San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-12
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

Rain and Washouts-Al Traffic sus-
pended On the Mexican National
North and South From This City
and Between Monterey and Tre-
vino on tho Gulf Road-An Tele-
graph Lines North and South
DOWNFALL Kinds of Rumors of
Towns in coahulia Being De-
stroyed by Water spouts-Died,
by the Morphine Route At the
hotels Thought it VS.. Shark
Personals.
MONTEREY, Mex, Sept. 5, '95,-
To the Daily LIGHT:
Thursday, August 80, it set in to
rain in this city and continued all
night. Friday morning it COM
menced to pour down and contlnu-
ed all day and into the night. All
the streets in the city were flooded
and nearly all traffic was suspend
ed. Trains that were due here
after midnight did not arrive, and
up to this writing 2:30 p. m, Sep
TENDER 8, they have not arrived,
but they look for them tonight
All the telegraph lines leading
north, south and west Of Monterey
are down so that she is shut out
from the outside world and all are
at loss as to how much damage
has been done to the railroads.
A report came In that there was
q large body of rock rolled down
of the mountain on the track in the
canyon between here and SaltillO
and that two OF the largest bridges
were washed away.
This has been the most serious
washout that has ever occurred on
the National railroad.
There was received yesterday a
report that the towns Of Abasola
and Rodriguez, in the state Of Goa.
hula, were destroyed by q water
spout, which fell in that vicinity,
and many lives lost.
There were two bridges washed
away between Monterey aud Ire
vino on the Gulf road and traffic
was suspended until yesterday
afternoon, when the first train was
sent out. Passengers will havesto
be transferred at one place for a
day or two. ssHasa
There was no damage done to
the road between here and Tam,
pico, and trains have been running
regularly to and from that point
There are q umber of tourists In
Monterey who are water-bound
but all Of them are glad that they
were not caught out on the way
hen the storm passed over the
country, which caused the wash
outs.
DIED.
Captain G. A. Weed, who had
been for nine years roadmaster Of
the Saltillo division Of the Mexican
National railway, but lately with
tho Mexican Central, and had
charge of San Luis Potosi and Tam.
pico division, on the 18th was al
Tampico, and was standing
on the platfrom in front Of the
bonded warehouse. He was
stricken with apoplexy, and died
in about two hours. Captain Weed
was a native of Ohio, a member OF
the Grand Army and the Masonic
fraternity. He was q thorough
railroad man, and had a host oil
friends, among railroad men and
in this city.
BY THE MORPHINE ROUTE.
An American girl of easy virtue
blonde, aged about "a years, who
has been living in this city about
two years, got tired of the life she
was living. and on the evening of
the 2Sth Of August, took a dose
of morphine and died. She went
by the name OF Oracle, In this city.
She would not tell any of her as.
socistes who she was or where she
came from.
1t is the opinion Of many Of the
citizens Of Topo Chico, that there
is lake or a river beneath the
Topo Chico mountain, as every
time that it rains the lake or river
runs over and a large volnme OF
water rushes out of the mouth OF a
small cave at the head of a gulch,
and when the rain stops and the
waters subside they find fish in
the water holes in the ditch. When
it quit raining on the 3lst, the fol-
lowing ladies and guests of the
Hotel Topo Chico concluded to try
their luck fishing: Mrs. Penn,
Mrs. Sans, Miss Henderson and
Miss Nelly Hopping.
AS soon as they reached the
waterhcle at the mouth of the cave
thew took their nlacaS ON the rncka