The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-30
Monterey, Mexico, is Sub
merged After Cyclone
$4,000 ARE HOMELESS
si2,ooo,ooo Damage to Property-Santa
Catnna River in Nuevo Leon Over
Railroads and Wires
Out of Commission.

Matamoros, Mexico, Aug. sO.--A hurri
cane which spent itself Saturday along
the gulf Of Mexico coast between the
mouth Of the Rio Grande river aud Vera
Cruz extended three miles. Many thou
sands of square miles of territory are
under water. Low estimates placed the
number Of people drowned at 1900 aad
the number rendered homeless at 10000
n the Monterey district, the death list
Is placed at ZOO, including many lives
lost in the city Of Monterey and nearby
villages outside Of Monterey, where sew.
eral blocks were swept away. and great
damage done to the big industrial plants,
a number Of smaller towns were wiped
out Of existence It is stated that the
loss Of life in the city Of Monterey IS
placed at from 1000 to 1900 people
The property damage Is estimated AZ
from 81 100000 to s2.000,o00. For the
past As hours a veritable deluge Of rain
has been falling, which, together with
the water from tributary mountain
streams, so sweled the Santa Catrina
that IL reached a width Of q mile and
a half and completely oyeraowed por-
tions Of the city 81 Monterey, wreckina
houses and causing loss Of life az il
swept along its mad course. Not a.
train reached Laredo Saturday. and tel.
egraph communication is crippled to such
an extent that the exact location Of some
trains Is unknown. In the city Of Non.
terey telephone communication is inn
possible. the electric light plant Is half
under water and out Of commission, the
entire street car service which depends
upon the electric plant for It's power,
Is psralyzed, and the water works sys
tenn Of the city Is crippled
Tho food conditions extend as far
south as saltillo although no great dam
age beyond Inconvenience to the citi
zens and minor damage to the roadbeds
81 the railroads Is reported south of
Monterey Telegraph communication To
the north IS partly interrupted, but It I
was learned Saturday night that there
has been no loss Of life reported to the
south Of Monterey The reports reaching
Laredo as to the life loss IN Monterey
are widely varied. Tho total number
Of lives lost 10 the food has been re-
ported as high as 900. but Il IS thought
that this IS gross exaRgeration, due
tn the chaotic conditions. However, It
is certain that the food was the most
terrible IN the history Of TIE river and
that the loss Of life win be great,
Scores are reported dead several thou
sand homeless and part Of the city OIL
Monterey washed away by the cyclone
and food according to a dispatch from
Mexico City Saturday evening There
Is no direct Communication with that I
point, and Che extent Of tire loss caurot
vet be definitely aseertained, The storm
struck inland from Of the gulf over the
states Of Tamaulipas and Nueyo Leon /
after devastating part Of the sthmus
Of Tebauntepee,
It is reported at Mexico City that the
city Of Baadad, state Of Tamauipas, has
been badly damaged Nine bridges ana !!
more than 30 miles Of track have been
washed ont On the American rain
way. Two Indian villages in Tamaul
pa have been wiped out and the light
house at Tampieo swept away. No dam.
age was done to the shipping in the
harbors Of Vera Cruz and Fampico. The
telegraph lines have been crippled in the
states Of Guanaiuato Coahiula, Vera
Cruz Nuevo Leon and Tamauipas The
santa Catarina river IN Monterey Is Fix
feet above The food and still rising. The
storm is the most disastrous Mexico mas
experienced in recent years.
Latest reports state that l25 miles
Of track Of the National railway has
been washed out in Nuevo Leon and Goa
huila Railway officials at the Mexican
capital admit that Is miles and II
bridges are gone. and all available wreck
ing trains are being sent north