Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

/ been visited hy unpref edented rHins- Every
mountain and rivulet along the Central
railroad for more than 200 miles has been
converted into . distinctive torrent and
valleys present the Appearance Of lakes.
Many cities and
HAVE BEEN INUNDATED.
and Leon and silao have been practically
destroyed. The first intimation received ID
Mexico OF the disaster was q telegram from
ISilao dated the 18th instant It said: ct
commenced raining heavily here yesterday
afternoon, and continued all night, raising
the Silaa river out OF it's banks, breaking
at the north end OF the town. passing
through the streets with irresistible force.
Most of The houses here being Of adobe, as
soon as they were saturated with water,
began ts,fali to pieces. about
THREE AND TWENTY-FIVE HoUsEs
HAVE BEEN
The station buildings are occupied by
homeless people. who are unable to obtain
a~nything to eat except watermelons and
fruit fonnd floating in the water. Rain has
been general and the whole country around
SiIao is flooded Several dykes have given
away. 1t still continues raining.
On the goth it sas learned that the
foods had been more destructive in Leon
than in Silao. On Monday, the 18th, the
river broke over dykes. Notwithstanding all
efforts to check it. 1t made rapid head
way and finally
Q THE CITY.
As the ain fell, THE river rose rapidly, flow
ing into tow, gradually wearing away the
foundations I'll the buildings. which COM
menerd to fall. As nightcame on II brought
to that city one of the most horrible scenes
ever witnessed in any country. The people,
believing themselves secure, went to bed in
those partso of town where the water had not
found its way.
The steady downfall OF rain, with the ex-
tenslye watershed OF outlying country. in
creased the flow of the river, which rapidly
extended its channel until over half OF Leon
was under water.
NIGHT OF TERROR
followed. Men, women and children fed to
the streets in their night clothes, some to
End shelter IN higher ground, Others to be |
swept away by food
Tuesday morning the rain was still fall |
ing, there being no p~erceptible decrease In
the stream OF water. A mammoth lake |
extended to all points of the compass. It's
uonotonous appearance wa occasionally |
broken by half submerged houses and /
highlands cropping out above its surface.
The town had a wrecked look. Where |
houses had stood the night previous, water
was surging to lower grounds. Groups of
people who had been forced by the impend-
ing danger to seek fight without clothes.
were standing about in the rain CRYING and
~deploring their losses.
All the houses which the flood had left
intact were opened to the unfortunates.
who were provided with everything avail
able.
TIE LOSS OF LIFE
up to this writing has reached into the
hundreds, but notwithstanding danger had
closed the channel or tnrurn1atiun.
All night it poured until Wednesday
morning saw a lake surrounding the citv
undiminished in size with a steady rain dis.
turbing it's surface. In the afternoon.
however, it ceased raining and the water
commenced to recede. People recovered
rom their fright, though the water wasstiU /
q portion of the city.
1t is estimated that
SEVEN PERSONS Persisted.
There is a strong stencil from the heaps
u rubbish that formed. and one is led to
relieve that there must be bodies buried I
lnder them. There are also bodies still
in the water. and III bodies have
,een recovered without moving any OF the |
UNI OF houses wherein are supposed to
hundreds OF bodies buried.
THE TERRIBLE LOSSES.
Fhe DESTROYED houses are estimated at
900 and the loss at 81, 600, 900.
MANY ofhor fowna I..u
ged, but the loss of life only is reported
'om Silao and Leon. The Mexican Central
oad mas suffered severely. Several wash-I
uts occurred between Aquas, zCalientes
nd Leon, butthese now have been repaired
Do Trains are running from El Paso as far
outh as Leon to Irafuato, thirty miles
Il available workmen are employed re-
airing damages.
Inc State OF Guananjuato and the Fed
al government are doing much to succor
le victims OF the floods. Money, food and
oIhes are being sent from here.
Ehe last reports from Leon are heart.
ndlng. The whole population is working
5ne ruins OF fallen houses. Nearly every.
lost relatives or friends. and thoso
no have not, have seen their
EARTHLY POSSESSIONS DISAPPEAR
a night. The estimated loss Of life and
operty given are the smallest reported,
q are certainly within bounds of the
18th.
Inc very last statement, Just received
aces tne number Of houses DESTROYED in
at 2,242, and the homeless families
more than LOCO. More than $50 bodies q
been recovered from the ruins. Tbere
no probability that the entire number
I fall short Of 700.
LATER NEWS AND MUCH WORSE.
z. LOUIS, June 26.-A dispatch from Ell
80, Texas, avs Information received
N 1ne Hooded districts Of Mexico state
u h1teen hundred lives were lost BY the
notation. Onethousand bodies have been
Leon Ia . ni4u 10 nna.