Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-23
The Earthquake at 0axaca, Mexico.

City of Mexico May 30 Correspondence of the
New York Herald.
The latest news from private sources give
| full particulars of the terrible earthquake
which nearly ruined the entire city Of OAK
AGA. on the 18th OF this month. About halt
past II p. M, several hard shocks were
! felt, causing destruction of life and prop
erty all over the city. The motion was os-
cillatlng at first from south to north, then
vertical or trembling. The shocks lasted
about titty-eight seconds, ana In force de
struction and severity, surpassed anything
of the kind that has ever taken place IN
this state. Oaxaea is probably one Of the
strongest most firmly constructed cities in
! Mexico; vet the condition OF the houses
since the earthquake is truly deplorable ~
some of them in complete ruins. The palace
is almost destroyed, and will require thou
sands of dollars before it can be made
suitable for occupation. San Francisco is
one mass of ruins, and the whole of the
corridors of the old convent OF San Juan
de Dios fell, burying four persons and
wounding many more, The clock tower,
which was only finished en- the 5th of May
was shaken down, passing through the top
of the building into the Supreme Court
rooms. and through the floors ct these into
the portals of the palace. The total num-
Der OF persons killed is about lO1, while 1t
! is impossible to ascertain the number Of
the wounded. The shocks continued the
next day Thursday, and about quarter
to one a wy severe one was felt Friday
there were one or two very slight shocks
Terror regns suprt nae, and upon the coun-
tenanee of every one anxiety and fear of
greater evil are plainly depicted All re-
manned in the public squares ana outside
of the city, for tear that greater shocks
would come, and on account of its dilapi-
dated condition, would make a com
plete ruin of the entire city.
TIE FAMILY OF DICKENS. - Mrs. Charles
Dickens survives aer husband She has
lived apart from him ever since their un-
fortunate differences resulted in public
scandal in 1856. Mr. Dickens had buried
several children, and leaves two daughters
one married to Mr.. Charles Collins,
brother of Wilkie Collins, the novelist, and
one unmarried and several sons, the eld-
est married and already dabbling in litera-
ture. one in Australia, one In the navy and
one winning high honors in the university.
Miss Hogarth, a sister of his wife has CIV
en- her life the care Of the family, and
was with Mr.. Dickens at Gads Hill at the
time of his death. OF his many friends,
perhaps the most intimate was Mr. John
| Forster: the biographer OF Goldsmith and
Tandor, to whom Mr.. Dickens dedicated
the last editions of bis works, and it seems
likely that upon Mr. Forster will devolye
the duty of writing the lite of his friend.
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