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<br />SUJI{lIfARY OF FLOOD LOSSES. 7
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<br />an examination of the river llnd proposed plans for prevention
<br />against future floo~ls. This listimate 1 is gi\'en below.
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<br />Property 1.(M8(~$ ill ArkmHUl8 River /food (){ .June, 1921.
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<br />F~lernl. Stute. and ("oullty prlJperty______.____________
<br />)/unicillal property _________..______________u_______
<br />Heal estate (city and town) __.._______________________
<br />Pel'llOnul property (c1t)O and town)_______.____________
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<br />Fa rnlS_____ _ _ _____.__ __ __:....___:... ._:...___ ____ _ _ ..____ ____ _ ___
<br />f rrlga tion works_ __ __ __ __ __ _-. ,_ _ _______.....0__._______ .___
<br />I tu 11 ro,uls ______ _ __" _ _.. __ ___ _,______c..____,_o____ _h,___
<br />I 'I1tJ I h' U tl1 i Ues___________ ___~...___________._.~___._ ~_ ..__
<br />Other llroperty_____-______._______________._.._____ ____ '
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<br />$900,000
<br />800, 000
<br />3,420,000
<br />3,n75,OOO
<br />3.675,000
<br />1,275,000
<br />4,275,000
<br />500. 000
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<br />A report to the Pueblo city ccuncil stated that 510 tlwelJings were
<br />wll~he.l away, 98 buildings wrecked, an,l 61 buihlings washed from
<br />their foundations.
<br />rhe loss of life in Pueblo Was heavy, owing to the swift rise of the
<br />river 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 downstre'um were not rccovered.
<br />All t'omnllmication with, the outside world wus ('ut off,' as all tele-
<br />I!ruph and telephone wires were down. The day after the flood
<br />relief measureS were started by the city, assisted by local members
<br />of the National 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 railrouds and highways progress
<br />was slow. ~[otOl' trucks loaded with food. clothing, and medical
<br />supplies headed by Army an,l State highway officers sturtcd from
<br />Dem"er and Colorndo Sprilll-'8 OJl the 4th nn.lreached Pueblo on the
<br />u fternoon- of the 5th.
<br />The heavie~t loss was incurred by the railroad companies, as the
<br />flooded aren included nearly nil the extensive terminals of the roads
<br />that enter Pueblo (PI. II, .:1)" 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 couM enter Pueblo for t.wo days. Of the six
<br />railroad bridges o,'er Arknnsas River and three over Fountain
<br />Creek, only one, the Santa Fe bridge to the Union Depot, escaped.
<br />All the others lost one or more spans 01' large portions of approaches.
<br />The :\fissouri Pucific yanl and engine terminal was cut off by It JleW
<br />ehllllDelllnd was left on an islund without rail ("onnediou. A Deliver
<br />& Rio Grande train and It Missouri Pueific truin lI'ere ('uught in the
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