The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-26
THOUSANDS KILLED
AS HURRICANE HITS
FAMOUS OIL REGION
Tremendous Property Damage
Reported Following Flood
At Tampico
RELIEF EFFORT HAMPERED
Communication Lines Damaged
and All Parts Of Nation
Are in Distress
RELIEF EFFORT HAMPEREr
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Sept. 26.-tP)-
The first news direct from Tampico,
received here when communication
were restored Tuesday, was that Mon
days hurricane killed or injured more
than 500 persons and destroyed a.
most the entire port.
Mexico. D. F.. Sept. 26.-tFD--Mex-
ico's resources were modified Tues
Gay to aid the storm-stricken ana
flooded city Of Tampico, where esti-
mates placed the number of dead or
injured as high as 5000 and thou
sands left homeless. Enormous prop
erty damage was reported.
Military authorities reported to the
war ministry Tuesday that the Port
of Tampico was virtually destroyed.
The manager of the Tampico afr
drome said In a message that So bod
les had been recovered by Tuesday
noon.
of military operations for the state OF
Tamaulipas, said in dispatch to the
war ministry that the disaster was of
great magnitude.
Some 300 persons were reported to
have been rescued from flooded Sec
tons of the city.
The Minister of Interior was unable
to carry out plan to proceed to
Tampico by air because he learned
that 1t was impossible to land there.
$50 Americans Escape
The 800 Americans living in the
Tampico district apparently escaped
injury. The information came from
r. S. Carey. American vice consul
/ John Bartoi Payne, president of the
American Red Cross, offered assist
ance.
Wireless reports to Brownsville.
Texas, told of the death Of 81 persons.
killed when the civil hospital collaps-
ed in the Sunday night blow.
Two relief trains, carrying batta.
lions OF infantrymen to aid In re-
construction work and food and me-
dical supplies, were en- route to the
Gil port.
Parts Of the city were under IA
feet Of water and railroad tracks IN
the area were flooded or washed away
SO it was problematical when they
would arrive.
Although more than two days have
passed since the hurricane struck
with all its fury, the city was with
out communication facilities except
by means of wireless from ships In
the harbor. Officials reported the
damage there and in other parts Of
the nation was catastrophe"
The military chief of the district
reported by wireless that three
fourths of Tampico was destroyed.
with many victims.
Unofficial reports set the death toll
at from 200 to 5000 Dispatches by
round about means said the wind, OF
! 125-mile-an-hour velocity, levelled
the civil hospital, railroad station,
and customs house and nearly every
structure was destroyed or unroofed.
Fear Many Buried Alive
It was feared hundreds had been
buried alive in the ruins. Flood wa
tiers Of the Panuco and Tamesi rivers
added their terrorS to those of the
hurricane.
| Tampico was placed under martial
law. It's harpor was closed to ship
ping. Airplanes could not get through
to its flooded airport and it was be-
lieved days might elapse before re-
lief could reach the city. The pos
sibility of disease, it was thought
here, might hold new dangers.
In the entire Tampico district, as
far west as ITS miles, the storm
spread death and destruction. The
city Of Cardenas, in San Luis Potosi,
reported that at least 80 drowned
as the result Of the collapse Of . rail-
road dam.
It was feared that many more had
been trapped by q sea Of water and
mud which swept the city, destroy
ing many houses.
Two trains were reported to have
been completely covered by water be-
tween Tampico and Cardenas. The
National Railways officials estimated
that damage to their flooded or de-
stroyed property would amount to
81. 600 900 or more.
Crops suffered throughout tn z
northeastern and central parts OF
the country, where torrentiai rains
fell until last midnight.
Heavy damage was done IN the oil
fields, according to reports reaching
here by way Of San Luis Potod. A
number Of refineries and other build
ings were completely wiped out.
Throughout the rest Of Mexico
heavy losses we're reported because Of
continuing rains.
FOw Trains lGiss1mg
Il WAS officially revealed that Two
passenger trains and two freight
trains disappeared between Cardenas
and Tsmpico.
1 A message from Charles Dgay1ms
IN airplane pilot. said Tampico ann
! critics, overwhelmed LEES than -
weeks ago By . tropical STORM that
caused 90 deaths, regarded this . m
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