Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-06-10

miles. Trains from the North can get
within 40 miles of Pueblo. The Mis-
court Pacific cannot get trains closer
than 25 miles. The only wires out of
the city are those of the Western
Union.
1926 Blocks Flooded.
The flooded area extended to the
south through the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad yards; to the north
to Fifth and Main streets, inundating
Is blocks on Main street, 20 blocks on
Santa Fe avenue and 40 blocks in the
Grove, the poorer section of the city.
All railroad yards were flooded,
equivalent to 40 blocks. The water
also extended west to the state insane
asylum lowlands, total of 125 blocks
under water.
Tales of Witnesses.
Colorado Springs, June Cray
mond P. Chapman of this city returned
from Pueblo with a vivid story Of the
food. He raced the flood waters
through the Arkansas valley in an au-
tomobile, arriving in Pueblo just as
the water in the river had reached the
bridges.
After passing the night in the city
he got ten gallons of gasoline and
made his way to Colorado Springs,
travelling through fields, over railroad
trestles and, with several other motor
lists who followed in his wake, con-
structed temporary bridges.
Chapman said when he reached
Pubic the sirens were shrieking warm
ings to the people and the waters in
the business section of town had
reached the level of second stories.
He saw two-story house floating
down the street at Third and Main
streets.
Sees Thrilling Rescues.
Chapman said many thrilling res
cues were effected by means of boats
brought from the park and that in
one instance which came to his notice
boy had rescued three women. He
tried to pick up an old man also when
one Of the women, becoming hysterical,
clasped the boy. The boy even then
tried to save the life Of one Of the
women by swimming, but lost his hold
on her and all the occupants of the
boat but the boy were washed away
in the stream.
The deep water raced through the
streets with the ferceness of noun
tain stream. He said that, terrible
as were the fires, the rescuers were
greatly aided by the flames, which IL
Illuminated the sky Burning piles Of
lumber, said Chapman, flowed down
the river, setting fire to things they
passed.
II had a room in the Congress no
tel, but gave it up, as did all the other
men to women and children" said
Chapman. "All night / was on the
streets, and it was a great relief when
daylight came.
with the dawn many persons were
found clinging to the tops of trees, to
telephone poles, and perched on roofs
Of houses. They were taken off in
boats. Three men held fast all night
to q locomotive smokestack TO keep
from being washed away. The street
cars were washed out of the streets
and piled up in heaps with houses and
railroad box cars.
'There is scarcely any drinking wa
ter to be had. The flood water is mud
dy and net fit to swallow, although
people must keep on boiling and using
it. A man from q big wholesale gro
Gerry store told ne that out of all their
great stock Of supplies nothing re-
NAMED fit to eat but few packages
of oatmeal. It was impossible for the
bakeries 70 make bread because they
could get no water to mix the dough-"
Two Other Eyewitnesses.
Building bridges as they came, ford
ing rushing torrents, jumping space
caused by culverts washed away, two
survivors of the flood reached Colo
RADIO Springs in a racing motorcar
with a graphic story.
The men, Iyer Daley, representa-
tive of Huerfano county, and Wilbur
F. Cannon, pure food Inspector for
Colorado, were on their way to a fish
fry at Laveta, Colo, when the Ar
kansas river breaking loose from its
banks, took up a new course through
the main business section of Pueblo.
From a floor in building far above
the seething muddy mass below, Daley
and Cannon all through the night
watched the grewsome sight, never to
be forgotten.
Cars Float in Town.
When the river broke loose Friday
night motorists, caught in the torrent,
deserted their machines to seek shell
ter. The cars fioated about the bust.
ness section all night, crashing into
plate glass windows, turning over and
over again, and at last dashing them
selves to pieces against buildings.
"We say one woman in the second
story of house floating down Main
street." said Daley. 1.-THE house
struck building while the water
swirled around it, sucking it down and
taking it around in a dizzy whirl. Fin
ally it stopped and woman, evident
~ having lost her mind, leaped into
the water and was drowned.
Before we left we saw corpses be-
ing carried to the courthouse, to TIE
Congress hotel and to other buildings
where they were taken for temporary
shelter