City Suffering After Flood and Fires in Pueblo, Colorado, June 5, 1921

1,500 Lives Believed Taken by Two Cloudbursts in Colorado. . . Wall of Water Six Feet High. . . Fires Follow Cloudburst, Trapping Thousands

By International News Service

Here are the outstanding features of the Pueblo flood:

Death toll, 500 minimum, 2,000 maximum. Estimates vary.

Martial low proclaimed with rangers and national guardsmen in control.

Two-thirds of city under water, whole business section destroyed by fire.

Property damage estimated $10 to $20 million.

Looting started; military under orders to shoot to kill.

Red Cross attempting relief. Thousands marooned on high points.

City threatened by pestilence; lightless, heatless and without drinking water.

Food administrator named and all food distribution controlled.

Relief trains being rushed from Denver and Colorado Springs.

Police at height of flood had to battle crowds, who south to dash into torrents after relatives.

From the front page of The Charlotte News, June 5, 1921