Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-19
EHupTioNs CONTINUE AND NEW
cRaTERS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED.
INHABITANTS flee
Severe Earthquakes In Luxon-The"
ory In that Process Of Mountain
Formation Still On In Mexico.

Lima. April is~ The Volcano ol
pueheme. In the province Of valdisia
Chile. is yet In active eruption. and
new craters have developed and op
ened The losses In the nelghbor
hood are enormous ami the inhabit.
ants are panic stricken. Showers OF
hot ashes are falling and there are
continued earthquake shocks, accom-
panied by subterranean explosions.
The ruined Inhabitants are fleeing In
all directions.
Quake u Manila.
Manila, r. l.. April 10 Reports
have been received from south Lu.
zon Of a severe earthquake In the
town Of Nueva caceres. the capital
Of the province of Aribos. camarines,
and also at Tayabas, In the province
OF Tayabas. In northern Luzon. The
destruction Of buildings 10 reported.
but so far there Is no mention OF
loss Of life. The trembling was ex.
perienced at Manila, with intermit-
morning. Three OF the shocks were
severe, but the majority Of the others
were scarcely perceptble.
ouakss Reported from Europe.
London. April 19.--John Milne, the
seismologfst, says HIS instruments n.
corded large earthquake. beginning
at 9:1o o'clock Wednesday night.
1t reached the maximum intensity at
1905 p. m, and lasted q long time
after. Ii Is estimated that 1t was
5.40o miles distant, probably In Mex
leo or the northern part of South
America. The Austrian observatory
telegraphs that a great earthquake
began at 1915 mid-European time.
The center of the disturbance was ap-
parently $3.50 miles away.
Similar to Frisco.
New York, April 19.- Prof. c. P.
Berkley of the department of geology
at Columbia says the earthquake con-
ditions prevailing in Mexico are ex-
actly similar to those which prevailed
In San Francisco year ago. Mexico
is comparatively new region, ac'
cording to Professor Berkey, where
the process of mountain formation Is
still going on, causing earthquakes.
He continues:
II can not connect the present dis
turbances with any particular vol
canic eruption. although there are In
Mexico now four active volcanoes.
There is not. however. any necessary
connection between these volcanoes
and the quake"
Six Hundred Dead.
City of Mexico, April 10. - Details
of the earthquake in southern Mexico
on Monday morning are still lacking.
According to the latest estimates.
based to a great extent on the uncon-
firmed reports, 600 are dead and over
1000 injured. 1t Is impossible to es-
timats the property loss, but 1t will
amount to millions. In the town of
Chilapa, nearly fifty bodies have
been taken from the ruins, and nearly
500 are cared for in temporary hospi-
tails. People are awaiting in terror
to see what the volcano of Colima
will do. 1t seems on the verge of a
terrible outbreak and In the immedi-
ate danger zone are prosperous su
gar and coffee plantations and sever
al thriving cities. The volcano has
terrorized southern Mexico for half a |
century.
No American Losses.
New York, April 19.- Private mes
sages from business interests in the |
territory affected by the earthquake
in Mexico show these interests suf-
fered no damage at La Dicha, in the |
state Of Guerrero, during the earth |
quake last Monday. Extensive busi- |
ness interests, In which Americans
are concerned and employed, at Mar |
ques, on the Pacific. although only |
about twelve miles from Acapulco, |
escaped damage. !