THE FLOODS?

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1921, Page 5

THE FLOODS?

DISASTER IN AMERICA. DEATH ROLL NOT HIGH. TRAINS OVERTAKEN BY FLOOD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrights Received June 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, June 6. The official check up indicates that the flood death roll is greatly below the estimates, for while 35 bodies have been recovered there are a hundred accounted for. It is believed many of those first reported dead tied the water reached them. Survivors of the two trains overtaken by the flood tell a graphic story. The river seemed to rise suddenly and engulf the train, coaches being crashed together. Passengers climbed on to the roofs, and many were swept off. The property damage hereabouts is estimated at 50,000,000 d Hara. The flood at Topeka swept the western plains of Kansas and big sections of the Santa Fe railroad were inundated. The Denver Platts River is overflowing and flooding the low parts of the town.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER DAM BREAKS. CITY FOODLESS. New York, June 6. The Arkansas River broke another dam, causing a fresh flood to sweep through Pueblo, hampering relief work. The city was three days without food, water or medical assistance. Diphtheria and pneumonia have broken out? The troops are working heroically to clear the wreckage. Military law is rigorously enforced. Twenty-five looters have been arrested and' one Mexican shot. WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. 16 TOWNS UNDER WATER. New York, June 6. Reports filtering through from the flood area show that sixteen towns are under three to fifteen feet of water. At Loveland the dams of two reservoirs broke, obliterating the railway and irrigation ditches throughout the district. Four big dams likewise collapsed. The devastation is so widespread and the reports so numerous and conflicting that it is impossible to estimate the deaths or damage. The populations in the affected cities either fled as soon as the warning was received or were rescued by fleets of boats.