| Show SOUTHERN RIVERS IE ARE SUBSIDING MEXICAN DISASTER TAKES TOLL TOLLOF OF LIVES AND IN DAMAGES Report From Nogales Negates States State That 00 Bodice Haw Have Been Recovered In The DI District 12 I Inches l h. h Rainfall In 24 Hours Nogales Negates Ariz The The and Santiago rivers in Mexico are subsiding lag ing following cessation of ot r rain n but only after atter a reported loss 1088 of life Ufe which estimates placed as high as as and property damage of ot between I and to the Southern Pacific Railway Hallway According to to tele telegrams ms received here at the Southern Pacific railway office from Ruiz Mexico a small station north from where terrific ter rifle floods have been occurring o all aU week all farm land has bas been devastated ted with probable loss of ot all aU life lite Although no official average is set of ot it is estimated that 12 Inches fell teU in thirty six hours Other sources of ot Information gives the rainfall rain fall taU at 14 U inches in three days The Santiago river has baa changed its course from a southwesterly direction Into a course almost due north and the flood waters have bare encompassed several leveral hundred miles of ot the riches farm tarm land on the west weal coast of ot Mex Max ico Reports received by II n. R. R of the Southern Pacific practically confirm the estimated death toll of ot persons A colonel of ot the Mexican Mexican can enn army according to the dispatches dispatch es has crossed over the turbulent Santiago river and reports that between between between be be- tween and feet teet of Southern Pacific tracks have been washed out by the two rivers with the main bridge at greatly damaged According to the colonels colonel's report the entire population of ot the Santiago river valley Is wiped d out Corresponding Corresponding Corres Corres- loss lOBs of ot life ute in the river vaU valley is reported |
