Show TWO THOUSAND DEAD Laredo Tex Aug thou thousand thousand sand dead in the Monterey Montere flood Is the I estimate of the extent of oC Saturdays Saturday disaster made tonight by Pedro Tre Trevine vine a prominent capitalist of Monte Monterey rey Official estimates do riot not go so high rangIng around 1200 or 1400 It Is however that the list 1 of oC dead constantly grows There are several little pueblo vII I lages containing from to one hun hundred I dred Inhabitants located along the I banks or of the river to the south of Non lIon tere and It Is reported that these ha have been completely wiped out and ancl their Inhabitants drowned It Is on thIs ground that Mr N Tre Trevino 1 vino places his estimate of the tho loss I of life lICe at a highet figure than has yet et been stated No o AmerIcan lives were lost but several suffered property loss Com Committees are endeavoring to so se secure cure Identification of the tho bodies as the they arc brought In b by rs while other committees are charged with the dut duty of seeing to the shelter sheltering sheltering ing and feeding or of the tite thousands of homeless Scenes Are PItiable Hundreds of the victims wander dis distractedly about the city vainlY hoping that the they may maj be able to encounter missing relatives or at least recover their bodies Prompt measures taken en to house and feed the have proved effect effectIve effective Ive and very cry few If nor any have been permitted to go I Soup been beon so 50 that the refugees ma may be teet ad The I poor are the tho greatest rs the flooded district being principally on the flats fiats along the east side of the tho banks of the Santa Catarina river or Of the or more bodies thus far about 30 per cent cont have hae been I identified and were Interred today I IThe The hursted water mains hae not as yet et been repaired but It Is s ex cx expected the situation will HI he relieved tomorrow Communication Is DemoralIzed Railway telephone and telegraph communication Is so badly crippled as aB asto to be practically useless The National Railway of Mexico has seyen t miles of track several culverts and bridges swept away There Is 16 no train service between Laredo and Monterey The National rail railway war for the fir first t time since the flood tale tele teleGraph Graph raph bel between Laredo and this city The master mechanic lo 10 located In Laredo was ordered to hurry forward forwald all available Several trains are stalled and it fl was not definitely I known knon unlit tonight that the crews were safo are arc that railway traffic will be Impeded until Thursday or Frida Friday authoritIes appreciate the contributions of money moner from rota the United States Great dH difficulty Was experienced by correspondents iii hi securing transmission of oC press pross mattor to poInts In the United owIng l to the pe pecullar peculiar cullar culiar laws governIng the tho of press rates and the tho recognition of correspondents In Mexico Diaz Sends Money Monay President Dma toda today telegraphed I to Montorey Corral has contributed 2000 and Ambassador Thompson 1000 to the fund Others are contributing lib Uber I er emily l The fact the Red Cross Cros ot of the United States Is to give aid has been learned here with I i l lion On behalf behal Q 91 the tho United States the American ambassador I dor br has sent condolences to President I The Tho National hank estl estimate ae it lo los in the busl eF all r lonte a SS Jo Joth th big fer and ond In l i a 1 the tIfe city will amount to as much more The value alue of the eight n bl el l f I I t 1 w r I I L Is fixed at about oO Th The railway losses although not I known are arc believed to reach Man Many of the smaller settlements in the state have been hol destroy destroyed ed cd or damaged while the crops have ben been ruined It is 18 isi i estimated that the tho total losses will ap approximate approximate proximate The Tho latest returns today give the number of dead at between 1200 and 1400 i General Is said to have bave left I his mountain retreat and Is going to the aid or of the people Re Reyes es has been beon practically surrounded by br government troops neat near tho mountain town of Galeana for Cor a fortnight The an o of his move has created much comment even In the face of the great grent disaster Hons are aro feared I I II |