Daily Republican., 1888-06-27
rkRRIBLE CALAMITY.
FLOODS cause Loss OF Fifteen hundred
Lives One Thousand Bodies hecoV-
ered-2, 200 taouses swept away.

FIoods cause Loss OF Fifteen Hundred
Lives one Thousand Bodies Recoy-
ered-R 200 taouses swept Away.
er, LOUIS, June GA special dss-
match from the City OF Mexico says:
TelearAphic cummuDioat tions which has
been interrupted for several days by
the fOode, has been restored, anu the
particulars o. the terrible diPaster on
the line OF the Mexican Central hsh'
wny, particularly At Leon and 6ilao, are
obtained. During the past ten days
| the table lands between here and ,oa
secas have besu visited by unpreoedent
ed rains. Every moontaln rvuiet
along ths Oentral Railway iof more
than 200 miles have been converted
Into A destructive torrent, and the val
leys present the appearance OF lakes.
| Many tities and towLs have been inun.
dated, and Leon and Bilao have been
partially destroyed.
/ Ii commenced raining heavily here
yettsrdAy afternoon and continued al
might, raising the 6ilAo river out OF It's
banks, breaking at the noxth end OF the
town and passing through the streets
4 with irresistible force and volume. Most
Ihouses hste being Of adobe, as soon %
tthey were saturated with water they
lbegan TO fall. About 325 houses have
bssn destroyed. The station buiioinRs
sre occupied by homeless people, who
Isre unAbls to obtain anything to eat az
cspt wabsFmelons and fruit found noa,-
ling In the water. This rain has peen
general, aud the whole country around
Silao is flooded. Several dykes nave
given away. 1t still continues raining.
1 On the goth 1t was learned that the
: foods had beon more destructive In
, Leon than In Silao. 1t seems that on
Monday, the 18th, the river broke over
/ It's dykes and flooded the city.
Monday night brought 70 that city
. ons OF the most terrible scenes ever wii-
: messed In any country. People, believ
ing themselves secure from the HOOD,
:, went 10 bed in those parts OF the town
where the water had not found Its way.
!, The STEADY downfall OF rain, with tho
:. extensive water bed of tue optlS Sing
country, Increased the flow OF the river,
and rapidly extended It's channel until
lover half OF Laon was uuder water
Houses tumbled in rapidly having been
Iworn away by the water, AND the lost
l. Of life commenced, unparalleled In the
70 history OF any OF the great inundAtioni
D. OF modern timss. As the buildinRe lei
the unfortunate sleepers wore elthel
tCfuBueu 10 ubHtu OE utoWhpha
One whole night Of terror followed
Men, women and children fed 10 tht
streets in their night clothes, some u
find shelter on iGher ground and other
to be swept away by the flood. Vi
Tuesday morning rain was still failing
land there had been no perosptlble De
81 crense In the stream of water. man
n. a moth lake extended its length nnt
Is, breadth to all points OF thu coz pass. II
q monotOnous Appearance was occAsion
- ally broken by half submerged houss
lp and high lands cropping above Ito any
81 thing but placid Bariace. The toWl
iy had q wrecked look. Where ths house
4, ~ had ktsod the night previous water va
We turslng In It's flight TO lower grounds.
Ut Groups OF people, who had bee
en- forced by impending dSnger to STE
It's tliRht without clothes, were etanoin
ste about 10 the rain, crying and oeplorln
~ their losses. ALI houses which IN
flOod left intact were opened TO the ur
lfortuuatss, who were provided VII
Everything that was available AZ In
time.
In The loss of life up to this writin
had reached into hundreds, but th
Threatening danger had closed the chai
' incl of sorrow, and the hushed voice
= denoted nothing more than fear for III
~ futnre. All night 1t poured, unit
81 Wed neSday morning saw the lake hul
= rounding the city undimlniBhed in s!z
with steAdy rain dis uIbingithe surfac
Iu the afternoon, however, 1t cease
a raining and the waters commenced
= recsde. The people recovered from tue
v flight, though wa:er was still GOVERN
4 Il portion OF the city. 1t Ia estimate
INST 700 persons perishei,
There IL strong stenc 4 from heaps
rubbish that once forme1 houses, al
one is led to bo, teVe that thtre must
lbodtes buried unCer than. There =
also bodies still floating in the watts
OBe hundred and eleven bodis5 la
been recovered, without moving al
Iruins OF houses, whereiu are suppost
to be hundreds OF bodies buried. II
destroyed houses are estimated o. ~
and the loss at o. 900. 600.
Many ether towns have been bad
damaged, but loss OF life is only I
ported from 5ilao and Leau. The ID o
lean Central has suffered very Leverei
Several washouis occurred betwti
AeuAs Calientea and Leon, but th
have now been repaired, and trains a
r running from El Paso 81 far sonth
> L son, to IrAputA, . distance OF tnirt
- Inine miles. The last reports from Ls
tate heArtrenuinE, Ihe Whole popul
Itlon are busily working into the rui
Ioi the fallen houses. Nea ly evory boz
. has lost relations or friends, ard tho
who have not hRve seen their earth
Iposnessions disappear In light.
The estlmats OF loss OF life ard pr
erty given are tae smallest reporte
and are certainty within the blunis
truth, The vety lalt abatement, j.
reoaived, p aces ihs number Of houi
n destroyed 10 Leon at 2.224, and
w homeless families at more tnan l .Ol
More than $50 b3dies have teen raci
cred from the ruins, ard t0sre Is
probability that the eAtire numte er "
fall short OF 700.
T ct. LOUIS June 26 "A despatch frt
Ri PAso, Texas, says Information
L. been received there from the Hood
Ag district in Mexico that l,bo0 lives "
lost by the inundation, aud that l !
bodies hnva been recovered. Leon Il
u,, lofty of Ice. GOO inhabitants, and la
In, Ipars Of It Is In ruins.