The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-30
FLOOD HORRORS
!. NOW REVEALED
Death List at Monterey will
t. Reach 1900.
PROPERTY LOSS $1O,OOO,OOO

Fifteen Thousand People Are Home
tess and Being Taken Care Of by
City Government--Lieht Plant Dis
sbIed and Water Mains Broken
Many Pathetic Scenes Witnessed
on the Santa cstarina Rivers
Banks.
Monterey. Mexico. Aug. 30.-lt has
stopped raining for the first time
since last Thursday afternoon, and
some idea of the horrors of the food
of Friday night and Saturday can
now be obtained. It was at first re-
ported that 500 lives were lost in the
disaster, but it is known that the
number of dead will reach 1900 and
maybe more. The river has fallen
considerably and, while still high, the
dai ger is now over. Seventeen and
Que alf inches of rainfall Is the Off.
cial record. This rain was steady
downpour and at no time approached
the status of a Cloudburst. The river
was higher than it has ever been in
the history of Monterey, and one
time the plaza zaragoza, the highest
part OF the city, WAS flooded TO a
depth of about one foot This was
early Saturday morning. and only
lasted until the approach on the
south side of the San Luisito bridge
was washed out.
Fully $4,000 people are homeless in
the flood and are being cared for by
the city government in the best way
possible. Five thousand people were
given bread, coffee and soup at the
municipal Offices, but there arr many
more on the south side of the river
still out of reach of aid on account
of the still overflowed river. Con
servative estimates of the property
loss place the figures at $4,000, 900
throughout the city.
Five hundred bodies have been re.
covered. The greatest loss OF life oc-
CURED Saturday morning between
the hours of and II o'clock, when
the large buildings on the south side
OF the river commenced To Crumble
and fall. Many of the houses had
from 100 to 200 people on their roofs.
and all disappeared in the food. In
one school building on the south side
of the river 90 women and children
we're drowned when the walls of the
building collapsed. This was one of
the most pathetic incidents of the
food.
Thousands OF people were standing
on the north bank OF the river, IN.
able to render aid to the unfortunates
on the buildings on the south side,
for nothing could have lived in the
current of the Santa Catarina, which
was half a mile wide and flowing at
the rate of at least 20 miles an hour.
Watchers saw buildings loaded with
people collapse and the people dis.
appear in the waters. II was sight
never TO be forgotten, and there is
hardly an establishment in the citv
that has not some story OF loss of
employees. The electric light and
power company had 40 men employed
as linemen, and of this total 10 were
all that appeared for work.
The main water supply pipe from
the Estanzuela reservoir was broken
and the city is absolutely without
drinking water. and It will be several
days before the break can be re-
(, palyed. Streetcar traffic has been
abandoned after two or three ineffect-
TO run the cars. and the
light and power plant was forced to
shut down on account of the falling
wires and the danger from the cleo.
tricity. Throughout the city houses
have been falling on account of walls
softened by the continuous rain.
Many acts of bravery and heroism
were noted during the food. One
American named " H. Reader, who
owns large hacienda in the state Of
Tamulipas. Vera Cruz station, alone
saved 30 persons. A Japanese cook
employed by the chief of police saved
two little boys from tree in the
middle of the river after a fight of
over three hours In the water. The
boys had been In the tree from IT
o'clock Friday night TO o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, exposed TO rain and
cold. and were almost exhausted
WHOM holm ranched thonn