FLOOD DISASTER
IN MEXICO. i ' ■ v __ .(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) MEXICO CITY, September. 21. Nineteen thousand tons of bananas grown by, or for American companies afe now under water in a vast flooded district, covering the Coast lands in the States of Vera Cruz,-' Chiapa and Canpeche. The American railway is undermined in many places, and there are numerous mountain slides. These have been caused by torrential rain. Schools of sharks have*' gathered along the Coast, waiting to feed upon drowned, cattle from the swelling rivers. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1929, Page 5
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87FLOOD DISASTER Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1929, Page 5
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