The border vidette., 1930-08-09
MUCH SUFFERING

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many homes stripping them Of
their furnishings. Hundreds of
Mexicans early this morning
walked the streets clad only in
their night clothing, their belong
iugs having been washhd away.
Homes we're opened to them and
they were given food and shelter.
Brick and adobe buildings in
Noeales, Sonora. collapsed when
the food struck them. Searchers
are seeking bodies of additional
victims in the ruins.
The food water coursed
through the principal business
streets of Nogales. Arizona
wreaking much damage. Many
business establishments we're
this morning clearing out mud
and debris which bad been de
posted by the swift waters.
Water stood nearly a foot
high in some business buildings.
particularly the buildings in
Grand avenue.
The concrete covered arroyo
in the central section of the city
spouted water over a wide area
inundating a ladge residential
district causing considerable
loss.
Over fifty automobiles, aband
oned by their owners. were count
ed in the streets this morning.
Several of them had been over.
turned and wrecked by the rush
ing waters while others had been
washed for blocks down the
street.
The telephone operator who
went on duty at six o'clock said
every street I passed on the
way to work" was an indscriba
BILE scene of wreckage.
Every imaginable thing from
homes is scattered in every direc
ton. There are broken beds,
ice boxes, chairs, tables, baskets
and there are broken wagons,
driftwood and just about every
thing that could be named. This
is much worse than the last food
we had--the worst anyone
around here remembers.
I'VE were wakened by the
storm about midnight. Many
people we're awake and trying to
save house furnishings from the
water. Lots of people lost a
good deal.
The Public Utilities Consoli
dated Corporations reported con.
siderable damage,
I'VE had a terrific fight against
water all night, the night
foremen told the Associated
Press. 1T was necessary to
stop all electric service soon
after the real flood started
Water rushed through the two
plants we operate, and filed the
generator pits. We put on a
crew of men and baled all night.
We had to shut down to keep
the fywheels from pulling water
into the generators.
The gas plant is in terrible
shape. Fortunately we had q
wood supply of gas stored, be
cause service cannot be resum
ed before noon. We have a
whole crew making repairs and
trying to clean out mud, stones
and water.
THE ice plant was hard hit,
and was seriously affected by
the power cut off. There too we
we're fortunate in having ice
stored. It was the worst flood
we've ever experienced and gave
US no end of trouble. We can
not begin to estimate the cost
or Tue damage.
Nogales reported dead wires
in the direction of Tubac and
Patagonia, and said they had
been unable to raise them since
the food bit Nogales.
Service finally was restored
to Patagonia at Z Is a. m. Re
sidents of that town said there
bad been "a terrible rain" all
night but there was no local
damage.
Officials of Nogales, Sonora
are checking up the residents of
all homes in the city which we're
damaged by the food last night.
Continued rumors that many
are missing caused officers to
make a thorough canvas of each
demolished house. 10 many
instances it was found that the
residents had fad their homes