Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Due to the Continued Fall of Rain for More
Than Ninety-Six Hours
CITY OF MONTEREY PARTLY SUBMERGED
Thousands of Homeless Poems Gathered the Various
Plazas-Number of Dead, all from the Poorer Class
es, Variously Placed at from 400 to 1,OOO-Hundreds
of Bodies Already Recovered Loss Millions

| Soldiers, Rurales and Police 1uaro
City.
The police, rurales and soldiers play
ed prominent part last night and to-
day in guarding and caring for the
city. All police reserves were called
into service. The rurales were busy
and detachments of troops from the
Headquarters of General Trevino were
utilized to secure shelter for the SUI
ferers.
Fear of Shortage of Food.
While vet. there is no scarcity of
food and the city is amply able to care
for its destitute, there is fear that a
shortage will soon come. There have
been washouts all along the line of the
National railway between Laredo and
Saltillo, Mexico, and not train has
entered the city of Monterey either
from the north or south for the last
seventy-two hours.
All Wires Were Frustrated.
All wires over the National railway
were prostrated until late today, when
a line was restored, and ii was learned
that there is a possibility that the
track will be repaired and traffic re-
sumed on a curtailed schedule late
Monday or Tuesday.
kilograms Ask for Friends.
Hundreds of kilograms have been
passing through Laredo en- route to
Monterey today requesting information
as to the fate of friends and relatives.
Communication has been established
by a circuitous route and the tele-
grams are being answered as rapidly
as possible.
Dead Placed Along Banks of River.
While semi official reports state that
up to noon today four hundred bodies
have been recovered, there has thus
far been no attempt to inter the dead.
They are being placed along the banks
of the river on the higher ground,
where an improvised morgue has been
constructed, and there the bodies await
Identification.
1t is thought some arrangement will
be made tomorrow to inter the dead.
Those who have been identified will
be buried by friends and relatives,
while the unidentified will be buried by
the city.
River Rose Sixty Feet.
TorrentiaI rain which had been fall
ing all morning ceased shortly after
IL o'clock today and the fear that the
river would again rise to even greater
heights was dissipated.
1t is estimated that the river has
risen to a height of fifty to sixty
feet.
Appeal to United States for Monetary
Aid.
1t is understood that Consul General
Hanna has asked the authorities at
Washington that a general appeal be
made by the American government
through the newspapers for monetary
assistance for the thousands who have
lost their all in the flood. According
to this information the consul has
made this appeal in the name of the
American colony of Monterey.
Monterey Progressive City.
Monterey is one of the most pro-
gressive cities in the republic. Large
amounts of merchandise, machinery
and food products are imported from
the United States. 1t Is estimated that
IS per cent. of the population consume
American goods.
Later-Number Of Dead Will Reach
1900.
Laredo, Tex, Aug. 29.-Direct com
munication with Monterey was re-
established by the Associated Press at
1890 tonight. The operator at that
point says that the number of dead
will reach 1900. The Monterey News
was compelled TO suspend publication
for two days owing to high water.
course.