FLOODS IN MEXICO
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST. MEXICO, August 30. ; The overflow of the rivers caused enormous damage in Northern Mexico j Eight hundred people perished in Monterey alone, and 15,000 are homeless. The damage is estimated at about 12.000,000d01. Many bridges and 100 of miles of railway track in the States of Neureloon and Coapirla have been destroyed. j The Mexico Smelting and Lead Company's losses are placed at 3,000,000d01, ' ', and those of the Monterey Steel Company ' at 1,000,000d01. [ Half of the city is inundated. " LINSEED COMPOUND." Trade- ' ] mark of Kay's Compound Essence of Linseed for Coughs and Colds.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 19
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100FLOODS IN MEXICO Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 19
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