Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-07-07 | Page 2 | Flood Seeps Mexican Area

vv FLOOD SWEEPS MEXICAN AREA Capital Isolated Fear Food bood Shortage R R R Washed Out MEXICO CITY July SUIT By 7 7 I The Th Associated Press flood waters Waler today threatened Mexico City with complete Isolation and fear Is la expressed here her that the nation may face tace fac famine or a food tood shortage unless supplies are ar Im ported to replace crops destroyed by the th flood All railway tracks track I within 15 IS or 20 kilometers of the capitaL capita were covered with water last t night and prospects were that train services service between here her and andEl andEL EL Paso Paro Laredo and many inte- inte Inte Interior nor points would have hav to bo be 1 sue sus sua paDded unless conditions Improved from the th railroad sta ala tion Oriental In the th state of Pu Pu- Pu Pu able are are that a cloudburst over the Malinche mountains caused a torrent that dug dug- duga a ditch 15 feet teet deep and a mile mil wide and de dc- dc over a mile of track near it was VUI thought there had been serious damage d m re to property and loss of life The Th damage to the tracks has made mado traffic between Mexico City OceanIe and Vera era Cruz Crux Impossible over the Oceanic Inter line but operation hu has been continued over the tho Mexican can line Apparently there lisa has been corn com destruction of ot crops through through- out throughout out the tho th Mexican plateau and the tho loss 1088 Is estimated at from to pesos nfl