Show I HOOD FLOOD CARRIE CARRIED ALL I IT Mexican Engineers Estimate of the Wild Wid Rush of Water in Mexico Mexico City Sept St 18 James D S huyler er an a American engineer who recently accompanied President Taft Tat on a tour of inspection of the Panama canal ca de declared d 1 dared cae jn in an a interview today toy that tt the rush rh flood of or water in the recent rent Monterey fod which destroyed millions of dollars dolar worth of ot property and ad thousands of lives liven live ex exceeded the flow now of ot Niagara by 40 cubic cubio feet c per p r second s cond He based bal his statements on records furnished him by competent engineers Mr Schuyler Shuyler said Mid Tho The volume of water that swept down downto the to Santa St Catarina Catanina river during the flood fo was wa 20 cubic feet per pr second Niagara Nia I understand carries a volume of water amounting to 0 cubic feet per second The Santa Catarina Catanina Caina watershed com coin comprises prince pr 44 square luar miles mUe so s that tho the esti estimated et estimated mated mae discharge of water during the height of the flood fo was 1 O cubic feet per pr second n per r square mile mUe The discharge at Estanzuela was wa S cubic cuble feet fet per pr see sec second ond per square mile mUe The Tho Te pr highest flood fo ever heard hed of before was not more than tha ISO 1 cubic feet of ot water per second per square mile As s much as u pr 16 inches pr of ot rain felt fell In Monterey In Inh 98 SS hours h from Aug ug 26 2 to Aug IS 29 A few days dys da before that time 14 1 Inches fell teU in ira 42 4 nUN hours making hours bours a total rainfall of Inches in 14 S |