New-York tribune., 1909-09-04
MORE TOWNS WRECKED
THE FLOODS IN MEXICO.
Many Deaths in TamauIipas-4
Bloc to Reucs.

Mexico City. Sept. "A dispatch from Morelia.
capital Of the State Of Michoacan. says that
foods Yesterday ruined a large section of the
Zanora district. a cIoudburst in La Hondada
and La Beata mountains caused rivers and
streams to overflow. and miles of fertile valley
lands are under water branch of the Cen
tral Railroad has been washed out for distance
Of eighteen miles. and the villages of Apzcuaro,
santiaguillo and Cerino under water. The
scarcity Of resulting from the food may
lead to famine. This district is over hun
dred miles south Of Monterey and two hundred
miles west Of Mexico City.
Further details have been received here Of the
food which swept the town of Tua, in the State
Of Tamaupas last Saturday. wave be-
tween forty-tive and ffty-five feet high rushed
down the river and engulfed the lower half Of
the town Two hundred houses and the San
Juan bridge were carried away. Many lives
were lost. The storm ragged with great severity
for three days around Tula. the wind destroying
houses and huts. rendering hundreds homeless.
The wave. it swept boiling down the val
ley. was accompanied by a great wind and hail
storm which destroyed the crops in every direc-
ton The entire northeastern section of the
state is said TO have been laid waste. Railroad
and telegraph communication destroyed,
and the population Of Tula, some seven thou
sand people, were cut of for four days. It will
be six or eight months before the highways can
be restored
Thirty bodies have already been recovered,
and many bodies OF shepherds and mountain
eers are being washed down into the valley be-
low.
AS soon as General Reyes arrived at Monte
rey on Wednesday night federal announce
ment was made that General Mier. Under Sec
retary Of War. would go TO Monterey on a spe-
cial car 10 take charge of the relief work made
necessary there by the recent flood. This IS
considered a direct slap at General Reyes by
the federal government, Reyes is the Gov
error Of the State Of Nuevo Leon, Of which
Monterey is the capital. Persons here allied
with the opposition To the government are
watching this move with great interest.
The state governments are contributing lib
orally toward the relief fund and 1t is believed
that $1,000 viii be raised from these sources.
The Geographic system in Nuevo Leon re-
mains in q badly demoralized condition. Re
ports received from points y hich have been cut
of from communication since Saturday indi-
cate that eight towns in the state either were
wholly partly destroyed. Among these are
Mier, Bravo. Camargo. Rayones, Galeana and
Victoria. Some Two dozen points are yet TO be
heard from and grave fears are felt that with
tie restoration Of communication further de-
etruction Of life and loss Of property will lie
clrronicled.
Every life in Tula would have been lost had
not many Of the inhabitants been forewarned
and fed 10 the hills
The first estimates Of property loss Of $50
osEt0-gn and OF 1000 fatalities as result Of the
foods may be under the mark. The highways
over the northern end Of the state have been
destroyed, and il may De weeks before the tele-
graph system is restored 10 its normal status.
Scores Of rich farms have been converted into
lakes by the food.