Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
VOAAAL lAA uAAAAANO
Entire Southern Balf Of tbs Republic is
Badly 'haken Up.
TWO TOWNS ARE ENTIRELY DESTROYED
RumOrS Of Heavy Loss Of Life Are Not
Yet Confirmed.
PANIC CONDITIONS PRESENT EVERYWHERE
Number Of Places En- irsly Cut Of from the
Outside World
SHOCK RECORDED IN MANY CITIES
sieSmosrsph ne Albany, N. ", f.
Affected More Than at Time
of the San Francisco
Disaster.
SHOCK RTCoRDtO IN MANY CITIES

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico, April 15.-Thls
city has been completely destroyed by an
earthquake. The known dead number
eleven and the badly injured twenty-seven
The greatest panic prevails and people are
fleeing 10 the open country. The earth con-
tinues to rock at half-hour intervals and
many minor shocks are completing the
work Of destruction.
Word has reached here that the city Of
Chiapa, forty-two kilometers to the north
eastward. has also been destroyed. No de-
tails have been received as to the number
OF the dead and injured. The population Of
Chilpancingo is 7,4eS. and until the panic
into which the citizens have been thrown
abates II viii be impossible to state the
number of casualties. The population of
Chilapa is 1.50O. No word has been received
from Tixtla and 1t is feared it also has
been destroyed. According to the movement
Of the earthquake Tixtla would be In its
direct line.
Papic Prevails at ChiIapa.
The following message was sent to the
federal telegraph Office in Mexico City from
Chilapa:
Our boys are working in public garden.
a terrible panic prevails, as the earth con-
tinues to tremble at regular intervals. Send
us tents that we may establish an ONCE out
In the country.
All communication with the west coast
has been cut on since the movement Of the
FIRST big shock, and It is not known to what
extent that region suffered. The nearest
large town, Acapulco, 1S1 lCilometers to the
southwest Of this place, has not been heard
from.
Both the volcanoes Of Colima and Jor1uIlo
are in this region. The earthquake, II is
feared. may cause these mountains to be-
come more active and to destroy much
property and many lives
Entire Mesa BELT Shocked.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 16-The federal
telegraph Office here has Informed the AS
ISOLATED Press that last nights earth
quake has tnterfered with the working of
the wires in all parts of the republic south
81 line drawn from Acapulco on the west
coast to Tampico on the gulf coast
Frolh messages received at the telegraph
ONCE here up 10 noon II appears that the
entire southern half of the republic, In
eluding the lower country and the Mesa"
belt, felt the shock last night
Messages from as far north as San Luis
Potosi and south to san Juan Bautista, in
the state Of Tabaseo. report feeling the
shock in varying degrees At no place,
however. has loss Of life or great de r-c-
tion Of property been reported except in
the state OF Guerrero. The boundary line
OF the northern zone Of the earthquake
extended across the country In a north
westerly direction for over 400 miles and
south over 600 miles.
Heavy Loss of Life RumOred.
The National Bank Of Mexico has re-
ceived telegram saying that 500 lives were
lost in the destruction OF Chilpancingo and
Chilapa In governmental circles the report
Ia not credited. II is admitted that both
"a ~, he hut fg
not thought that the death list win even
approximate 800. owing to the fact that
the houses are built of stone in order to
resist earthquake shocks.
The federal authorities here have been
appealed to by the governors of the dis
tricts OF Bravos and Chilapa for tents, as
the Inhabitants are now living In the open.
The governor OF Guerrero has dispatched
military engineers and troops TO the
stricken district and the work Of rescue
and sanitation is being carried on In a sys-
tematic manner
is believed that the local station is much
nearer the center OF the shock than the
eastern stations, where the duration of the
quake was much longer.
II is well founded fact that shock is
always shortest at the nearest point TO the
center OF an earthquake" said Prof Armin
o. Leaschner, director OF the students OBJ
servatory, and head of the department of
astronomy at the University OF California,
this afternoon. THE shock felt in the
east was very plainly recorded on the omey
siesmograph In the students observatory.
We did not take the record on until 2
O'Clock this afternoon, although II was
much earlier than our regular time for
making observations, which are taken every
twenty-four hours. The record OF the
heavy motion is followed by that Of ad-
ditional heavy shocks"
shock Felt IN New York.
ALBANY, N. T.. April 15.-The strongest
and longest earthquake shock recorded on
the seimograph AZ the state museum here
since the instrument was installed began at
l;i4 a. m. today and continued more than
two hours The record is much more pro
nounoed than that made by the San Fran
cisco earthquake OF last year.
The maximum vibration Was so severe
as 10 swing the pendulum clear on the
recording cylinder.
Assistant State Geologist David H. New
lands said:
''The disturbance must have been very
severe, Indeed. longer and more severe
than any recorded since our instruments
were Installed, more than year ago. II
appears 70 have been some 5000 miles away,
10 the southwest or southeast"
In a statement given out at the state
reologist's once today It is declared that
'there il no doubt that the present dis
turbance belongs 70 the world shaking
variety, and that It win be found to have
been felt at the seismographioal stations
In this country Seii as ia EurUpe and
perhaps IN other parts OF the world
.s1,he nrst Indication OF the disturbance
vas received al i;lF.k o'clock this morning
A. l.B a. M the waves developed rapidly
10 sxtraordlnary size. reaching an amph,
tuds Of over six inches as traced by the
psnduium and causing the recording arms
- swing entirely on the cylinders on bott
ne north-south and east-west machines
The large waves lasted ten minutes and
the whole disturbance continued until about
"a m"
WASHINGTON. April l5.-According tC
the weather bureau. distant earthquake
waa recorded. commencing az l14:9O thii
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