MISSOURI VALLEY

Evening Star, Issue 22047, 5 June 1935, Page 9

MISSOURI VALLEY

SWEPT BY FLOODS DEATH TOLL MINTING Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright KANSAS CITY, Juno 3. The floods which hare swept the Missouri Valley watershed during the past few days extended southward to-day, threatening an increased death roll, which now stands at 200, about 140 ol which were in Nebraska, The flooded Republican River, which caused most of the casualties over the-.week-end, is now threatening a section in the viciinty of Junction City, Kansas. It is estimated that the property damage in the States of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Missouri exceeded 25,000,000d01. The Red Cross leaders have mobilised relief for homeless families, which number thousands. By an odd freak of Nature dust storms, which recently swept over areas not flooded, again appeared in (. Jahoma and Te'xas, which are still suffering a lack Of rainfall. . TORRENTIAL RAINS IN MEXICO MOUNTAINSIDE TOWNS SWEPT AWAY. MEXICO CITY, June 3. Official reports said that 122 bodies were recovered on Monday night, after torrential rains swept a number of mountainside towns in Mexico Valley. Xachimilco, 12 miles from the capital, reported two hours after the storms started that torrents swept residents and homes down into the valley.