Show FEARFUL LOSS OF i BY FLOOD IN MEXICO mining town visited by raging tor rent the losa being over one hundred mexico city reports are current here that from persons upward with one report claiming even 1000 have been drowned in a great flood at guanajuato a mining city now the important seat 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 andl two reports are current ono saying 1 were killed and another saying that at least were drowned late tidings are that guanajuato Is completely flooded and water Is already invading the higher parts of the town while there Is tear that lacolla dam may give way which would mean complete and general ruin the city la built in a great gorge in the mountains and the streets ramble ap the mountain alle in picturesque fashion A storm began furiously the night ot june 30 and after midnight no one of the inhabitants dared to go to bed so tremendous was the fury of the elements the water rose in the lower or business streets flooding shops and damaging thousands of dollars worth of merchandise the lower streets became raging torrents as the water poured in rivers down the upper streets doors were smashed in by the force of the water and windows were no protection against the furious flood later ad vices state that it Is known that over lives were lost at guanajuato A dispatch to president robinson of th mexican central railroad says thera are 1000 dead at guanajuato the town of just below guanajuato was completely wiped out the raging water Is carrying the dead through every street of granai duato |