Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-17
Later Reports Show That The
Devastation Was Greater Than
First Reported.
NO ESTIMATE OF THE LOSS OF LIFE
Wire and Railroad communications
Almost Entirely Cut or and No
Details Can Be Learned, But the
Whole Western coast Has Been
Greatly Damaged.
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CIV Associated Presa)
CITY or MEXICO. April lG.--
Heavy earthquakes continued on tho
west const until four o'clock this
morning. Late news from the arcp
OF greatest destruction shows that
the devastation was greater than was
vt first supposed, Besides the dos
trnction OF Chilpnncingo and Chilapn,
II is now reported that Tixtla. between
these two cities, containing about the
same population MS Chilmncingo was
also lcvclcd. Messengers from the
consi who have reached Chilpancinsu
also say that the towns Of Ayutln.
aud Omctcpoc have oecn destroyed.
Aynltn Is about nifty miles south
81 CA.lrnncnso in the state of Gucr
zero and some twenty miles west OF
Acapulco. II is one OF the most his.
lorlc towns In the republic. for II was
mere mat the plan OF Ayuita" was
conceived which caused the revolt-
Ton, made II real republic ana dc.
Ncloned the talents OF II young officer
named Poriirio Diaz. The population
OF ANila Is small and loss of lifo
tTere WIN he insisnincnnt: 0metebra
is further south near the boundary
limo of the states of Guerrero and
OaSaca. II is town of about 1909
inhabitants Tlapa. town 80 mllcs
west of Chilpancingo. and near the
border line of the state of Aoxa is
also reported damaged
The report from ChilpnncingC saws
that the whole of the west coas, from
Acapula SOUTH to Salina CRUZ, the
Pacific terminal OF the Tchuantepec
National Railway has been badly dam
aged.
Owing TO the iemotCnoss or these
points and TO the fact that wire ana
ran communication is very poor news
from the stricken district comes very
slowly.
Only one wire is working TO Chill.
pancinGo and that rather spasmodi-
cally.
Operator Would Tell Nothing.
Through THE courtesy of the Off.
GERS of the Federal Telegraph Com
pany the Associated Press was given
the wire today ut noon while II was
working through to Chilpanclngo.
Tho operator there was questioned as
to tho number of casualties but he
iGcciarcd h. knew nothing beyond the
fact that he had seen about n dozen
rnrpsps and knew Of some 80 wound
ed
a despatch 10 III Pals. daily
naper which -is--the organ or the
Catholic church in this city from The
bishop OF Chilapancngo confirms tho
report of the of the widespread des.
irnction in that vicinity Fourteen
arc reported to have been killed i'm
one house and the number OF wound
cd is given rs 30.
In Texlta II is reported that 12
bodies have been taken from the
ruins and that twice that number
OF wounded are being cared for III
temporary structures erected I'm the
open country. Up to four o'cloc:;
this morning the shocks continued
Mt more or less severity at Chilpan-
cingo completing the work of des-
truction and destroying many of the
most important public buildings OF
the city, the new municipal palace
was badly shattered. It's predeces-
! sor was levelled by an earthquake
four years ago. The hospitals, schools
and the Jail are in ruins.
Loss of Life Heavy.
Up TO this timo the number o.
deaths are reported at SO and the
wounded 80. But I'm view OF the
later reports ii is thought that these
| figures will fall far short OF the rea,
number OF fatalities. 1t is reported
that Acipulio was partly submerged
from The great waves which dashed
over the breakwater. Although no
breath of wind was stirring on the
night of the first shock when the
earth began to trembe. the sen was
/ dashed into a fury and as the shocks
continued the harbor had the APP
poarance of a typhoon swept ocean.
just how much of the port was sub
merged is not known.
Communication by rail with Vera
| Cruz is entirely cut off owing to the
! sinking OF the roadbeds on both the
Mexican and Inter Oceanic Railways.
Reports from nearly all of the large
cities in the southern part of the re-
public have now been received i,nd
although many OF these places felt
the shock severely, no loss or life
has been reported and tho property
! loss is Insignificant.