FLOODS IN MEXICO.
ONE CITY'S LOSSES. ; EICHT HUNDRED PERISH. GREAT DAMAGE—IS,OOO HOMELESS. (1)7 Tolejraph.—Press Association,—OopjrlgbU (Rec. August 30, 10 p.m.) Mexico, August 30, Tha overflowing of rivers has caused enormous damage in Northern Mexico. . Eight hundred people perished at Monterey alone. In this city—the capital of the Stato of Nuovo Leon, situated on .the San Juan River, 180 miles from its mouth, and having a population of . 66,000—there are 15,000 homeless, ; and the damago is estimated. at 12,000,000 dollars (£2,400,000). / .Majiy bridges and 100 miles of the railway track in tho adjoining States of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila have been destroyed.. The loss of the Mexico Smelting and Lead Company is placed at 3,000,000 dollars (£600,000),; and that of the Monterey Steel Company at 1,500,000 dollars'(£300,000). Tho city of Monterey ia inundated.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 5
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132FLOODS IN MEXICO. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 5
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