Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — FLOODS BURIED MANY VICTIMS [ARTICLE]

FLOODS BURIED MANY VICTIMS

Reports of Loss of Life and of Damage Are Confirmed. TROOPS FAIL TO FIND BODIES Disaster In Northern Mexico Included the Destruction cf Several Towns the Devastation cf Cre Hundred d Tv.o Ciceks In the City of Monte. ey—F ailrerd Line Will Be Out of Ctmmiss'rn Fcr at Least a Month. ’l'r.tcrey. Mex., Sept. 3. —As commuicu -■ •. r;<lr.;.l'_. rostered with the i. .1 s sj Hon ol northern Mexico r''. >o’ .■ I- ’ its as to loss of life and Property. confirmed. Belated diss\" ’ I '..' . r • ’ved. at the headquarters o ike third military zone in this city i,<; y te.l cf thousands dead and of c : age to the t ;v’fis of Rayones and Gr.leana and of the practical destruction of the towns of Mier, General Bravo and C. i.iargo. Meagre reports as to damage at Victoria, the capital of the state of Tamaulpas and other towns along the Tampico branch of th'e Mexican Central railway to the southeast of this city also have been received. The destruction by the flood in Monterey comprises one hundred and two city blocks in three different sections. These districts are a mass of ruins. Many bodies are partly buried in the sands and under the ruins out of sight of the federal troops working in the destroyed district. General Manager A. Clark of the national railway lines reached Monterey by walking part of the distance from Saltillo. He said: “No train will be run over the national line between Monterey and Saltillo for at least one month.’’ The Nacas river has overflowed its banks and the surrounding country for miles on either side is under water. Owing to a cloudburst at the sources the river is reported to be still rising; Hacienda Santa Rost is under two feet of water.

MANY FAMILIES HUNGRY

Floods Leave Inhabitants of Mexican City Without Food or Shelter. Laredo, Tex., Sept. 3.—A dispatch received by the mayor of Nuevo Laredo. Mexico, from Camargo, Mexico, states that as a result of the flood of the San Juan river, due to the recent heavy rains and the overflow from the

Santa Catarina river, half the city has been washed away and there is great suffering among the poor Mexicans. The telegram states that fully 200 families are homeless and in need of food supplies.