New-York tribune., 1921-06-06

the country above the city on the crest
OF the waters. Troops quickly cleared
the business and wholesale districts.
| Citizens were prevented from coming
within block of the waters, while
every effort was made to prevent loss
of life from the new danger.
| Governor Shoup and Colonel Ham
rock, of the state constabulary, arrived
| to-day to take personal charge of the
situation. Immediately upon their ar
rival it was decided that Colonel Ham
rocks troops, consisting of Colorado
! Natiopa! Guard units and State Ran
gers, should assume all responsibility
for law and order during the emer-
gency.
Governor Shoup and Colonel Ham
rock left Colorado Springs at o'clock
this morning in motor truck mounted
on f1anged wheels, which travelled to
Pueblo over the Santa Fe and the Dem
yer and Rio Grande tracks. Due to
delays caused by washed out roadbeds,
the two officials abandoned this con-
| veyance at Butte, however, proceed
| ing to this city by automobile.
Believe Death List Exaggerated
Upon the arrival of Governor Shoup
and Colonel Hamrock the belief was
expressed by members of the party
that the reports of the death toll had
| been exaggerated. The property dam
age, it is conceded, however, will be
at least $10,0o0,000.
Just before the afternoon flood the
| military rushed several soldiers across
! the viaduct to the south side. The
Associated Press correspondent accom-
panied the troops, the journey being
made through some of the worst dew
astated districts.
On either side were wrecks Of prin-
cipal business structures, twisted and
torn by the food, which had reached
nearly to the second story. In the Union
Station the high water mark was ID
feet At the Congress Hotel hundreds Of
persons were fed, coffee being made
from lithia water. The eggs ran out
early this morning and ham and steak
formed the menu. Tonight there were
chicken, cold roast beef and ham sand
wiches.
No one has had a bath or a shave
since the food.
1t has been impossible even to wash
ones face and hands or obtain a change
of clothing.
A contractor who lost all his prop
erty in the flood said that five families
were cooking their meals, taking their
turns, over fireplace in his home.
Both food and water are being ra-
toned here and are very scarce, but
the most serious problem facing the
city, according to Robert Cast, chief
of the sanitation commission of the
Red Gross, is that of sanitation Dis
infectants are urgently needed, Mr..
Cast declared.
In an appeal sent to the St. Louis
chapter of the Red Cross last night
the local chapter stressed the need fer
$25c0t for immediate use in reclama-
tion work.
In Pueblo's Courthouse hundreds of
homeless are housed. The schools,
dreds of private homes are caring for
countless others left destitute. The
homeless are being fed at the rate of
600 an hour by the Red Gross, but de-
spite the we'll organized efforts to take
care of its unfortunates, the city must
have outside aid, and at once.
1--WE are terribly hurt" declared CAST
in the st. Louis message. "Our poor
are destitute. Our rich men are now
poor and we appeal for assistance.
Needs of City Summarized
eve must have FIVE hundred tents
and bedding for the $500 destitute
persons. A big supply of chemicals 8
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Gasoline, candles, lanterns and camp
ing equipment are sorely needed. We
also require the services of trained
Red Gross personnel
five hundred persons are in tempo
rary hospitals as direct result Of the
flood, according to j. e. Morrhead, Sec
retary of the Governor. There are
cases of chicken-pox, typhoid pneumo-
MIA diphtheria, and one or two cases of
insanity.
One hundred and fifty troops are pa
trolling the city armed with rifles and
. army pistols, with orders that all per-
sons are to be kept out of the restricted
} district and to shoot If necessary.
Troops have received orders to pre-
| vent all visitors from entering the city
) NO persons not members of the Ma
! tlonal Guard or coming here for the
! purpose of enlisting in the National
Guard will be admitted.
The Red Cross to-day cooked car
} load OF meat to keep it from spelling
; and this will be distributed to the
, needy.
, DR., f. M. Heller, Of the Red Cross
said tonight that reports to him had
, indicated ninety-two bodies recovered
, early to-day. A number of bodies
; were known to have been recovered
previously, and it is on this figure that
the estimate of 100 recovered is made
) Few Bodies identified
The number of those drowned in the
Missouri Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande trains cannot be learned, nor
i. can the identity of most Of the bodies
| recovered be established.
Stress is being laid on the necessity
OF equipping local utilities so that
operations may be resumed 1t was
also pointed out that the stricken city
virtually is at the mercy of the ele.
ments. Rain continued to fall yester-
day, although not so heavily as on Fri
day. The big levees which formerly
protected the city from the waters OF
the Arkansas River went out on FRIDAY
night and swelling of the rivers tor