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Show MEXICO Monterey Deluged Loss of Life Appalling Damage by Flood Up in Millions. The Associated Press gives a gruesome picture of the fatalities, loss of life and property, in Monterey, Mon-terey, of our sister republic. A conservative estimate esti-mate of the damage wrought in that province by the flood places the dead at 1,400 and the property loss at $25,000,000. The river has gone down and the danger is over. Up to the present time Gf0 bodies have been recovered. re-covered. One entire quarter of the city of Monterey was destroyed, and 15.000 persons were, rendered homeless. The water mains are useless, and the city is consequently without suitable drinking water. Neither is there light nor car service, for the power plant has been seriously damaged. . It. will be impossible to resume train service for a week, and the city is threatened with a food famine. fam-ine. The slaughter houses have been destroyed. Ten thousand persons are being fed on bread, coffee and soup by the municipal authorities, and the American consulate is giving food to all who apply. Thousands of persons have taken refuge in the Cathedral and the churches. Many adobe structures, struc-tures, soaked by the rain, are falling, and there has been some additional loss of life from this cause. The railroad situation is deplorable. On the branch of the International between Monterey and-Saltillo. and-Saltillo. there are a score of washouts. The iron bridge at San Juan has gone out. and seventy-five miles of track of the Matamoras branch have been washed out. There are a dozen washouts between Matamoras and Cuevas. and the iron bridge over the Rinconga .between Saltillo and Monterey is gone. The total loss to the railroads probably will exceed $500,000. Eighteen blocks of residences and business houses were entirely washed away in Monterey. The more wealthy people of the city, together with the American residents, are contributing ; to the mayor's fund, which is being expended for food. The greatest loss of life is said to have been caused by the giving away of the reservoir dam. Monterey is' situated in a cup-like valley and is surrounded sur-rounded on three sides by steep mountains. The waters rushed into this valley down ijthe bed of.Jh Santa Catarina ; rfverT'Thls 'stream fis ordinarily 150 yards wide, but with the advent of the flcod its banks were fully three-quarters of a mile apart. It is estimated that eighteen inches of rain fell.' The federnl authorities are busy with the organ-' ization of relief measures. Benefit theatrical performances, per-formances, bull fights and fairs are being planned. Subscription lists are being opened all over Mexico City and other cities of the republic are responding to Monterey's urgent call for assistance. President Diaz telegraphed $30,000 to Monterey. Vice President Corral has contributed $2,000, and Ambassador Thomson $1,000 to the . relief fund. Others are contributing liberally. The fact that tliQ Red Cross of the United States is to give aid has been learned with profound. 'satisfaction. On behalf be-half of the United States government, the American Amer-ican ambassador hs sent condolences to President Diaz. The National bank officials estimate the loss in the business center of Monterey at $5,000,000. The loss to the big smelter and industrial plants outside out-side the city limits will amount to as much more. The value of the eighteen blocks ,of buildings, mostly most-ly of poor construction, which were destroyed, is fixed at about $3,000,000. The railroad losses, al though not yet known, are believed to reach $4,000,-000. $4,000,-000. Many of the smaller settlements in the state have been wholly destroyed or badly damaged, while the crops everywhere have been ruined. It is estimated esti-mated that the total losses will approximate $30.-000.000. $30.-000.000. The latest returns give the number of dead at between 1,200 and 1,400. General Reyes is said to have left his mountain retreat and is going to the aid of the people. Reyes has been practically surrounded by government troops near the mountain town of Galeana for a fortnight. .The announcement of his move has created cre-ated much comment, even in the face of the great disaster. Political complications are feared. The Santa Catarina river at Monterey has subsided sub-sided sufficiently to permit a passage into the districts dis-tricts lying to the south. Thus a more eompleto story of the disaster's appalling effects becomes known. People who had been saved from the flood of Saturday morning had been without food until Monday, when they were supplied with a small amount of bread and beans. . ' 1 Once on the south side of the river, evidences of the terrible destruction wrought by the flood were seen on every side. Five blocks of the district dis-trict were as though they had never existed, and . in the remaining portion bodies were being taken from the ruins and interred by a party of gendarmes gen-darmes sent across for the purpose. At 4 o'clock Monday 400 bodies had been recovered and were buried on the hillside south of Santa Luisto. The same number of bodies was interred Sunday. Thus, far no Americans have been reported lost. Reports from down the river say that many bodies have been recovered, but there are many that will never be recovered. The bed of the river is filled with sand. The authorities are doing all in their power and the government has sent $50,000 for tho relief of tho sufferers. Contributions have been received from San Antonio and New York firms which have agencies agen-cies in this city. . Many houses have fallen from the- effects of tho continuous rains which hav occurred during tho seventy-two hours ending with noon Sunday. During Dur-ing this time 21.7 inches of rain fell in Monterey, and up the Santa Catarina canyon. One of the buijdings destroyed was the San Francisco church, which was built in 1852., The barracks of the rur-ales rur-ales was washed away and all military equipment' was lost. The railroad situation - oontinues unchanged, un-changed, although the officials announced that they expected .to get a train out north in a day e? two. The Mexican Central Tamplco branch la badly dam-J dam-J aged and the San Juan bridge ia entirely destroyed. U '. ! ; i r . nm I ) i hm-'i"Mii""'.' The Matamoras branch is in bad shape and fifteen kilometers of track have beeu washed out. houth of the city the damage is not known, but the bridge at Rinconda is out and a very large washout has occurred at Garza Garcia. ' Another disaptch from Laredo.Tex.. says: Two thousand dead in the Monterey flood is the estimate of the extent of Saturday's disaster made Monday night by Pedro Trevino, a prominent capitalist cap-italist of Monterey. Official estimates do not go so high ranging around 1.200 or 1,400. Certain it is, however, that the list of dead constantly grows. |