The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-20
Panic Among lnhabi-
 tants is Subsiding.
PEOPLE CAMP IN TIE OPEN
Slides of Mountain Masses Believed
 to Cause Trcmors.
Mayor Burnsum of the New Mexics city Issues ssatemsnt which wni Bs Rea..urins to
 the Public.

Santa Fe, N. M.. July ls.--several light tremours occurred at socorro last night. No serious damage was done. The panic among the inhabf- tants is subsiding, as 1t is believed the worst of the earthquakes has passed.
 Most of the people of sacorro are stifi camping in the open. The action of Mayor Burnsum. who, at his own expense. is doubling the capacity of the citys water supply to meet any fire imergency, is restoring confidence. as he keeps the men at work during the frequent earthquake shocks. Many of the refugees at Santa Fe and All burqueruue have signified their in-i tention of returning to Socorro next week if there are no more violent manifestations by that time.
 careful search of the lava fieida to the southeast of the city have fafl- ed to reveal any new hot springs or evidence of volcanic action reported yesterday. The entire property darn- age at socorro will not exceed sE,0oo, as only the old adobe houses have suffered. In surrounding towns the property damage is also slight owing to the cheap character of the buildings affected and the absence of costly structures.
 The shocks undoubtedly were caused by slides of mountain masses In tIa' Magdalena and socorro ranges. caussdl by heavy rains.
 Mayor Burnsum ia heroicaify dlreot~ ing in person the work of increasing the water supply Of socorro this evNa- ing. The following is his ofElcial siRa- ed statement:
 Mayor Hurnsuxn Talks.
 hn IA . A.S&st. quake at Socorro have been exaKRer@ ated. the damage being the topplinz over of chimneys and the shakinN 0k some walls of buildings not of nub-' stantiai character The court hpuae l@i not injured except the failing plastarl in the ceiling and the fepplins over cs which is an oid builAin9, haa nox beon damaged in the le1at. The actual dam. age all around G very slight although there is some unseasiness on accouf.k of the frequency of the shocks which are. however. becoming lighter eacn time, indicating that the disturbance ia snbsiding. Since yesterday there harn been four slight shocks which wcra barely perceptible and would havs passed unnoticed at other times. Peo- pie who have left Socorro on account of the earthquake have done so princis paliy on account of their children or &eHlHleI rel6tlNGS. lucIe Hdb tt4U H0 cloudburst or flood as reported in das- patches and not the slightest injury te any person.
 Mayor Bursum also denied the renors from Topeka, Kas.. that the Santa FG tracks are blocked by Kalling houiders. All trains through socorro arrived on time today.
 El Paso. Tex, guiy is--rhs santa Ts train arrived acre four hours late today having been delayed by bcuid-l CTS thrown on the track by the earth qualxr near Socorro. The train brougiisA a number of refugees from that region. Passengers report that earthQuake ah icks continue in the vicinity of s0-. zorro and that many chimneys h&yes been shaken down and walls of housesp ir. soroeco wrecked. Rumbling nofsss are heard beneath old lava beds near. socorro. Natives are in a state of ter-i TOT fearing that extinct volcanoes msys break out. But few people are left in, Socorro now, according to the sth3e-i ment of the refugees.