Roswell Flood Damages Tallied Yet Seen Less Than Feared
A Roswell flood damage list totals numerous storefronts and residences with estimates from $50 to $2,500. Officials note waters receded, cleanup underway, and most structures escape total loss though several adobe buildings are wrecked or unstable. City engineers assess streets and crossings with $1,500 projected for street damage, as residents prepare to rebuild.
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S. R. Clem
Main Street
Main
First Streets
People Frightened by False Rumors Flee to the Hills
Community members flee to rural hills after rumors of danger spread, prompting evacuations and calls for calm from local officials. Residents describe fear and confusion as authorities investigate the source of the rumors and reassure the public.
Wild Stories Sparked Panic in Roswell Saturday
Saturday afternoon and evening induced panic among Roswell residents who faced wild stories circulating in town. The Record had warned readers earlier, and later events confirmed the concern as fear spread through the major portion of the population.
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Roswell
Flood devastates Trinidad rail lines and bridges
Flooding in the Purgatoire river at Trinidad Colorado washed away bridges and downed all wires. Rail service on the Santa Fe, Denver and Rio Grande, and Colorado Southern lines halted with the depot reported washed away and the Harvey hotel menaced. No lives reported.
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Denver
Colo
Trinidad
Purgatoire
Santa Fe
Denver and
Rio Grande
Harvey
Reports of danger drive residents to hilltop shelters
News spread during a Saturday afternoon around three o'clock that caused many to abandon homes and seek refuge on hills. The reports prompted a mass movement and a temporary disruption of ordinary activity citywide.
Break in the Dike at Roswell After Hatch Hondo Gap
W R Slinkard and a crew of about forty men raised a major gap in the Hondo embankment south of the fair grounds at Roswell. They used gunny sacks and dirt to build up the flood barrier as hundreds fled to Military Hill amid false rumors of Diamond A ranch house being swept away. The Record investigated fast, issued an extra, and later corrected the false alarm, confirming the danger had subsided by Saturday night.
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W. R. Slinkard
Hondo
Roswell
Fair Grounds
Diab
Harry Jaffa
Lincoln
Record
Poper
Diamond
Roswell Flood Updates and Recovery Outlook
The Record reports ongoing flood disruption across Roswell and Artesia with the Pecos river bridge at McMillan believed intact but under water flow. Communication limited as Western Union and Carlsbad lines fail. mail mainly halted. A Pecos bridge rebuild may take ten days to two weeks, with wagon transfers planned pending mail routes. Local merchants tout post disaster sales while Geo Cazier advertises 300 tons of grass hay.
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Artesia
Carlsbad
Western Union
Amarillo
Pecos Bridge
Roswell
Pecos
Dilley Infant Dies After Kidney Tuberculosis Operation
Charlotte Pauline Dilley seven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Dilley, died Saturday at their Alameda and Missouri home after an operation for kidney tuberculosis. Funeral will be 3 PM tomorrow at home with Rev Lyon and Rev Hill, burial in Southside cemetery. Community mourning follows the loss of the couple’s only child and grandchild. The notice also mentions Forsyth and Company liquidation sale creating Roswell’s greatest sensation, urging readers to buy shoes at cost.
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Charlotte Pauline
Clark Dilley
Alameda
Missouri
J.B. Dilley
W. E. Lyon
First Methodist Church
C. Hill
The
Christian Church
Southside
Forsyth and Company
Roswell
Water at Dexter Drowns Hogs and Destroys Alfalfa
E. O. Creighton reported from Dexter that Frank Large lost about one hundred hogs due to drowning east of town and A. Durrell saw fifty acres of newly sown alfalfa damaged by the flood.
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E. O. Creighton
Dexter
Frank Large
A. Durrell
Replacing Wet Shoes at Forsyth and Company
Mr and Mrs ames Akin of Glen arrived in the city with the body of their five year old son Curtis who died Wednesday at Glen of croup. The interment followed funeral services at Allery mortuary conducted by Rev William Reace of the M E church. The funeral party left Glen Thursday and were caught by the flood, arriving yesterday morning.
Farm Help Wanted Near Roswell
Will exchange high land residence property for property near Mainst Geo Cazier. Wanted a man for all round work on a place near Roswell. Steady work good wages board and lodging for the right man. Apply at Record office. If Wanted stock to pasture Geo ge Cazier.
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Mainst
Geo. Cazier
Roswell
Geo
Ge Cazier
Broncho Buster Charley Yarber Fails to Recover
Charley Yarber of the Diamond A ranch was brought to the city this morning with a raging fever after working constantly in the flood for three days. He has become very ill and remains under medical care.
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Charley Yarber
Flood Moves U S Market Stand to Rear Corner
Ed Diggs proprietor of U S Meat Market says flood moved his stand to the rear of the block and the old site will be repaired, with plans to move back later. WANTED a good white woman to cook in a small hotel at Richards hotel 8313 for good wages.
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Hoss Cummins
U. S
Richards Hotel
Tom Campbell Moves To New Suit Ready Stand
Tom Campbell relocates from the Grand Central Hotel to the old Zink jewelry stand beside Friesen bloom's Parlors Barber Shop. He invites meetups for custom suits in the new location. The writer mentions being too busy to think about the flood.
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Tom Campbell
Grand Central
Zink
Friesenbloom
Tom
Roswell Telephone Company Rewards Flood Helpers
The Roswell Telephone Company presented $5.00 each to dedicated flood helpers this morning. Recipients included line men Fred Meeks and Henry Bond and four operators Misses Mary Cannon Etta Klyng Annie Morgan and Mrs. McClintock for excellent service.
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Roswell Telephone Company
Fred Meeks
Henry Bond
Misses Mary Cannon
Etta Klyng
Annie Morgan
McClintock
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Western Grocery
Western Grocery Co
Forsyth & Co
L. R. Smith
Palace Saloon
Frank Ross
Cliy & Beidlemann
J. R. Ray
U.S
A. J. Witter
OL. D. Danenberg
Stockard &Danenberg
Grand Central Hotel
E. M. Smith
M. D. Minter
W. N. Baldwin
Wells-Farse Compey
Second Street
Garst
J. P. Church
Charles Whiteman
Brother
Olson’s
South Main
Opera House
Stringfellow & Tannehill
U. S. Land Office
Citizens’ Market
Dilley & Son
R F. Hamilton
Stringfellow & Tarnehill
Midway
Jaffa-Prager
Pecos Valley Drug Store
Green Front
Citizens’ Bank
Payton Drug Co
Allery Company
Morrison Brothers
Charles Morrison
Dr. Garst
Cigar Store
Price & Co
Reuter’s
Weiss- Fargo
Peacock’s
Bottlingelry Co
Jaycee-Pruit
Wells- Fargo
Bottling Works
U.S. Land Office
Daniel & Daniel
Price
F. M. Jump
Bender
Judge Evans
Richardson Avenue
J. L. Johnson
H. S. Cleveland
Seward
Illinois
Evans Adobe
Third and
Richardson
Pee
Pierce
Roswell and
Artesiayet
Walter
Dills
Colorado Southern Railroads
Faith In
Military Heights
Auth
Orities
Republican County
BE. A. Cahoon
J. M. Hervey
Secy
McMillan
the MacMillan
Dam
Forsyth & Company
Seltz
Walkover
Charlotte Pauline Dilley
Dorothy Dodd
Flood
ED Diggs
U. S. Meat Market
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