The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 1, 1954, Page 5

‘Thursday, July 1, 1954 THR KEY WEST CITIZEN Piedras Negras Is A City Of Sorrow In Wake Of Flood By ROBERT H. JOHNSON JR, PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexicom— was a town of sorrow and Uncounted dead last night. The greatest flood in the history of the Rio Grande rolled down on Piedras Negras and.past the levee that curled around it like a pro- arm , Thirty-eight persons are known dead, But few believed last night these were all the dead. Uncon- firmed estimates ranged up to 500. Last night campfires flickered on the rough, mesquite-covered hills around what was a thriving farm town of 35,000 people across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pasg, Tex. These were the fires of the homeless, people who daily trudge back to their ruined houses in search of the dead. At least one half — the half farth- est from the river — of Piedras Negras still is flooded. The down- town section was in better shape. It is high, on the edge of the Rio Grande, and the water has receded from its white brick, two-story buildings with spires and shutters of red and blue. Cars. move through the paved m streets and merchants FOR ATHLETE’S FOOT USE A KERATOLYTIC BECAUSE— it SLOUGHS OFF the tainted outer skin to expose buried fungi and kills it on contact. Get this STRONG, Keratolytic fungicide, T-4-L, at any drug store. If not pleased IN ONE HOOR, your 40c back. Now ‘at GARDNER’S PHARMACY | enna reset ors ae ———___. VICTORY 804 White St. sadly take up the job of getting back to ruined businesses, Away from the business section, the paving plays out and the streets are loblollies of sticky mud down which no automobile can travel. These are the sections where adobe houses melted like toy mud huts made by children. Open cesspools pock the town like sores. There is no pure water in the town, H. G. Walker, a U.S. Public Health Service officer from Eagle Pass who has inspected Piedras Negras, said, ‘Sanitary comiitions are horrible The water system was never adequate and now there | ja: is none at all.” At first, Walker said, bodies were pulled out of mesquite bushes end buried quickly. “But listen,” he said, “there are five or six kids in every Mexican family. Those families take care of their own. They find a drowned kid and they bury him pronto.” “So who knows’ how many are dead. From what I hear, there may be anywhere from 200 to 500. But I don’t know if that’s right and nobody will ever know. But I’ll bet there are a hell of a lot of bodies uncounted.”’ Everybody had plenty of warn- ing that the flood was coming early yesterday and nobody in Eagle fers a town of about 1,100, was lost. “But in Piedras Negras,” said J. R. Sandifer of the U.S. Immi- gration and Naturalization Service, “nobody believed the warning. WE DELIVER They wouldn’t get out and those adobe houses plain disintegrated.” Walker rubbed a palm over his bald head. “You see that levee over there — what is left of a levee? You see how it starts at the river and curls around the town, kind of like an arm? They built that levee after a big flood in 1932 and they put their faith in it. “And it failed them,” A long-term trend toward lower consumption of wine in the world has produced large surpluses in a number of countries. NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “A & B Construction €o.,” Box 493, Islamorada, Florida, in- tends to register the said fictitious name with the Clerk of the Cir- cuit Court of Monroe County, Flor- ‘Dated June 9, 1954. Le s 'AISE, HOWARD ANDREWS, Sole Owners. june 10-17-24, july 1, 1954 NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW. 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Home Milk took over the top spot in the Industrial League which bowls on Wednesdays. High game for their league was 214 for L. Gonsales of Westinghouse Electric. In action last night the Ameri- ean Legion took the JayCees for 2 points and tied them for first place along with the V. F. W. who took 3 points from the Lions to tie also for first. Gilmore, team captain of the V. F. W. holds high series for the league with a 555 for Tues- day’s action thereby increasing his league average to 177.5. Also his team holds the high game with an 825. Individual high game went to Stan Grenuck of the Knights of Columbus with a 204. More from the Pin-Boys corner next week. Many farmers refuse to kill skunks because they are valuable in killing insects. Mims And Dykes See-Saw To 10 Round Draw WASHINGTON @ — Middle- weights Holly Mims and Bobby Dykes, both seeking a shot at the crown, see-sawed their way last night to an unusual 10-round draw that did neither of their careers much good, Mims, Washingtor, D.C.’s sec-|'s ond-ranked contencer for the world title held by Bobo Olson, looked strong in the middle rounds when he jarred Dykes with overhand right-hand punches, _Dykes, Miami, Fla., veteran, piled up a big lead in the early rounds by clicking lefts and rights at Mims, then making the Wash- ington puncher come after him instead of mixing it with him any- where near the ropes. Semi-finals Set ‘In Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, England (?—Four American women were keeping the Stars and Stripes boldly flying at| Wimbledon today as they clashed in the semifinals of the All-Eng-| land Women’s Championships— | 6-1. and somewhat unenthusiasti¢ reaction from the 2,601 fans who paid to ee the nationally televised bout Mims weighed 155, Dykes, 15914. 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