The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-05
EARTHQUAKES WRECK
MANY MEXICAN TOWNS
Great Damage and Loss of Life
in Southern Section.
SUBMERGED BY TIDAL WAVES
Part of Acapulco Under Water
Twelve Dead at TiXtla-Railroad
Communication, Mexico to Vera
Cruz, Cut Off.

Mexico City, Mexico.-Thirty-eight
persons were, killed and ninety-three
injured. in the earthquake shocks
near Chilpancingo and along the west
coast in southern Mexico. 1t is al
most certain now that later reports
will largely increase the number of
fatalities, and that the. property dam
age and the earthquakes extent were
ven greater.
kilograms, delayed a day, show
that besides Chilpancingo and Chi
lapa, the towns of Ayutla, Ometepee
and TiXtla were partially destroyed
and that Hapa was badly damaged.
A dispatch from C~hilpancingo
states that Acapulco was partially
submerged by tidal waves, and that
the whole west coast for 500 miles,
from Acapulco south to Salina Cruz,
the Pacific terminal Of the Tehuante-
pee National Railway, was badly
damaged.
Long stretches of the roadbeds Of
both the Mexican and ~Interocean
Railways have sunk, and traffic be-
tween this city and Vera Cruz, on
the Gulf, is suspended.
Twelve bodies have been taken
from the ruins at Tixtla, which is half
way between Chilpancingo and Chi
lapa, in the State Of Guerrero. Twice
that number of injured are being
cared for in temporary structures in
the open country.
Ayulta, an historic town, is about
fifty miles south of Chilpancingo and
some twenty miles west of Acapulco.
Ometepec, with 1000 inhabitants,
is further south than Aizutla, near
the border line of the State of OAK
AGA. Tlopa is sixty miles west of
Chilpancingo.
Although there was no wind at
Acapulco on the night of the first
shock when the earth began to trem-
Bile, the sea was dashed into a fury,
and as the shocks continued tho har-
Dor looked like a typhoon-swept
ocean. Just how much of the port
has been submerged is not known.
The houses as far as the church are
under water, but there are many
churches in the place. Several ships
were in the harbor, but these put out
to sea and, it is said, none of them
suffered.
A dispatch to Ell Pals, the organ of
the Catholic Church in this city, from
the Bishop of Chilapa, confirms the
report of the widespread destruction
in that vicinity. Fourteen persons
were killed in one house there; the
injured number t%hirty-nine.
The renewed shocks at C~hilpancin-
go levelled most of the important
public buildings. The new municipal
palace was badly shattered. Its pre-
decessor was levelled by an earth
quake four years ago. The hospitals,
schools and the Jail are in ruins.
The prisoners from the Jail are
guarded by the rural guards and are
now located in a temporary structure
erected in the open court. The Gen
eral commanding the troops was bad
ly injured.
The Federal Government is helping
the people of Chilpancingo, but calm
cannot be restored there until the
shocks cease. Only one wire is work
ing spasmodically between this city
and Chilpancingo. At noon an OPP
orator there was questioned about
the number of casualties. He said
he knew only that he had seen about
a dozen dead and about thirty m
jured persons.