Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-10-13
DAMAGE DONE
NEAR BELEN
Reported From That Part Ct the
Territory That Rio Puerco
Is On a Tear.
TRAINS INTO CAPTAIN
Bridge Washed Out on Ell Paso & Morthrs
eastern Railway Branch Has
Been Repaired.

A dispatch from albuquerque on
Tuesday said:
telephone message from Belen to-
night says that the Santa Fe bridge
over the Rio Puerco, thirty-eight miles
south of Albuquerque, has been DAM
aged by the flood in the stream and it
is expected to go out before morning.
The stream has left it's present chan
mel and is returning to the old river
bed, which is exactly where the Santa
Fe tracks now lie. Several miles OF
the track have been washed out and
len tonight say it will require three
weeks to repair the break.
The Rio Puerco and the Rio Grande
converge at La Joya, a few miles be-
low Belen. There the Rio Puerco is
running close on one side of the sta
tion and the Rio Grande on the other.
People in the village have been taken
out in boats Reports from other sec
tions Of New Mexico tonight state that
all streams are falling and that the
the past week has been at Silver City
and Deming, where the Mimbres River
has been higher than for many years.
The Rio Grande is falling tonight and
the people of the valley are beginning
to return to their homes.
Bridge 10 Repaired.
Captain, N. NJ, Oct 13.-The bridge
on the Captain branch Of the Ell Paso
& Northeastern Railway which was
washed out by the last rains has been
repaired and trains are now running
over the line. The roads in the sur
rounding country are in bad shape and
in some places are almost impossible.
At Fort Stanton, the rains caused
about thousand dollars worth of dam
age to roads, fences and bitches. Be-
low the fort the Bonito did consider
able damage and nearly all the FARM
ers along the banks of that stream on
the road to Lincoln, were forced to
leave their homes and take to the
higher country to escape the flood.
Roswell Flooded Again.
Another flood struck Roswell on Sat-
urday at 1852 p. M The entire city
was flooded four inches higher than
during the first flood of Thursday, Sep
tember 20. At $40 p. m. the water
broke over the banks of the Hondo and
Main Street was raging river. Bus
mess men and merchants needed the
warning this time and sealed the doors
with adobe mud and -four and the loss
now will not be one-third what it was
on September 20. Sunday afternoon
the streets were still flooded. but the
water is now receding. Several hous-
es were washed away and one resi-
dence was carried lao feet, but. not
greatly damaged The water ran
through the department store of For
sythe & Company and was two feet
high in the building. The opera house.
which was damaged in the first flood,
fell last night and is totally wrecked
The water was kept out Of the Grand
Central Hotel by banking adobe mud
in the rear. The sleeping rooms near
the hotel were wrecked. At mass
meeting of citizens Friday night ways
were devised to keep the food waters
Of the Hondo out of the city. This re-
currence of the food, coming in week,
is unprecedented in history and the
present was the first, flood since 1891.
The flood is the worst that ever visit
ed the city Roswell has been cut on
from the world since September 20 and
but little mail has arrived. It is esti-
mated the damage to the city will be
over $3.50, 900.
Loss Of Life and Property.
| Sixteen people are known to have
lost their lives in the floods during the
past two weeks, and there are still :
number unaccounted for in the district
| between Mora and WatrOus.
Full reports from Silver City. the
scene Of the latest food. show the dam
age to be worse than in the flood Of
1902. 1t is impossible to estimate the
damage at this time, but It viii run
into many thousands Of dollars.
Deming has been cut of from al
Communication save by wire for four
days. In Santa Rita, mining camp
near Silver City, many houses were
swept away and one woman was
drowned. From all reports received
from all parts Of New Mexico the dam
age to property. aside from the rail-
roads, by the high water of the past
two weeks will exceed 81 .000.0 900. The