
e lcan woman was also recovered to-
0 day. All of the recovered bodies
n are being held in the morgues. It
v will be impossible, undertakers say,
: to bury the bodies for several days,
roads to the cemeteries being i'm
: passable. One body, at an under
S taking parlor since last Wednesday,
e has not yet been buried.
e 1t was expected this morning that
I many bodies would be recovered to-
: day in Grove, the low district lying
: south of the river, and where the
greatest loss of life is reported.
: These predictions were not borne
out, however. The water has not
left all parts of this district and
it has not been thoroughly searched
yet.
Rain again began falling this al
r ternoon and ]. f. Moorhead, per-
y sonal representative Of the governor,
n made the paradoxical statement that
it was a blessing to the stricken
y city. Should the city "dry up" too
It rapidly before the debris and mud
are removed from the flooded dis
tricts, the result would be disagree
10 able odors and probable menace to
9 the health of the population.
y While the list of known dead
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