The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-20
FIRE FOLLOWS EARTHQUAKE
1000 HOMELESS BY DISASTER
 ATIL0ILo, ISLAND OF PANAK.

Two Distinct Shocks There Yesterday
 --volcanOcs Pupehue in Peru, and
 COIima fin Mexico, Are Once More Ac-
 tive-ThOusands in TerrOr-SeismO-
 graph Registers Violent Shocks.
 Manila, April 19.-Combined with the details of loss of property through the earthquake shocks in various parts of the islands, reports have been received from Iloilo, Island of Panay, that more than 10000 persons have been rendered homeless and destitute because of a disastrous fire that swept the city to- day. The confagration started shortly before dawn, and the flames spread with frightful rapidity before strong gale.
 It was utterly useless for the inhabi tants to try to stop the fire. All that the terrified natives could do was to flee to the open fields and leave their homes and stores to the mercy of the flames. It is feared that there has been great loss of life. It is also re- ported that several steamships tied to the wharves in Iloilo Strait have been destroyed.
 The fire, coming at time when the city was enjoying great prosperity, will be a great blow to the business inter- ests of the Island of Panay. Trade with Manila has been increasing with giant strides In the last year. The colony had settled down to its trade and contentment was to be seen on every hand.
 Iloilo is the capital of the province of that name in the Island of Panay. It stands on Iloilo Strait, and is reached by ships of fifteen feet draught. The principal business houses were well built and many of them were of mod ern construction The population 6,249 ten years ago, increased by several thousand in recent years.
 Earth shocks were felt here at inter- vals for three hours early this morn ing. Three of the shocks were severe, but the majority were very light. Reports received here from the south ern part of the Island of Luzon an- nounce that severe earthquakes were felt at Nueva Caceres, Camarines, Province, and at Tayabas, sixty-two miles southeast of Manila. Buildings were destroyed in both places, but no loss of life has been reported up to the present.
 1 Lima, Peru, April 19.-To the accom- paniment of terrific explosions every few minutes, the volcano Pugehue con- tinues to belch big streams of lava and thick shower of red-hot ashes. A great amount of vegetation has been de- stroyed, and a large tract of land on the Chili side has been covered with the flow.
 1 Although the loss of life has been small, the inhabitants of the entire dis trict are panic-stricken and are fleeing in every direction. Many of the peas ants houses and barns have been de- stroyed, and 1. Is reported from Lake Ranco that several large herds of cat tie have been killed The ashes and smoke make the sky as dark as night.
 Mexico City, April 1s.-The big Co., lima volcano is still in eruption, and the people of the distric tare hastening out of the danger zone with what few possessions they can hastily get togetil- or. The whole of southern Mexico is l in state of terror.
 Smoke and flames have issued from the mountain at frequent Intervals for the last fifty years, but never have the eruptions approached anything like the present disturbance. Ashes have fall en hundred and fifty miles from the mountain.
 The majorwity of the population of the city of Colima, seven miles from the base of the volcano, have deserted their homes and established camps on the tops of nearby hills.