The New York herald., 1921-06-06
Twin Lakes Dams North OF
Stricken City Give Way,
Helping a ClOudburst
to Add to Damage.
REFUGEES ON CLIFFS
Railroads in Bad Shape,
Houses TOttering, Food
Supply Short and Rain
Falls in Torrents.
PART OF TOWN Is MORASS
InundatiOn Has Spread Sixty
or Seventy Miles Over Wide
Area in Southern Part Of
Colorado.
sv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PUEBLO, Col. June 5.--A down
pour of rain, amounting almost TO
a cloudburst, again was falling at
o'clock tonight. Whether or not the
rain followed the course OF the Ar
kansas River above Pueblo could
not be learned because OF the dark
ness. Ii 1t did undoubtedly another
rapid rise In the river within the
next hour Is probable.
The Arkansas River at 10 o'clock
Tonight reached Fifth and Court
streets, the highest 1t has been since
the flood, when the water reached\
Fifth and Main streets.
At 1O:20 the river was reported
at its crest and beginning to subside.
There was not the rush OF water
which accompanied Fridays Hood.
Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD.
PUEBLO. Col, June 5.--The Arkan-
sas River, after ebbing and flowing
all day and always threatening to
repeat it's work of Friday night, Is
slowly settling back between its
banks. There is reason to believe
the succeeding cloudbursts and dam
breaks UP the valley that have con-
tributed to the foods are almost over.
Pueblo now may be able to take an
account of the losses.
This afternoon about $3.50 (6:30
in New York; one of the widest OF
the series OF cloudbursts fell upon
the city. The food sirens were
sounded and the water from the
swelling river reached Fifth and
Main streets-a short block from its
furthest reach on Friday night.
Word had arrived that the Twin
Lakes Reservoir had given way.
Over this section of Colorado there
settled a pail of low hanging clouds.
so black as to turn midafternoon into
early morning darkness.
Apparently the retaining walls Of
the Skagway and Shafer dams have
collapsed utterly. Quite early this
morning they broke, but not entirely.
When this afternoons cloudburst ar
rived the local authorities seemed
justified in announcing the situation
critical. But the food seems to have
taken in a wider area. Thus, not be-
ing confined to this section Of the
valley. 1t Is not now concentrating
upon Pueblo.
Low Lands Churned Up Again.
But the truth Is that this city ex-
perienced two new inundations to-
day. Early this morning the Foun.
tain Creek dam up near Colorado
Springs gave way. That time the
water welled over Pueblo as far as
Third and Main streets and the un.
happy lowlands we're churned all
over again. That tide passed on.
Then the Skagway and Shafer dams
collapsed
Thus far they have recovered only
elghty-three bodies. The Red Cross
bulletins say that the loss of life will
not be less than hundred. Those
public officials bearing regulations
as conservatives predict that the
casualty list will not contain more
than $50 names. But this. like all
other statistics. is only hazard.
The food has spread over a section
sixty and seventy miles to the cast
and south. A large part OF that
which was the lowlands Of this city
lies down the valley now. strevn
across countryside that has become
morass.
The highest point within the city
reached on Friday night was Sixth
ard Main streets. This afternoon
the waters were mounting to Fifth
and Main. The recurring foods
were not SO deep as Friday nights,
and there was not the loss OF lite
this time. The population has taken
to the heights. Even the police and
the military are retreating toward
the cliffs.
Mayor Ask. for state HELM,
Mayor Mike Studinski and Chios
OF Police Daley have called upon
Gov. Shoup and Col Pat Hamrock
commanding the Colorado Rangers
20 take over the whole situation and
maintain order within the city. They
explained that they were able to OPP
crate themselves and that the city
government had not collapsed; but
Mayor Studinski says he fears a rep
etItion Of Friday nights horror and
wants all the help he can command.