New-York tribune., 1921-06-06
Troops Patrol
Pueblo Under
Martial Law
More Than 80 Bodies Now
in Morgues; Other Cities
Are Asked to Send I'm
dertakers and Embalmers
Second Flood Also Fatal
Rescuers Are Swept Away
by Deluge, Food and
Water Situation Critical
speciat Dispntch to The Trtbur.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June
although thirty-six hours have
elapsed since the food first burst upon
Pueblo it is absolutely impossible to
estimate the lives loat. Moro than
eighty bodies are now in the nhorgue
and call has been sent out to ad-
jacent cities for undertakers and en-
tirely cut of the city faces the addi-
tional danger Of pestilence and dis
case.
Relief workers have toiled feverish-
ly throughout the day to establish
road connections between Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, and late this after
noon had succeeded in making their
way to within eighteen miles of the
marooned city.
In the mean time martial law has
been established in Pueblo. Armed
guards are patroling the highways
leading into the city and the State
the situation, which grows more
serious hourly.
Rescuers Lost in Second Flood
The second food, which struck the
city this afternoon following the
bursting Of three irrigation dams, has
resulted in an additional loss Of life.
Rescue workers who were attempting
to work in the downtown districts by
use of rowboats were swept away by
the food, and it is estimated that at
least twenty-five or thirty lives were
lost in this manner.
A slight, drizzling rain began In
Pueblo at s o'clock this afternoon
making the rescue work doubly hard
In the mean time the food situation was
growing serious, and permits were re-
quired before foodstuffs would be sold
They were sold even then in only lin.
tied quantities, and milk could not be
had at any price.
The city is entirely without lights
One artisan we'll in the Congress Hotel
the city with water and physician,
have issued warning that survivors o1
| the food should drink no water without
first boiling it.
| A water train sent out over ths
Santa Fe from La Junta this morning
had failed to arrive in Pueblo late thi.
evening and it is believed that the
train will be unable TO enter the city
Relief parties from Colorado Springs
carrying several hundred gallons o1
water, are on their way to the city
but it is doubtful if they can entel
before midnight tonight,
In the mean time National Guard er
with food and clothing for 1900 fugi
tives also are making their way toware
the city.
The big Beaver Reservoir, which wen
out this afternoon, was backed up fol
two miles with water, and on breaking
the entire torrent was let into the al
| InI AL,
rectly to the flooded city.
Bodies Buried Under Train
A Missouri Pacific train overturned
and buried beneath the waters Friday
night has not yet been reached by tn.
rescuers, and it is known that mum
ber of bodies were buried with the train
A Denver & Rio Grande train which
overturned few minutes later also wa.
buried beneath the floods, but 150 Of the
passengers were saved before further
rescue work became impossible.
3. Groves, conductor on the train, los
his life in futile attempt to save still
others Of the passengers. Groves, vher
the flood overturned his train, refused
to seek shelter, but, assisted by col
ored porter, insisted on rescuing tn.
( passengers. Four times nc made hi
way through the foods with passenger.
in his arms, depositing them in safety
in adjoining buildings. On the fifth
trip one of the cars was overturned
striking him on the head, and his body
was swept away in the torrent. The
body was found several hours later more
| than half mile down stream and LODGED
in the top of great tree which hae
been uprooted. The negro porter alss
was lost. His body has not been recov.
ered
Rescue workers who are repairing the
highway have succeeded in building pom.
toon bridges over several of the stream.
between Colorado Springs and Pueblo
and it is believed that the frst trucl
load of supplies will be able to reach
the city some time early tomorrow
morning.