Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1921, Page 3

500 D D DROWN AT PUEBLO AS IG FLOOD INUNDATES CITY Che Casper Daily Critune wn everywhere along with logs rubbish of all kinds. pon the Mesa a fire was burning, Several of the passengers said, and veral box cars were seen floating en as early as 6:45 p.m. According to information received at the Union station at 8 o'clock a lumber yard was afire, but railroad men could not leave ¢ Union station to find out how ex- trapping three airplanes and maroon- ing their pilots. All automobile highway bridges be- sive fires were. in the latter town today. A bridge was Washed out at! —— — north < Greeley. Union Pa : trains, instead of going through SWEPT BY FIRES. | Tata. were being detoured through PUEBLO, Colo., June 4—(By The |Greeley and north to Cheyenne, and | Associated National guards-|thence east to Julesburg, Colo. men were patrolling Pueblo early to-| Floods north of Greeley also caused day, permitting no one to enter the|detourments of all eastbound trains section of the city flooded by waters,on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy from the Arkansas river whiie several | railroad, it was reported. fires, started by lightning. ruged un- checked in several parts of the city. All telegraph and telephone com- munication was lost at 9:10 o'clock Jast night when the flood filled many of the business houses to a depth of six feet. Eighteen families were reported res- cued from the lowlands and one wom- fn reported) her husband had been swept from her sight in the flood wa- ters, while attempting to escape. Several fires’ broke out early in the evening frém undetermined causes. The Hamln Feed company’s building was gutted, the Big Four Auto Parts company and several small ‘houses were destroyed; the laber hall was guttéd, the King Lumber company suf- fered heavy fire loss and another big fire broke out about. midnight in the central -part of the city, No attempt at fighting the flames could be made. Heavy rains, which started at 1:30 last night, undoubtedly aided the fire situation. The Pueblo StarJournal, the after- noon daily newspaper, had four feet of water on the first floor, according and Florence, also is blocked by storm expected gonditions. railroad south of Denver today. tween Colorado Springs and Pueblo. LOVELAND MENACED ° BY FLOOD WATERS. On the Bouxcer . sufficient to care for 1,500 men | aytomovilists Mapear, Dongen for ciree days. Denver were caught by the rain and Colonel Hamrock also ordered-every! forced to spend the night in their available Cae. Te, Fyre Be to/ machines or abandon them and wade Puedla. They over Den-| th Puchi oe vo | through several feet of water to farm lows, near Pueblo, and make their vw into the elty. by roads from that The t nigat at To” LARGE DEATH TOLL FOUR LIVES LUST AT STERLING. STERLING, Colo, Juni known death list in Friday's fibod in| western Logan county remained at four today. burst in eastern Weld county Thurs-| day night had receded to the banks of Pawnee creek this morning and fur ther losses are not anticipated. The ffood covered a territory 30 or 40 miles in length and varying from a half mile to a mile in width, running from the | Logan-Weld county line to the junc-| ture of Pawnee creck and the Platte river near Atwodd, Approximately a half mile of the| Union Pacific railroad track, also used | by At Loveland, north of Denver, men watched all night to prevent a break in the south dike of Lake Loveland, which.would. have flooded the town. A report that the dike had broken was found to be erroneous, obstruc- tions in the intake ditch sending a torrent of water down tke hillside ‘from the lake, which was first believed to becoming from the dike. The ditch was cleaned out and alarm was dispelled, although people residing be- low the lake spent a sleepless night, ready to move should the call be sounded. Ryan gulch reservoirs Nos. 2 and 3 in the Loveland region broke during the night but all other reservoirs were intact'today. The greatest damage re- sulted from the flood in the Big Thompson ‘river valley where several farms were inundated, rich crops de- stroyed and bridges washed out. The ‘Colorado & Southern bridge was swept out and the Lincoln highway bridge over the English irrigation ditch, a ‘cement structure, was also washed DENVER, Colo., }o'clock thi afternoon a blo, reported to the DENVER, June 4—From all over flood stricken area of Colorado, h embraces all that part of the! ing east of the Rocky Moun- come reports of homes washed way, people by the hundreds fleeing high lands, thousands of head of lwestock drowned and millions of dol- lars damage @one to crops and prop- er wagons morgues. through ness section of the city. (fice there to handle from the stricken city. SECOND PLANE GOES FROM DENVER DENV before noon-a special represen- tative of The Associated Press left Denver in an airplane in an attempt to reach Pueblo: ain was still falling this morning Wyoming, but it bad ceased 4n other parts of the area. After what is char- acterized as the heaviest June rain in this city in 20-years last night, Den- homes were damaged, beet workers’ | Pucblo. houses were carried away and ‘loss in farm implements and equipment) wis large. 7 machine. | | BELIEVED CONFIRMED. | June 4—At 1 Yo more trains are expected from At 8:15 o'clock this morning a stub train was started to Pueblo over the Santa Fe’'s line. It is expected that all traffic between Denver and Pueblo will be carried on by means of this stub until trains are able to pass through Pueblo. trains are to be detoured. Through telegraph 4—The | °PetAtor at Mineral, Colo., a suburb of ‘Western Union officers here that loss of life We |in the flood at Pueblo had been heavy. Sein ciaeiGane | He reported bodies teansperted ta the streets to the Mineral is one mile from the busi- The Western Union has opened an its business . June 4.—An oriole air. the Burlington, was washed out|Plane owned by Don Hogan of Den: near Atwood und perhaps a thousand | Yer and carrying a correspondent of acres of sugar beets and as many acres | The Associated Press and a represen- of other crops were flooded in the | ‘ative of the Denver Times left ‘Den- valley of, Pawnee creek: . Many, farm |VeT ®t 11:25 o'clock this morning for William Kimste an experi- enced pilot was at the controls of the The flyers expect to reach Pueblo in one hour and a half. ver today is going about its business under murky skies, Weather forecasts indicate continued showers for Denver and the eastern slope of Colorado while unsettled conditions are pre- dicted for ths western slope. ‘The precipitation at Pueblo was re- ported ‘at 2.92 inches. E lt was reported this morning that 2 Rio Grande train No. 3 turned over While standing still a few miles outside Pueblo. ‘The accident was caused by the undermining of the rdudbed by the flood. The cars went over slowly and the passengers away. was in darkness. Greeley, suspend publication. TWO FEET OF WATER IN LONGMONT STREETS. Several pedestrians in Dénver The Loveland power plant's dyna- ™mo was put owt of commission at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and tho city Fort Collins and supplied with power from Denver, also were in darkness and morning newspapers were forced to Longmont were marooned in the main streets of the town when more than two feet of to @ printer who waded his way out. About 1:20 o’clock this morning lightning set fire to another building, the identity of which could not be learned because of the flood. The flooded district includes the railroad yards and stations and the traction, gas and electric light plants. Heavy loss from the floods also was reported from Florence, an oil town, 45 miles from Pueblo, where the loss will run close to a million dollars, ac- cording to a sonservative estimate. An old-time resident says the flood will exceed in damage the disastrous PLATTE RIVER OUT OF BANKS AT DENVER DENVER, June 4.—The Piatte river, highest it has been in years, went over its banks in Denver today. Residents along the course of the Service on the Union ‘Pacific ant! Burlington rallroads to Denver will Probably be restored. today. ‘The.Chey- enne-Sterling, Burlington line will mot be used. before the first of next week. | Virtually all of seven or eight high. way bridges across Pawnee creek wer: Remenad Gat “| stream through the city. were obliged to throw up levees and barricades of Carl Davis, his wife and three chil- anal dren awoke Thursday night to fina|¢ndcrs and sandbags to preyent the the water pounding on their house, |“{Ruins Of their homes. ne They escaped through a window bi or itn banka Podbonw aay ite were separated by tne waves. Dayis|° "ay ‘ts banks, washing away fences was thrown dut 6: the stream but’ his sheds, rubbish piles and barns. the banks of water fled the streets after two big wife and three chiluren perished. The irrigation ditches had broken. are all to have escaped with- body of Mrs. Davis was-found 25 miles out injury. flood of 1894. At 3 o'clock this morning the flood ditch and other waterways have established a cic watch to guard against sudden flood EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M.. June —Damage, the extent of which cann be accurately estimated, owing to wide area covered but known to ru high into the thousands, was occa sioned here and in this vicnilty by the worst rain and hailstorm seen in many years, which broke over the city last night. THREE BOUND OVER TO COURT (Continued from Page 1.) cated in the action. Tnis petition was overruled. Witnesses were then introduced by the defense, chief among whom were Hyland and Hill, the defendants. Hy land’s version of the action was that he was speaking to Casserley at the hospital when Martin shoved him o' of the door and after swearing, struck him on the bead. | “He ‘said he fought in self-defense until he had Martin down and out When Martin was in a semi-conscious condition, Hyland said, he took the officer's gun and forced Martin to unload before he gave it back to him Martin was placed back on the stand in rebuttal and stated that his gun fell to the floor and that he had never unloaded it and maintained that he was struck first and never attempted to make use of the gun which the law had given him the right to use. Both counsel for defense and state made strong pleas in behalf of their respective cases, Judge W. E. Tubbs then announced that he would hold the defendants to the district court for trial and fixed the bonds as fol lows: W. R. Hyland, $500 on charge of assault; $500 on charge of transport tng liquor. Frank Hill, $500 on charge of as sault: $500 on charge of transporting Nquor. Vick Casserley, $500 on charge of transporting lquor. Cassericy, who is stil! a patient at the Private hospital, appeared as a witness in the More than a dozen washouts oc- curred on the Denver & Interurban railroad, between Denver and Boulder and on ‘the Colorado & Southern line into Wyoming. For part of the Ais. tance both roads use the same tracks. Service on both roads was suspended early in the afternoon yesterday, Train. service over the Denver & Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe lines between Denver and Pueblo was annulled ad early this morning railroad officials had not determined when service could be ‘re- sumed. H. C. Hayden, Associated Press op- erator at Pueblo, turned reporter when the Associated Press leased wire failed last night and filed the first. story from the scene of the Pueblo disaster to the-Denver bureau of The Assoc!- ated Press early. this morning... FLOOD CONDITIONS AT COLORADO SP! GS. Heavy rains last night in Colorado Springs resulted “in. flood conditions at Espanola ahd El Paso streets, where inhabited mostly by foreigners and/, torrent came down the plains over below the place of drowning. Bodies of the two smaller children have not been recovered. The house, 30 milés northwest of Sterling, was splintered. Back water approached within a mile of Sterling, but did not reach the city. BOX CARS *FLOATED IN PUEBLO FLOOD 7 DENVER, June 4.—The first train to reach Denver from Pueblo was. the Santa Fe No, 64, which arrived here at 8 o'clock this morning. “The train was diie at 9:15 p. m. just as the flood waters were. beginhing to overflow levees along the streams: Passengers described the flood as the worst the: had ever seen there. ‘ é Pueblo today is a morass of mud ‘and slime, according to information \Peceived by railroad dispatchers at the Union station. The water is now down. to:one. foot .in the Union station at Pueblo, their information said, but! water still covers the raflroad yards. Wire communication with Pueblo is being re-established ‘Thus far, the telegraph and has been jerky and most of the traffic over «the: big. commercial eompany lines has consisted of state official business. Denver officials however .a service close to normal thin 48 hours. “ithe damage caused by the flood in Pueblo is variously estimated but uthentic figures place it at begun to recede. A rowboat was left stranded at Fifth and Main streets in ‘the slime, At that hour it was still. raining and several small fires still were nblaze. . Early jst night a one-story build- ing floated down the main street and crashed into a cigar store. FREDERICK INUNDATED WHEN DIKE BREAKS. GREELEY, Colo., June 4.—The lit- tle mining town of Frederick, near Greeley, was flooded early today with three feet of water when the Stand- by ditch breke at midnight. A cloud- burst broke almost simultancously. No loss of life was reported. : Pawnee creek, néar Stonecham;™ in northeastern “Colorado, which is usually dry, was two miles wide to- day. Bridges were washed out for miles, througn the creek basin, The Union Pacific railroad lost_» section of its trackage on the Denver- the most at over $2,000,000 in the railroad alcne and at more than $4,000,000 to other property In the city: The rail- road yards are a sea of and slime strewn with wrecked Box cars and railroad equipment. = . The Colorado Pr trek He ince comamand Col,,. Pa lamrock, have ie rehaes m the city to pre- vent footing and to éstabiishas Btorf as possible"témporary shelters for the hundreds of homeless. people. The greatest suffering 1s reported from the groove district in Pueblo, a section Eight Barbers “WANTED One thousand workingmen to get shaved at the Parlor Car Barber Shop and Baths. “REPORT IN YOUR WORKING CLOTHES” Parlor Car Barber Shop and Baths 246 South Center, Next to American Cafe Quick Service ‘GAMBLERS MAY PAGE THREE |der, June 6 and 7. The meetings will be held in the armory and on Mon- ¢ay morning an important business session will be held when. reports of tthe year's work will be made. Tues- day a banquet will be served at the Noble hotel, followed by a dance. A number of delegates will attend the meeting from the ation in Casper. Answering gambling charges which ee 2 come sid have been lodged against the opera tors of Martin Brothers carnival, | hich Is now showing in Casper under the auspices of the Spanish-Amer- ican war veterans, the proprietors will appear in justice court and it is predicted will plead guilty to the charges of operating gambling de- vices, Leniency will be asked of the court by M. W. | Purcell, county at- torney, because this is the first case of this kind that has ever been under. taken here. All gambling games at the carnival grounds are said to have (Continued from Page 1.) burned from the poison which she had been closed up. taken. “Cirouses, carnival and traveling at-; A physician was summoned to meet tractions of any kind in the future/the train at Glenrock. Dr. Creswell must comply. with the laws of this responded and after seeing the futility city and county,” said M. W. Pur-|of attempting to stay the s of cell. “Any violation of anti-gambling the poison without hospital a: fon ordinances or statutes will be prose-| ordered the train full speed to Dong: cuted ; las. “There is no “just cause for permit hiiea -Skarc had’ expired bee ting these shows to come in here and | pougias was reach: Pivedivas operate gambling concessions when) post mortem examination was con- similar endeavors are denied the mer-/qucted’and it was found that Miss chants of Casper who pay big taxes! Merchie had come to her death for the upkeep of the town. The day | through taking*a corrosive poisoning of violating these laws with impu- administered by her own hands. The nity bas passed." coroner's jury concurred in this find- TNS SR Te ing in a verdict returned after an in ' cuest held in Douglas this morning. herd, E. V. Gregory and Jeasie Davis. | The father of the dead girl is in Douglas and will take the remains to the home of the family in Lander. Funeral services will be held Monday HE HELO WN LANDER “"* oe output of ‘chewing gum ——. was valued at $57,000,000 The state convention of the Neigh-' representing a retail business af $100,- bors of Woodcraft will meet in Lan-! 000,000. ST. MARK’S CHURCH Seventh and Wolcott Streets. Bishop Thomas will rite of Confirmation. EVERY ONE IS CORDIALLY INVITED preach and administer ‘the Special for Monday A DANDY SELECTION OF DRESSES stéel mill workers. y i the Templeton gap road into the city. OVERFLOWS. ae 8 ies. ; Ml Bwallows, 15. miles ice. A_clbudburst at west of Pueblo, at 3 o’cl “rf ‘The Chicago & Rock Island rai'road day, two hours later had sent the Ar-/to the east of Colorado Springs was i$ river on @ rampage. By 8| tied up at Falcon, in the eastern part of El Paso county where all commun!- cation was cut-off. Eighteen families weré i 4 boats;and boats also were used to res-}~ In the vicinity of Louisville, hun- cue several persons from the federal! dreds of chickens were killed by hail building. Damage to the postoffice|/stones during the storm.. The hail alone was officially estimated at $100,-| storm seems to have been extended 000.) @ F p from + Broomfield north to ) Superior: Five feet of water was reportod|/ An interurban car is marooned be- standing inothe streéts efPueblo in|tween Denver and Broomfield. T! a message early this morning. No de-| conductor ‘walked two miles through tails of the relief meusures for flocd|/a seething flood of muddy water to Victims was, available, carry; food toythe passengers. Z A, Western Union operator remained] An autombile bearing seven passen- at his key in the Pueblo operating| gers is reported to have disappeareed room {sending a news dispatch con-/at a bridge washout three miles from cerning the flood until the flood waters| Broomfield on the Denver-Boulder had cfept around his ankles. automobile road. RESERVOIR PROVES - More than 200 automobilists are ma- MENACE AT MARSHALL, | rooned at Broomfield. At Marshall the entire town of 200 spent ‘the night in their homes, fully | ATRPLANE IS. ‘ 5 dréssed, ready to flee wher”, er UNABLE TO LAND , of; bémb explosions gave word 1) ‘COLORADO SPRINGS, June 4.—At the Mam had broken, releasing (800), creiock this afternoon, all efforts to acres of water 63 feet deep, The Risity 68. Glenfows. toanmacected tome begah’ to weakem yesterday afternoon | (° 17. at Pueblo in the flood of last night had failed. An airplane sent and efforts to lessen the strain on the stucate by releasing some of the | +11, here early this morning to’check impounded. water were rendered fu~) -Cnaitions at Pueblo was unable to til Y# the continual heavy flow trom} 1.44 owing to a heavy fog hanging other streams and continued rain. over the stricken city, and a second|= ‘Thp spiliway dam of the North Ster-| OV vent out by the Evening Tele- line Feservoir broke yesterday, eMPLY-} - aon at 11:30 o'clock Lad»not been ing ipto Pawnee creek-and causing the} >} —.14 ¢rom. Automobiles attempting death of Mrs. Carl Davis and baby}, reach Pueblo by the main” high- child. ‘Two other children are miss-| >, /Vave been unable to go more than ins /* Davis was rescued from the flood | rive or six miles south, owing to heavy buy.not until after he was perhaps) _..a5 and washed out bridges, and fatally injured: © : all-wire communication is ‘down. Traf- fic: to Pueblo by way of Canon, City and Ice Creams which are fair to the people of Casper and vicinity. LA. FAYETTE INUNDATED © BY_ CREEK WATERS. At La. Fayette, Coal creek swept over its bauks and inundated part of thy, town, swept over acres of farm jand and drowned. several hundred head of cattle, according to reports. Sand créek, ordinarily a dry ravine, near Colorado Springs, became a roar- ing torrent, 15 feet deep and a third ofa mile wide. The flood covered the Colorado Springs aviation field, = 100 per cent. his prices accordingly, can, at that. Patronize the fountains at The Rexall Stores if you want guaranteed satisfaction and fairness in price. SS : ‘And All Store Fixtures and Office Equip- ment Now at: Less Than: axe War bees ‘THE NATIONAL STORE FIXTURES CO. has: pur- chased the entire stuck of Office Furniture of the “ AMERICAN FURNITURE COMPANY »,.including,complete lines of Macey Famous Desks and *“ Karpen Chairs. These are now offered/at about one- , half present day prices. THE NATIONAL STORE FIXTURE CO. 1428-34 Larimer St. Denver, Colorado. Can use live wire representative in Casper—have a good proposition to offer. wise Bend for Our Free Catalog 219. TWO STORES THE SAFE DRUG STORES The Rexall Stores Midwest Bldg. NEA The Rexall Stores Are the World’s Greatest Drug Stores 6 ° Me e ”9 _ “Patronize Americans F oe Your Children’s Sake, Patronize Americans for Your Candies The Kimball Drug Stores wish to announce that they are patronizing Americans for their Ice Cream, Candies and: Drugs and are selling these American products at prices For thirty-five years we have been selling Drugs, Ice Cream, etc., in Casper. We hope to sell these products in Casper for the next thirty-five years. We are using the Casper Dairy and Ice Cream Company’s Ice Cream, which is man- ufactured right in Casper and which'we back with the usual Rexail guarantee of your money back if not satisfied. Do not be,misled by statements in regard to butterfats, etc. These creams have been tested in our laboratories as well as in Cheyenne and have passed Mr. Bunnell of the Casper Dairy and Ice Cream Company is an American, and is manufacturing an American product in Casper, and has assured us that as soon as prices drop for the raw materials used in the’ manufacture of Ice Cream, that he will regulate and our prices will drop as well as drug prices when that time comes. “Patronize home industry” is our slogan, and we believe in patronizing an Ameri- “superiority of service,” KIMBALL DRUG STORES The Picneer Stores 214 South Center At $10.95 See Window Display We Have Selected From Our immense Stock 50 Dresses Which Will Go on Sale At Half Price Wonderful Bargains Throughout the Store Pioneer Warehouse and Transfer Co. Corner B and Market Streets 136 West B Street Just West of the Courthouse PHONE 1009-J Merchandise Handled in Carload Lots or L. C. L. 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