Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-09-04
1900 PERISH IN
MEXICAN FLOOD
DeIuge Of Rain Sends River
Over Monterey,
DAMAGE is $l2,OOO,OOO

US WV SFFNFN EF~i JNiiN9 DSl0Ie ~
and Hardly Vestige Is Left Of the
5000 Huts IN Its Path-t5,ooo Persons
HOmeless-many Families Swept to
Death From Roofs Of Their Homes.
Twelve hundred persons drowned.
$1,000 homeless and property damaged
90 the extent of $4,000 600 is the r..
suit OF a hood which struck Monterey,
Mex. over four hundred bodies have
been recovered.
The food waters of the Santa Gaia.
rina river continues on their rapid
course. and 20 add 80 the horror Of the
situation rain commenced 20 fall and
caused untold suffering TO the thou
sands OF homeless persons who had
congregated on the various plazas.
The destructive fio0d. due 90 the
continued fall of rain for the past
ninetysiN hours. swept everything be.
fore Il. and hardly vestlge is left
Of what was a few days ago con
glomeration OF small huts swarming
with families belonging 20 the poorer
classes. The number OF dead. which
cannot be accurately estimated for
day is placed at 1900
Many families were swept 20 death
with hardly a chance for their lives
With the on-rush OF the waters. pan.
demonium rcigned. and as the VIC
tins were swept from their homes. on
the tops of which many had sought
shelter, never anticipating that the
water would reach an unprecedented
height. pitiful appeals for assistance
could he heard by those on higher
ground. but aid OF any kind was i'm.
possible The scene was indescrib-
able. All through the dooded district
groups could be seen huddled on the
tops of two-story buildings. entirely
surrounded by a tumultuous. seethIng
mass Of water One by one. these
houses disappeared with their human
freight
Already many bodies have been re.
covered. but II Is impossible to state
the exact number. \ semireIiable
authority says the police records show
that 400 bodies had been recovered.
Scores OF other bodies ara believed
20 be still lodged at various points
along the stream. and Il may be weeks
before they are recovered.
Pitiful scenes are reported among
the women and children. Many WON.
en- have been separated from their
husbands; mothers from their chill.
dren, without knowledge OF the where
abouts of one another
Little effort 20 recover the bodies OF
the drowned has yet been made. the
chief thing done under the chaotic
conditions prevailing being providing
OF shelter and food for the living
Four Young Girls Meet Violent Deaths.
Four young girls met violent deaths
at Camden. y. j. Two were drowned
while wading in the Delaware river
and two others were killed by a train
on the West jersey & Seashore rail-
road.
Florence Lyons. aged eight years.
and Annie BUILDER. aged fifteen years
were wading With a number OF CON-
panions In the Delaware river near the
yards OF the New York ShipbulIding
company. when Florence stepped into
sluice where the water was above
her head. Annie hurried TO her as
sistance and also got into deep water.
ANNANAta u tue SAiAo NOulQ swirl. ana
both drowned before assistance could
reach them
Violet Schvicki. aged twelve years.
and Jessie KnOwalsli. aged eleven
years. were flying a kite near their
home. when 1t became entangied in
the Iron work OF the elevated railroad
tracks OF the West Jersey & Seashore
railroad. They climbed the embank-
ment and were trying To entangle the
kite. when they were struck by the To-
comotive OF an express train and huri-
ed to the street below.
Csrtiss Wins Honors at Rheims.
The international cup OF aviation,
aisc known as the Gordon Bennett tro-
ply. was won at Rheims. France. by
Glenn II. Curtiss. the American avia-
tor. In the fastest aerial journey OF
twenty kilometres G2.42 miles, ever
accomplished by man. His time. Is
minutes 50 3-5 seconds. was only 5 3-5