Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-28
False Reports Are HurlIuI to
TOWn.--NOi q Building
Shaken Down.
FEW CHlHNEYS orr ONLY DAMAGE
icy p. r. Dyes, Stan Correspondent
o. The evening citizenl

he ilci mat che greatly eyngEomtcd
and sen .ationni reports sent oui hy
fne correspondents ln Santa ~ and El
Flso. relative fo iho damaFo done
were cauardf pure and simple
OF ihe mnuy tremul.ngs Of che earth
ieli a .hai place ln toe past clshtecn
days, only Two are claaaed af earth
quakcH the remainder being so mild
a. 10 ho barely porcomlblo. The last
shake of ANY Importance occurred LAST
Monday Since that time there have
been several remblings N the earth
hut NO damage was done thereby.
The puakos were accompanied hy n
low. dull Fumhling NOISE and for the
most nlu were mere irpmh'lngs. mo-
Jerks or shocks holng felt except ON
the two occasions oft What the Inhah
itanis Of the little city term the "reai
earthquakes
The court house. which was rpu0rtcd
ln ruins has four ch.mueys on. fwo
shaken on hy the shocks and the
other two Knocked "a hy Sherln Baca.
OWNS foo their having been weakened
uy previous shocks. Some plaucring
was also shaken or
Ahrnn Aheyias residence. two
story brick structure o. probably the
most damaged h0us in thc town Al
small crack 81 noticeable across the
front of ihe house. and thc FROM wallis
have Hagged n probably ihrcc lnrh1s
Tho Colorado Telephone company
BUILDING wherein s located tho post
Office which was also rtpoued in
ruins. has one chimney ~ ana some
plaHtering shaken Loose The rear
wall of The sururrn Chlennin nlice is
ems az plumb SOME lour inches The
proprietor nf ihe building stated that
The rear wall was In had condition.
even before ihe ouakcs came a doc
tors Office opposite the livery stable
has a three fool crack Zoo D. fhn north
wall having been hractd up io prevent
I lts falling out This ~ very old
adobe building aud was in bad cundi
ton before the shocks were felt The
brick buildings on Mansanaies ave.
nue.. reported as being the most badly
damaged, have two or three small
cracks Boz fhe.y exterior surface SO
cracks were visible on che Interior.
and iho wall paper was NOT even
cracked onc coz Two windows were
er1cked Boz addition Cd few minor
crack In somo uid adobe bniidlurf.
This b. .hr extent of tho damage done
hy ihe sbnkes in sooorFo. greatly as
lasrrrutcd aud sensational rono,s NOT
wi'hstandiuF A liberal estimate uf
ihc aciual damage dome property
would bee sso1
ln company with Mayor Bursum
The wrllof was driven t0 ths springs
from which the city gets lts water sup.
! ply. and which were said io have Co.,
creased ten degrees in heat. doubled
( ln supply aud to have become vcry
muddy owing ,o the effects of the
earthquakes The water wells ~
from subirrranoan PASSAGE aud to-
increase ih0 citys supply no water.
] Mayor Bursun has been tunnelling
/ into the mountain side opening un
other sources ~ supply This work
has been COINS og for several weeks.
and naturally The water ls muddy
who're dynamite has been exploded
and mon are dlgging ln li The heat
Of the water has nor Increased in
the least The increase in supply b.
due 10 mayor nnrsnm Hnd net che
earthquake
! A TRIP arund the Town disclosed 10y
actual count about twelve 0r hfieen
tents, ln almost every instance being
ia the yards with tho owners honses
They were btlns used Tor sleeping
I quauors, NOT because me houses had
been made untanHble by the shocks.
hui because the inmates were living
In state Of uncertainty. noe knowing
90 what mnmuu, shock severe
enough 90 throw down their hqnaos
might strike the town The few neu
pie who leii che city 10 be- lime 81
fhe numerous quah arc roiurnug
hy every train.
Every business house in lhe Town o.
wide upcn. ns usual Business haf
never been suspended The Iown and
Co., hualnrss Iniorfa is have hecn mn
! iclons.y injured hy the erosa eNag
HoratIons made concerniug he dam.
lagc done. and the rIiixnns arr very in.
I dignanf hs a result
a striking prof of ne mIldncss of
thc shocks D. the fact that they were
nuf of uniolcuf strength t1 throw
down dead walls iefi standing Day f0r
mfr fires. Tho walls nf ihe nid wind
snr hotel ruins siin stand as 10 che
ruins 0f other buildings lcff Standing
latter nro
The streets aro very dry nn REIN
having lailen fhorD .n some lays a
I cioudbnrst has u.t been Witnessed
there in years
Those Interested in the matter. who
have made study ui conditions. state
I ihli ihcy believe the numerous guakos
40 haro been caused hy explosions 10
the bow rls Of the earth. caused hY limo
I deposits coming in contact WIKI the
. heat Of l-e inner earth The iheugF
of the BOZ unialns slipping Us not glVFn
very much credonee by tho socnrru
people
Az au example az how tho oliy has
been worked sn lnlary Mr. e.. r.
Brown uf fnat place received n mes
sage from Boston. Mass which said.
Press reports say ihaf suc0FU ia
7 wiped on tho earth Are your .utor
csf1 greaily lniuTodf
/ Another message received frm "a
I n0uhcrn cty xald
understand from newspapers ihaf
Two thirds of ciiy n w.ns people
homeless Have you necessary
7 funHff
The answer sent iD ihf uEi mes.
sage was.
Plenty uf money How much dofa
I your cIly want f0 borrow
The sensational iorY published 'u
fh0 E rleo Herald and Cre0lfed b.
Z one Wins. n purely r0L Thf Winklnf
hotel a. boz inmaEed other fhan a
isN cracks in fhe sdobe None of
'is waas Wcli down ANA out as stat