Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-06
Skagway Reservoir Goes
Out and Rain Handi- /
caps Works
100 BODIES RECOVERED
Many More Believed TO Lie Beneath
Mud and Debris That Covers De-
yastated Area.

Pueblo, Col, Juhe 6.-Thrse time;
in the last 48 hours the waters of tbs
Arkansas river, .oreaking from the.l
course, have inundated the greater
part Of this city with the resultant
loss Ct probably not less than 2a
lives and property damage estimated
at $lO,O00,000
To the first flood of Friday night
and Saturday morning this loss OF life
and damaged property is, for the mos:
part, due. The second and third floods
CT this morning and this afternoon
found little OF value not already ruin
ed by the waters and were Looked upon
with concern only because they hind
cred rescue and reconstruction WORK.
y A dow.npour of rain, amounting al
most to a cloudburst, again IS fa!iins
last night Whether or not the RAIN
followed the course of the Arkansas
river above Pueblo could not be learn
ed because Of the darkness If It did.
undoubtedly another rapid rise in the
river is probable.
First estimates of the deask based
upon reports from excited eyewitness,
es who told of seeing hundreds .T
:,cdies swept through the streets OF
the CITY, are considered today greatly
exaggerated. While no cfiriai count
of the fatalities has been attesnpsed.
It's stated that the death list probably
will not exceed ESQ, if It goes that
high.
One hundred bodies have been re-
covered, out it is feared thai when
the mud and debris, which fits tine
streets and buildings in the flooded
area. are cleared array more hodaes
win be found. -
Relief work is progressing 'undeT-
rhe direction Of Red Cross officials.
and Coy. Oliver H. shoup. The great
est danger at the present. is said
TO be from pest stlerne. Food IS 'oeipg
rationed. Those withop: funds witt,
which to purdtlase provisions &Ie be-
inn cared for by the Red crpss any
other agencies. The Red Cross fed COY
persons hourly Yesterday. To taoas:
who have funds military permits are
being Issued, allowing the hcleer &c
from LEGAL stores.
Pure water is at a premium. feoI
p,e have been warned TO boil water
before drinking In anticipation OF q 2
typhus epidemic a large quantity Of
typhoid anti-toxin has been called fo1
and will be administered as soon as
avaifable.
The flood yesterday afternoon came
lust when Pueblo was beginning tc
recover from the earlier disaster, ane
was due to the breaking OF the Skag..
way reservoir between Florence anc
Victor. Within an hour the swollen
torrent of the Arkansas river had
again Inundated the loN-lsir,s ser'
tons Of the city. At 4.so o'clock the
waters had risen to APPOINT only 3 teS
inches below the high mark Of I'm.
day nights flood.
Trees and masses OF debris came
down from the country aoove fueoH
on the crest Of the new floods:
When the first report of the new
flood came soldiers conducted a hur-
ried search Of buildings and IL one
found a woman standing in Water UP
to her arnspits and holding above het
head baby five hours old The nethe,
ard baoy were taken TO hospital
where it was said they could not live.
Governor Shcup and Col. Patrick
Hamrock, commander CT the State
constabula1y, arrived yesterday te
take charge Of the situation imme.
diately upon their arrival it was de-
cided that Colonel Hamrock's troops,
consisting of Colorado National Guart
units and State Rangers vii. assume
all responsibility for law and orde'
curing the emergency.
Along the rs;!road tracks frosn cel'
rado Springs 70 Pueblo are scenes 9
deso.ation ard disaster, fences davn
great trees gpsootst, dec, gqllies tor
in the feds by the rushing torrents
FIVE hundred persons ere in TEMPO
rary hospitals as direct result 0
the flood accordipg to J L. Moore