Evening star., 1921-06-06
Tents and Food Supplies
Arriving for the Destitute

attention and were rescued by Co.oradc
guardsmen.
Harrison was a passenger on Den
Yer and Rio Grande train which was
wrecked by the food in the railroad
yards early Friday night. He managed
10 escape from a coach and swan 10 =
floatlng log, to which he cluns until
he was cast up on the island.
Early Friday morning Spicers home
was torn from its foundations. and the
cottage. with Spicer on its roof wa:i
sent spinning down the torrent to be
lodged against the same small island
upon which Harrison already had been
marooned.
j. f. Moorhead. secretary TO Coy.
Shoup. who is in Pueblo as the gov
efhor 5 personal representative TO-DAY
sent an urgent message TO Colorado
Springs. asking that a supply of anti
typho1d and anti-dfphtheria serums.
lime and diSinfectants be rushed To
Pueblo as soon as possible. There is
no unusual danger of an outbreak OF
diphtheria or typhoid, Mr. Moorhead
explained, but the authorities are run
Nihs low on those necessities.
Restoration Matter of Weeks.
restoration Of the city to ektl
an approach to normal conditions *
matter of weeks. Levees must u
repaired before the business section
can be cleared Of water
1t seemed early today that all dam
ger OF repetition of the food had
passed. barring another cloudburst.
Every dam on either the Arkansas
or fountain river from which dan
ger might. be expected was already
gone.
The local Red Cross placed the
,, number of bodies found at approxi-
mateiy 100. basing its estimate on
reports of personal invest igation OF
, the devastated area
he mn laay- IS
rary hospitals was placed at 500 by
J. E Moorehead. secretary to GOV.
Shoup- Typhoid. pneumonia. diph-
| liberia and one or two cases of in
sanity were found among these pa
tientS.
At conference early today of
military. city and state officials. in
which Gov. Shoup took part. repair
of the levees was decided upon as
one of the first problems to hf, moi.
1t was considered possible that aid
of the federal government would be
sought.
Other Floods Reported.
Floods of lesser magnitude were
reported early today by several
towns in Kansas. All are along the
course of the Arkansas river. which
overflowed its banks here Syracuse
and Gardner. Kan. have reported
sweeping floods. and all .owns in the
Arkansas valley have been warned
of the rising river.
Las Animas, Col. early TODAY re-
ported the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe shops at La Junta under
five feet of water. the railroad yards
wrecked and 200 freight cars swept
away.
A score of lives were believed to
have been lost.
Two hundred residences in Las AMI
mas went under three feet of water
late last night. Inhabitants fed to
public buildings and to the highlands
fearing the residence section would be
swept away.
The Platte river broke its banks at
Denver shortly after midnight, in
undating several blocks of the west
side residential section. from which
people fled their homes. taking refuge
in the city hall. Red Cross stations
cared for the LnmeleSs. Last reports
from Denver early this morning said
that the river was within one foot of
, the bridge structure in the business
section. and still rising.
Rising Tides Repeated.
Three times yesterday came a re-
newal of the flood here At 4 o'clock
in the morning water rose several
feet when the crest of the flood from
the breaking of the Stratton Park
dam near Colorado Springs reached
Pueblo In the middle of the after
noon, breaking of the Skagway reser-
voir and Beaver dam near Victor.
coupled with heav'- downpour of
rain in the Arkansas rive. watershed
and in Pueblo. caused another rise.
Again last night followed another
heavy rainstorm. In none of the floods
of yesterday. however. did the waters
reach the level of Friday night
The washout of railway lines lead
ing to the stricken area created a
menacing situation to be overcome
today. Food supplies in Pueblo were
estimated by Red Cross officials
being less than sufficient for three
days Roads to the city are impassa-
BILE for miles around.
Efforts are being made to transport
food from surrounding towns by air
planes Several machines have
already been sent out with blankets,
and medical supplies.
virtual embargo on all shipments
to Pueblo has been effected by most
all railroads entering the city.
Lfthia Spring Only Drinking Water.
The only drinking water available
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