Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-09-03 | Page 1 | Story of Devastation At Monetary Confirmed

STORY OF DEVASTATION AT MONTEREY CONFIRMED MONTEREY, Mexico. Sept. 2. As communication com-munication with the llood-swept section of northern Mexico Is graduallv restored, previous reports as to loss of life nnd property aro continued. Diluted dispatches dis-patches today toll of damage to the towns of Rnyones nnd Galenna and of the practical prac-tical destruction of the towns of Ml or. General Uravo and Camaryo. Much money for relief work has been received from all over the republic and the United States, but principally from San Antonio nnd other Texas cities. One hundred and iwo cltv blocks In three different sections of tho cltv were laid in ruins. In most cases they were swept clean, leaving nothing but deposits of sand. The stench along the river caused fear of an epidemic. This Indicates that many bodies an; partly buried in the sands and I under the ruins.