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Show j HOUSES ARE SWEPT Ml 81 THE WATERS Flood at Mazaltan Mexico, Destroys Much Property and Causes a Great Deal of Suffering. El Paso, Tex. Details by mall of tho floods at Mnzatlan, Mexico, state that the heaviest lowers are the So-mollera So-mollera family's clothing store, Its entire en-tire stock being destroyed, nntl the Cla Industrial y Agrlcola, whoso shoe factories, employing a largo number of people, arc reported to bo In ruins. The German Casino has been destroyed de-stroyed nnd tho portion of the Jail occupied oc-cupied by fcmnlo prisoners collapsed. Work has boon suspended nt the slaughter houso owing to tho caving in of tho wnlls. Tho Cuarto do Ho-salcs Ho-salcs also succumbed to tho heavy rains, and tho north portion of the Pantheon No, 1 wns destroyed. Dozens Doz-ens of houses on tho beach were swept away by tho waters, which reached a point never beforo reached since tho enpe has been built above sea level. Great suffering has been cnuscd by tho breaking of wntor pipes nnd the complcto destruction of tho water works system, The water supply was conducted to tho city by pipes from a river tun miles distant. Calzada de Pucnto In flornllle, the broad boulevard which connects tho city with tho sea, hat, been destroyed. |