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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1921
Page
2
Widespread floods from heavy rainfall cut telephones, breached dams and irrigation ditches across Colorado towns. Reservoirs failed, rails washed out, dozens stranded or killed, including the Davis family near Pawnee Creek, as rivers rose and riverside towns faced evacuations and campouts.
At Three Forks on June 4 Roberts of Manhattan defeated Beale of Butte after 10 minutes when Beale suffered a side muscle injury and could not continue. Cote of Butte offered wrestling holds while Three Forks youngsters showcased athletic ability. The event was under Bacajewea club auspices with Gos TO ARMY cure Davis, deputy clerk Arthur Davis of Deer Lodge county awaiting word on a position.
A fragmented advice piece argues hygiene extends beyond fashion and calls attention to the cleanliness of rooms and grooming tools. It suggests that dirty powder rooms, germs on brushes, and unclean habits hinder health, urging thorough cleaning and regular brushing and bathing routines.
The man, formerly tied to Dr. Tuttle and in line for public duty, has been informed of his eligibility status to serve as auto mechanic or driver and must report for duty.
Railroad officials warned trains would not resume soon as Pueblo’s lines were washed out or torn, requiring full roadbed and track reconstruction. Residents hesitated to evacuate while floods swept Main Street and Union Avenue, with homes and a lumber yard aflame. Rescuees floated through floodwaters by rope and boat as the city’s wholesale district flooded, and South Pueblo was cut off with bridges destroyed. fatalities include Mrs Mary Murphy’s daughter Ethel and Mrs Charles Clark, among others.
Advertising copy from ic Equipment Co promotes the Willard Threaded Rubber Battery as the longest lasting option, claiming wood separators are cheaper up front but fail sooner, and asserting lasting service life and battery achievement. Located at 13 North Arizona St.
Four Skinner brothers and Patrolman Brown helped evacuate as flood waters swamped Pueblo Colorado. The water plant and city mains failed, gas and electric were out, but a relief train from Denver carrying milk food and tents was en route. Major Paul Newton assumed command of state troops as fires swept through the business district causing total destruction and unspecified loss of life.
A Butte man explains Pueblo Colorado sights including Main Street and the federal building, opera house, and a sprawling steel plant from the Minnequa works of Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. The plant employs over 8,000, with annual output over 50 million dollars, and contains about 120 miles of railroad within its walls. Nearby are the Y M C A building funded by Rockefeller interests and opened for workers, plus a busy downtown area near the river and floodplain observations from 1919.
In a flood scene described from Anaconda to Pueblo the riv ers overflowed shallow natural channels within the city. Mr Adams and family recount a house a mile from the river where water rose, and Thatcher building near the center of town was reportedly reached by the rising waters. Residents in the poorer adobe and light frame homes on the mesa edge faced the greatest danger while middle class areas remained less affected.
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