FLOODS IN MEXICO
VAST AREA UNDER WATER
TONS OF BANANAS AFFECTED.
(Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Mexico City, September 21
Nineteen thousand tons of bananas grown by or for American companies are under water in a vast flooded district covering the coast lands in the states of Vera Cruz, Chiapas and Canpechi. The Mexican railway is undermined in many places, and there are numerous mountain slides caused by torrential rain. Schools of sharks have gathered along the coast, waiting to feed on drowned cattle from the swelling rivers.—United Service.
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Southland Times, Issue 20886, 23 September 1929, Page 7
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