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<br />SUMMARY OF FLOOD LOSSES. 7
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<br />an e:mmination of the river and proposed plans for prevention
<br />against future floo~ls. This estimate 1 is gi\'en below.
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<br />. Pruperly 1''-'8C8 ;11 Arkallsu, River /food uf ./ulle, 1921.
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<br />F",I~rul, State, and (-ollnly prllperty__________________
<br />)Iulllcipal property _________________________________
<br />Heal !'State (city and town) _________________________
<br />Personul property (city and town)___________________
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<br />Farms_____~-----~------~-_-~_~_____________________
<br />Iniga tion . works_______ ___ _____ _____________________
<br />Ita 1I rOllds _____________ _____ _______c________________
<br />I "Ill I it' U tIt i t1l~______________~__________________ _ __ ___
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<br />Other property ______________~________________ ___ .
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<br />$000,000
<br />SOO, 000
<br />3,4~,000
<br />3,m5,OOO
<br />3,675,000
<br />1,275,000
<br />4,275,000
<br />500. 000
<br />2i;0. 000
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<br />A report to the Pueblo city ccuncil stated that 510 dw'ellillgs were
<br />wll~lac.1 away, 98 buildings wrecked, and 61 buil.lings washed from
<br />t!.eir foundations.
<br />rhe loss of life in Pueblo was heavy, owing to the swift rise of the
<br />rinr and the unwillingness of many people to heed the flood warn~
<br />ings. . The. official. list places the. number of bodies recovered at 78,
<br />but many bodies that were washed downstream were not recovered.
<br />All conullunication with.the outside world was ,'ut off,' as all tele-
<br />graph and telephone wires were dowlI. The .lay after the floorl
<br />relief measures were started by the city, assisted by local members
<br />of the :N"ational Guard and the American Legion. Near-by cities
<br />sent relief to the flood sufferers as soon as possible, but owing to
<br />the impassable condition of the railroads llnd highwnys progress
<br />wus slow. ~Iotor trucks loade.l with food. clothing, and medical
<br />supplies headed by Army and Stnte highway officers stnrted from
<br />Denver and Colol'l\do Springs 011 the 4th nn,l renchcd Pueblo on the
<br />1I fternoon. of the 5th.
<br />The he:1Vie~t loss was incurred by the rnilro(ul eompllnies, ns the
<br />flooded area included nearly all the extensive terminals of the roads
<br />that enter Puehlo (PI. II, ..:1). So great was the damage to railroa,l i
<br />property not only in Pueblo but in the surrounding territory thnt L
<br />not a relie'f train cOllld enter Pueblo fOI' two days. Of the six
<br />railroad brid"cs OI'er Arkansas Ri,'er and three O\'er Fountain
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<br />Creek, only one, the Santa Fe bridge to the Union.Depot, escaped.
<br />All the others lost onc or mo!,c spans or Inl'ge portions of approaches.
<br />The ~[j5souri Pa('ific ynr,1 an,l engine terminal W,IS ('lit off by n new
<br />..hannel and was left on an islalHl withont rnil,'onnection. A Denver
<br />& Rio Grande train and n Missouri Pa,~ific train were ('aught in the
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