Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-06-06
CLOUDBURSTS IN COL. MOUNTAINS
SEND RUSH OF WATER THAT PEOPLE
ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE
PROPERTY DAMAGE is ESTIMATED
TO Be MORE THAN TEN MILLIONS
Many Narrowing and Gruesome Sights In Streets
of Devastated City and Death and Disaster
Rides on the Flood
CBy Associated Press)

Pueblo, Col, June 4.-Estimates al
3:15 o'clock of the dead in the fooG
here from the Arkansas and Fountain
rivers indicated that the number would
not exceed 500, and might be lower
The property loss was still set at
above $10,0OO,OOO.
Receding waters disclosed the fact
that many persons believed to have
perished had escaped.
There are three morgues. One is
located on the north side where bo-
dies are being taken. Two others have
been set up on the south side of the
city where bodies will be taken as
soon as conditions permit.
At $3.50 o'clock 1872 bodies had
been taken from the flooded district.
Entire City Under Water
The whole business portion of Pu-
eblo was under six to eight feet of
water this morning, but by afternoon
the flood had begun to recede, dis
closing a scene of devastation.
The railroad yards were left filled
with mud covered debris and broken
and overturned equipment, carrying
the damages to more than a million
dollars. Business houses, inside and
out, were covered with the same Shiny
mud and. in many cases even brick
buildings were undermined and
wrecked Frame buildings in the path
of the flood were swept away in many
cases carrying their inhabitants with
them.
While flood warnings had been CIV
en- before dark last night many per-
sons did not heed them and to this is
.scribed a goodly part of the death
loss.
Homeless Mexicans Roam Streets
Thousands of Mexicans with pos
session on their backs were wandering
through the city this afternoon with
nothing to eat and no place to sleep.
No gas nor drinking water was avail
able.
A party of Pueblo business men who
assembled for a dinner at club last
night still were marooned there to-
day.
Frank Pryor, of local furniture
company spent last night only one
standing wall of his four story build
ing which Collapsed. Rescuers were
endeavoring to reach him this after
noon.
Spends Night on Telephone Pole
Richard Phillips was rescued from
a telephone pole where he had spent
the night. He was riding a horse last
night when the waters overwhelmed
him. The horse was drowned, but
Phillips managed to swim to the
pole.
While greater loss of life appears
to have m in Pueblo reports of
damage . property come from many
sections of south eastern Colorado.
Streams swept out of their banks
by cloudbursts in the mountains car
ried away farm buildings and drown
ed many heads of cattle. Residents
of the rural districts adjacent to the
irrigation projects spent the night
last night prepared to flee instantly
if the impounded water broke through
irrigation dams.
Means of communication from Pu-
'eplo are most meager. The Western
Union has three or four wires from
neighboring suburb but these are
so crowded with official business that
press dispatches have little show. The
roads to the outside are so torn by
the storm that it is almost impossible
to make progress over them.
borrowing Scenes
All morning motor cars moved up
Main street carrying bodies on the