Show I 1 FEARFUL LOSS OF LUIS LIFE BY FLOOD IN MEXICO mining town visited by raging torrent the loss being over one hundred mexico city reports aro are current here that front from persons upward with one report claiming even 1000 have been drowned in a great flood at guanajuato a mining city now the ampo important seat scat ot of activity by several large american and british companies the wires were down all day sunday and the roads were impassable no news has been received directly and two reports are current one saying baying 1000 were killed hilled and another saying that at least log were drowned late lata tidings are arc that guanajuato Is oom corn plemely flooded and water Is already invading the higher parts ot of the town while there Is fear ear that lacolla La olla dam may inay give way which would mean complete and general ruin the city Is built so in a great gorge in the mountains and the streets ramble up the mountain bide in picturesque fashion ash ion A storm began furiously f 1 the night ot of june 30 and after midnight no one ot of the inhabitants dared to go to bed so tremendous was the fury ot of the be elements the water rose in the lower or business streets flooding shops and damaging chousa thousands ads ot of dollars worth of oc merchandise tile lower streets became raging torrents as the water poured in rivers down the upper streets doors were bro smashed ached in by the force ot of the water and windows were no protection against the furious flood later ad vices state that it Is known that over log lives were lost at guanajuato A dispatch to president robinson ot of tho the mexican central railroad hays bays there are 1000 dead at guanajuato the town ot of Mara lilo just below guanajuato was completely wiped out the raging water Is carrying the dead d e ad through every street ot of guane guanajuato |