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Pueblo Flood, Colorado, 1921

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Location: Pueblo, Colorado, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Disasters Colorado
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"Pueblo was devastated by the single largest flood in Pueblo history in 1921. The damage was described to The Los Angeles Times by Maj. Paul P. Newlon, who took command of the state troops.......Waters as deep as 18 feet (5.5 m)[8] almost completely destroyed the city's downtown and killed over 1,500 people."

  1. Historic Roselawn Cemetery 15 OTHER matching records found for AUTOBEE
  2. Find A Grave: Memorial #244186541 "MASS GRAVE at Roselawn Cemetery" The CENOTAPH is for just one of the missing persons, 8 in this family alone.
  3. 1921 Pueblo FLOOD
DEAD AND MISSING
Foruth Member One Family Found

Ground Penetrating Radar test Hundreds confirmed to have been buried in Pueblo mass grave at Roselawn Cemetery Heather Willard The Pueblo Chieftain [1]

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photo of the ANGEL memorial

DEATH LIST

"The following Is the list of bodies recovered so far, as furnished last night thru S. W. Preesey, in charge of casualties for the three morgues of the city. at the T. G. McCarthy's residence. Ninth and Grand avenue.
MR. and MRS. JULIUS HUBBARD, colored.
SAMUEL STILL.
DAN D. SCREEDY.
MAN, heavy pet. Austrian.
WOMAN, Mexican, found in Wiley-Chamberlaln add., age about 40.
DR. E. R. CARY.
UNIDENTIFIED negro woman.
ISABEL AUTOBEE. age 19 years. Avondale. Found within three miles of the Huerfano river bridge. :White woman, hair partly grey; clad in flannel petticoat; white night gown. Found near Baxter.

At McCarthy - Brown's morgue, Eighth street, between Main and Court:

MRS. MARTINA GALBAN.
MAY BYRD. 25. colored.
LILLIAN CLARK,
WILLIAM KORBER.
SYLVIA SHATTIO. 931 weet Third. HENRY. G. D., D. & R. G. engineer. NEAL KENDALL. C. C. MORRIS. JACK LEMON. 77 years. G. A. R. ! HENRY JULIAN. Lemesette. Maas. SARAH BYRD, colored, west Eighth MART THOMAS. 42S west Fourth streetW. R. ALLEN. 107 north Santa Fe avenue. JIM THOMAS. CHARLES JAEGER. 452 we*t Ban Rafael. Colorado Springs. ROSE KAPES. Lime, Colo. ELIZABETH KAPES. Lime. Colo. IRENE KAPES. Lime. Colo. SUSIE FUJAROS. Grove. CANDELA RIO ALVAREZ. S C. EVANS. Mo. Pac. engineer. » UNIDENTIFIED CHILD, about 1 day old. Man. unidentified, found In 200 blk.. i south Santa Fe. 5 feet. 10 inches. CHARLES CREBDON. , DAN GLOVER, colored, 525 West Third street * MRS L. N. THORSGARD. 501 Weet ; , Fifth street. WILLIAM RANSOM. J . EMMA WILLIAMS. Negro. 1 Unidentified Austrian. 45 or 50 year? old. Full identification is held at the ’ McCarthy-Brown Undertaking com- ' pany. At United Davis-Vorhte*. southside: 1 FRARY. Mias. Chicago, paaeenger on D. A R. G. tratn. JOHN FUJAROS. Pueblo. AL SCHAUBEL. Pueblo. A E. CLARK. DOROTHY WIRTZ. Pueblo. T. HALL, colored. D. A R. G. porter. FRANK IRWIN. Hotel D« Rsmer. HENRY MILLER. Grove. D M. WILSON. 172 Block P. MINNIE TRAYLOR colored. E. C. HAMIS CHAS. H. COWAN. Kansas City. Mo. Pullman conductor. CLARA CASBIDY. 115 Victoria. x SAM CORTEBE. South Santa Fe ave. JOHN BUTKOVICH. 114 Spring *t. AUDRY MECHALIC. 827 E. Abrt- , endo. MICHAEL J FENTON, section fereman- at Goodnight. EMM A CORRIGAN. C. ROXWELL.Missouri Pacific conductor.

A complete list of the bodies recovered will be revised and posted each day at the McCarthy-Brown Undertaking parlor*, at 12 noon and 6 o'clock p. m.. and at United-Davis-Varies Undertaking company."



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