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<br />" SUM1.CARY OF FLOOD LOSSES.
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<br />an examination of the river and proposed plans for prevention
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<br />, Prap6'''Y "Maca i/l Arka".oa River flood of '/U/l6, 19i!/.
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<br />.A ,report to the Pueblo city ccuncil stated that 510 dwellings were
<br />w""heol away, 98 buildings wrecked, amI 61 buiI.lings washed from
<br />their foundations.
<br />';rhe loss of life in Pueblo was heavy, owing to the swift rise of the
<br />rh"er and the unwillingness of many people to heed the flood warn~
<br />ings. ,The.oflicial,list places the,number of bodies recoyered at 78,
<br />but many bodies that ,vere washed downstream were not recovered.
<br />All communication with. the outside worM WllS ('ut off,' as ull tele-
<br />/-,'l"aph and telephone wires were down. The dllY ufter the flooel
<br />relief measures were started by the city, assisted by local members
<br />of the National Guurd 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 rllilrouds and highwuys progress
<br />WllS slow. Motor trucks loaded with food, clothing', and medical
<br />supplies headed by Army llmI Rtate highway officers started from
<br />DeD\'er and Colorado Sprin/-,'S on the 4th an,l reached Pueblo on the
<br />u fternoon' of the 5th.
<br />i: The heavie~t loss was incurred by the railroad companies, as the
<br />~ flooded arell included nearly all the extensive terminals of the roads
<br />that enter Pueblo (PI. II, A). So great was the damage to railroad i
<br />~ property not only in Pueblo but in the surrounding territory that,
<br />.. not a relief train coulc1 enter Pueblo for two days. Of the six
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<br />. railroad bridges over Al'kunsas Rh,er and three over Fountain
<br />~ Creek, only one, the Sunta Fe bridge to the Union Depot, escaped.
<br />i All the others lost one or more spans or large portions of approaches.
<br />t The )'fi~souri Pu('ific yard uml engine terminul WlIS rut off by u new
<br />~ dlllnnel u.nd was left on an island without ruil l'ollnectioll. A Denver
<br />t & Rio Grande train and u Missouri Pueific tl'llin were ('uught in the
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<br />F",It'r:II, Stute, ami connty prullerty__________________
<br />Jlunlc1IJIlI property ____________~____________________
<br />Heal !'State (city lIDd town)_________________________
<br />Personul property (city Ilnd town)___________________
<br />Farms____~~-----~--~--:---~-~--_____-------------~
<br />Iniga lion,' works_______ ________ __~___~_____________
<br />I la llrolllloi _______________________~_______________
<br />J'"hlk ulllilil"'____________~____~________________
<br />Other llroperty,___________________________________'
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