The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-30
FEARFUL LOSS OF
LIFE IN MONTEREY

Monterey. Mex, Aug 29-Twelvc
! hundred ad perhaps more persons per
! ished Friday night and yesterday In
the flood which swept large portion
of this city Conservative estimates
place the property damage at 100000
| 600 Fifteen thousand persons arc
! homeless More than 500 bodies have
! been recovered.
The river has fallen considerably
and while still high the danger is over
| Seventeen and a half inches of rain
fell during Friday. Saturday and to-
day The rain was a steady downpour
and at no time approached a cloud
burst
The greatest loss of life occurred
| Saturday morning between = and il
o'clock, when the large buildings on
the south side of the river commenced
to crumble Many of the houses had
from 100 to 200 persons on their roofs
and all disappeared In the food.
In one school building ninety women
and children were drowned. They
had hurried to the school for safety
but the water drove them from room
TO room until they were all clustered
In one room. While two priests were
performing somo religious rites the
walls fell and all were swallowed up
In the food.
Thousands Line Bank of River.
Thousands of people were standing
on the north bank of the river, un-
able to render aid to the unfortunates
on tho buildings on the south side, for
nothing could have lived In the current
Of the Santa Catarina, which was half
mile wide and flowing swiftly.
Watchers saw buildings loaded with
people collapse and the people disap-
pear In the water
There IS scarcely an establishment
IN the city that did not lose employees.
The electric light and power company
had forty-f1ve men employed as line
men but only ten reported for work
/ today.
The city was without drinking water
| today. Street car traffic was aban-
doned after two or three Intellectual
! attempts TO run cars. The light and
/ power plant was forced to shut down.
Many Acts Of Bravery.
Many acts of bravery We're noted.
One American, named II. H. Reader.
who owns a large hacienda in the
state Of Tamaulipas, alone saved thirty
persons. A Japanese cook saved two
boys from a tree after a struggle of
moro than three hours in the water.
ROmuldi Marty. a prominent mer-
chant, and his family. were rescued
from a tree near the Plaza Purislma-
His family consisted Of his wife and
three children and they had been In
the tree nearly seventeen hours.
The story OF the flood Is full of in
stances OF this nature and others OF
more terrible character where the
results were more disastrous and hun
dreds were swept away In sight of
| thousands of people. powerlesS to rem
der aid
Effort to Care for Homeless.
Steps arc being taken to care for
| the homeless. The burden Is heavy.
as the city has been called upon 10
care for unfortunates So many times
In the past two months. this being
the third flood. to say nothing of
Sl,500.000 FIRE that has occurred with
in that period Clothing, food and
money are needed.
1t would be dlfIicult to exaggerate
the situation. With thousands OF
homeless people wandering the streets
during the day and sleeping In the pub
! lie buildings and churches at night. the
conditions are appalling A water fam.
Inc Is threatening and the food supply
Is very low. No fresh meat can be
I obtained; vegetables are out of the
question; no eggs are to be had No
one has raised the price on anything
but there is a shortage OF all the ne.
! CpcuftIps ,C 1ffe If ro{1roob cor,r,,rt
cation Is cut for a week. as the officials
fear, conditions will become even more
alarming.