FLOODS IN AMERICA.
THE WATERS SUBSIDING. By Ttlcgrapb —Press Assn —Copyrrrbi. New York, .June 7. The floods are subsiding at Pueblo revealing drastic devastation in the affected area. There is a covering of several feet of mud in which motors, street cars, furniture, parts of buildings and probably many bodies are buried. Baxter reports that a score of people ■were drowned there. The Platte River is falling, relieving the menace to Denver. Received June 9, 12.30 a.m. New York, June 8. Fifty-two bodies have been found at Pueblo and three thousand persons are accounted for. No inquest will be held, the flood being an act of God.—Aus.-N-Z. Cable
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1921, Page 5
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108FLOODS IN AMERICA. Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1921, Page 5
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