The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-31
FAMINE MAY
FOLLOW FLOOD
Source Of Food Supply
J, Cut Off.
BUILDINGS STILL FALLING
Train Service Cannot b Resumed
For Week.
Hundreds q CaSavers Bel.s Recovered
ana Death Last d Expeetss 10
ReseA I.les m Monterey
Disaster.

HONS are gradually being brought back
10 normal - fast as willing workers
can make It possible. 1t win be many
days, before Monterey will resume its.
wonted tranquility.
The various organised relief corps
arc busily engaged. each looking after
Ats especially appointed task. Com
mittees ana b-committees are en-
gagged in seeing to the various details
OF rescue and relief work. Commit
tees are In charge Of the mournful
task OF endeavoring 10 secure tdentif-
catioppof the dead bodies as they are
brought In by searchers while other
nonmittees are charged with the
onerous duty OF seeing to the shelter
ing and feeding Of the thousands OF
4 accomplishing homeless. who wander
distracted about the scene OF the
nood. hoping against hope that they
may be able to encounter missing
loved ones or at least recover their
bodies and give them q Christian
burial. A famine IL not impossible.
TOO much cannot be said In CONF
mendation OF the authorities for the
prompt steps they have taken TO over
come the chaotic conditions that exc
listed for fully two days after the
crest OF the Hood had been reached.
and after 80 great q number of lives
had been drowned out by the receding
waters. Prompt measures taken to
house and feel the homeless have
proved effective. and very few. IL any.
have been permitted to 60 hungry.
Soup kitchens have been established ct
four different places throughout the
city where . substantial soup as well
as coffee and bread 10 doled out to
the needy.
Poor Greatsr suRerers.
While the poor are the greater suf-
ferers, the Hooded districts princi-
pally having been 'locstsd on the fiats
along the east side ..of the banks of
the Santa Carfna River they are not
alone In their iossek for the rich
81 we'll were more or less lnconyen-
4 senced and were compelled to leave
their residences. especially In the dis
krict along I. the slope which ex tends
down to the river from the peighbor-
hood or the zaraEosa Plaza and alonG
iins IN norsE ana s0u W. Y sS s,arns:
kure "a aid the poorer siesnent, but the
Pact that they were in some Instances
noynpsiied 20 move cut and seek quar-
ters In two-story buildings. "a rarity
IN IN tropical town. inconvenieneed
them to Q large extent.
It Is almost impossible to accurately
state the number of dead at this time.
This will only be possible when con-
difions right themselves and the wa
tres completely subside.
Thus far 1t Is accurately Known that
aliehtiy over 400 bodies have been re-
lowered OF this number, about thirty
Der cent have been identined and were
Inferred during the morning and late
this Afternoon. The balance, which are
housed in the temporary morgue estap-
Iiahed In the police headquarters, VIII
he inferred by the. city authorities to-
morrow IL not identified by friends or
relatives Some of these bodies are al
al Hn nf accommodation
and will have to be inferred almost I'M
Lie Loss Fearful.
Press reports have estimated the loss
OF life at anywhere from 400 to LOO
uves. but private individuals venture
laures even more astounding. A prom
inent capitalist in Monterey, PEDRO Tref
vino. who IL Identified with many i'm
portant establishments In that city, has
hazarded the assertion that the death
roll will eventually reach 1000. How
ever. Il Is thought that this estimate
NAV be exaggerated. owing to the ex-
element and chaotic conditions exist
ing in Monterey.
There are several little Pueblo cities
or small villages. containing from nfty
banks OF the river to the south Of Mon
terey, and IL 10 reported that these have
been completely wiped out and the in
habitants drowned.
II IL on this ground that Mr.. Trevino
places his estimate OF the loss OF life
a q higher figure than has been stated.
Monterey Is q modern Mexican city
OF from $4,000 to 100000 inhabitants
and II IL estimated that fully fifty per
cent OF the number have suffered or
been greatly inccnvenienced by 1.-The
Hoods.
the catastrophe. with the severe rise In
the river late Saturday night ana early
Sunday morning, several Americans
suffered loss OF property. II was SAID
BY one prominent member OF the Amer.
lean colony. . MT; Houss,, snAs nait %
Many other residences which the
owners are unknown were damaged
In a like manner Many Of the houses
OF Monterey are built OF adobe ana
when the hood waters struck mem
r,iitted them to collapse as though con"
structed OF paper.
CltY in Daxakness.
The city stiil remains in darkness ex-
cent for the use Of candles ana kero"
sene lamps and presents present .auo we'r 20 aS St
that hour there is always motley
crowd trawersing the streets, for the
most part vending their way In the di-
rection Of the scene Of the mood Wnich
seems to exercise q deep fascination
over them. ~ 10 nut hhoWh ""SN
electric light service win be resumed
but the management is making every
endeavor to re-establish partial serv-
ice at least TO furnish lights to the
principal thorouRhfarea. :.
The burst water main has not yet
been repaired but officers Of the COM
pany state that they expect 10 be able
TO partially resume the water supply
tomorrow.
Railway. telephone and Telegraph
communication IL either out OF cona'
mission or 50 badly crippled that II 10
practically useless. The National Rail-
way OF Mexico has been q severe loser
by reason Of the recent foods. Fully
seventy-five miles OF tracks. several
culverts ana bridges have been washed
away by the recent rains There is
absolutely no train service between Ia
redo and Monterey. consequently the
merchants who do business with Mexico
are anxiousiy awaiting the restoration
Of trahlc.
The National Railroad for the first
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