The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
WHOLE WORLD
Was In the Throes of Hugh Earth
quake Last Week.
THOUSANDS KILLED.

The Series Has Been Most General
and Severe in History and Wore
Accompanied by Darkness, Light
ming Storms and the Sitting Odor
Burning Sulphur. Authorities Try.
ing to Suppress Real Loss Of Life.
Dispatches received from four con-
tinents indicated that the whole
world has been in the throes Of q re-
markable series OF earthquakes.
More than 1000 lives have been
loss In Merico and many towns have
| been swallowed in the rents Of the
earth.
Violent earthquakes are reported
IN the Russian rans-Caspian terri
tory in Asia; in Southern Spain. in
Fyrol and throughout Turkey and
Syria. The startling eruption Of q
volcano in Chile is accompanied by
darkness, lightning storms and the
stihing odor Of burning sulphur.
A dispatch from Eel Paso, Texas,
says more than thousand persons
were killed in the earthquake which
devastated the territory southwest
Of Mexico City.
The list of dead may be increased
greatly, according to late dispatches
received Friday from the affected
country New volcanoes have brok-
en- out and the burning lava has set
IRE to the forests and people and live
stock are fleeing for their lives.
scores OF towns lying between Mex
leo City and the Pacific ocean have
been wiped out by the earthquakes
In many instances the earth opened
and in the great chasms thus formed.
swallowed whole villiges.
The greatest damage done be-
tween the City Of Mexico and the Col
ina volcano, which seemed to be the
starting point Of the disturbance, Co
lima Is now In violent eruption, the
most severe in the history OF Mexico,
and no estimate can now be placed
on the extent of the damage done or
yet to be done.
One OF the most alarming featureo
Is tho indication that there has been
large loss OF life in the City Of Mex
ico fact which the authorities are
trying to suppress. Efforts to COM
municate with the authorities have
failed, but privat advicos to com
mercial houses say that the loss Of
life has been heavy, but that no an
nouncement would be made by the
officials.
Messages received at the town OF
Jaurez, in Mexico, just across the
river from El Paso, say that when all
Of the dead In the scores Of towns
and villages to the southwest have
been enumerated, the list of dead
VIII far exceed 900.
This series OF earthquakes was the
most severe In the history Of the
country. Not only did the disturbance
extend from Mexico City to Colima,
but there was a great disturbance on
the bottom OF the gulf Of Mexico.
Fishing boats returning from the
red snapped banks report that they
were ovcrtakcn by most remarkable
storms in which cross tides attacked
them, water spouts appeared, and
great columns of steam shot from the
ocean. Several Of these boats were
made SO hot by the steam from the
sea that ice which their fish were
packed with, was melted.
All Of the railroad lines I'm the
southern and western part of Mexico,
have been practically destroyed. In
scores Of places the roadbed was car
ried completely away.
This has interfered greatly with
the execution Of the governments
measures Of relief. The bishop of
Chilapa telegraphs that the destruc-
ton Of Chilapa was almost complete
that in many instances whole fami-
lies were killed and that the need of
relief was urgent.
The tidal wave which swept over
the town of Acapulo did great dam
age The tigal waZe led two mete-
rologists to believe that the earth
quake was OF worldwide dimensions.