Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-08 | Page 5 | River Lashes Lower Levees

RIVER LASHES LOWER LEVEES BROWNSVILLE Texas Sept 8 VP The The Rio Grande river slashed ai at levees on its lower reaches today but bul for the most part the elaborate protective protective protective pro pro- system built several years ago for just such an emergency held firmly While thousands of acres of or landon land lane on the Mexican side of the great river were inundated the damage from flood waters which roared through breaks in levees on the American Amer Amer- lean ican side apparently was small smaIL Engineers who had constructed the toe levees and extensive floodways for carrying away excess waters expressed ex cx- pressed confidence that the winter r garden of Texas a rich truck a arid d fruit producing area was in no great grea danger r. r No loss of life me was reported in this area At Atthe the same time lime guards on levees toward Brownsville and the Gulf Gult of Mexico toward which the yellow river moved slowly maintained sleep less vigilance Their apprehension was increased somewhat by reports of ot new rains far up the stream although although al al- al though it was probable the present flood would pass before any new one could arrive Breaks Breaks' in the levees were reported last night in the vicinity of Mission McAllen and Alamo