Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-08


from storage reservoirs
Las Animas, Colo, June BIASED
upon reports available here Monday
night property damage was the out
standing feature of the floods which
swept down upon this part of Colo
rado late last woelS. The loss OF life
In the Arkansas river valley, III re-
porte Indicated wil be comparatively
igh, Five pcrsous We're reported dead
in the vicinity 0f Lumar. Mrs @, "
'iata and nor dauWhter Ncrn Vert
drowned n Ir Rocky Ford Saturday
night when neir house was swept
ouay aua the bodies haven't been re-
covered?
Losses in livestock were reported
particuiariy heavy Near here the
peas OF tho American Beet Sugar com
.pany were swept away and about
200o hogs and soc head of cattle per-
ished. AT Rocky Ford $500 sheep and
800 cattle We're lost, II is estimated,
In Las Animas the sugar company had
5000 bags OF sugar destroyed. The
company also lost 5000 head of pure
bred sheep.
Heavy damage was caused at La
Junta where the railroad yards We're
wrecked. Two hundred box cars Were
demolished and when the waters
reached the round house three loco
motives We're toppled over La Junta
tonight was said to be without lights
or water, as both plants We're put out
of commission.
In Las Animas little property dam
age was caused. The flood struck
here Saturday night and caused the
Arkansas river to rise rapidly. The
lights went out when the water flood
ed the engines ar the power plant. The
flood spread out over a two mile width
at Lamar.
Tonight one of the principal aues-
tions of interest was the restoration of
railway communication. officials said
they did not expect 1t would be nor
NAL again before Friday. Atchison. To-
peka and Santa F'e tracks are reported
washed out in twenty places between
La Jun;a and the Kansas state line.
Stretches of from 100 to 1900 feet of
trackage are out at various points.
Hutchinson. Kans.. June I. = At l
o'clock this morning telephone opera
tors at Dodge City reported flood water
within n few inches of the door of the
local light and power plant and ris-
ing at the rate OF an inch every twen-
~ minutes.
Howell. eight miles west OF Dodge
City at the same hour reported a con-
tinued rise at this point
Garden city. Kans.. June Resi-
dents Of this section see little cause
Tor alarm from flood waters of the
Arkansas river. The frs; wall OF water
struck here At i:l5 a. m. and the river
rose gradually until : o'clock when It
began to fall
The wall OF water at Syracuse. 81
miles west of here. failed to overflow
the bottom lands The only reuortad
damage thus fai. In Western Kansas
was the washins out cf bridge at
Dcetfield.
Amarillo. Texas June :. With n
fourteen foot rise reported In the Can
adam river at cognan. y. NJ. 1,0 miles
west OF Amarillo. early today. rail
traffic in the Texas panhandle contin-
ued demoralized by washed out bridges
and softened tracks. Heavy rains ffil
over the entire Panhandle last night
adding to the already serious situation
caused by recent precipitation.
Trcumcari. y. NJ. June 7.-Scvcrai
bridges between here and Amarillo.
Texas. on the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific railroad were washed out
Monday. according to reports received
here. The rainfall here in the past few
days totals four inches.