The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-17
Cities and Towns Wiped cut of Ex.
ittenCe Along West Coast of
Republic.
SO DEATHS REPORTED
Fourteen Persons Said to Have Been
Killed In One House In Ruined
ChaIOpa.


Mexico City, April l6.-The latest
reports from various points in south
ern Mexico give 3S as the nnmbe.
killed III the recent earthquake and
- as the number injured When =
complete report is received il is eX-
pcetcd thai the casualties will be,
greatly augmented
Ghilpancingo. with incomplete re-
ports shows | . persons dead and 80
injured
Chilapa reports II dead and 80
wounded
fiytia reports : dead and - Sc
riauslv wounded.
shocks Continued Yesterday.
city of NeXico. April G.-Heayy
earthquake shocks continued on the
west coast until 4 O'Clock this morn
ins Late nowa from tire earthquake
AREA shows he devastation wrought
WIS greater than nj FIRST supposed.
Besides ite destruction of Chilpan
cingo and ehilapa, il is now said thas
1tbcr towns were also destroyed
The towns Of Ayutla and Ometepee
haye been wiped out
The population oil Ayuila is small
and i is thought that the loss of life
there viii be insignificant
0metepar is town Of about i00G
Inhabitants 0ll ,he loss Of life l.
probably iar%e
1!apa, acar the border line of the
state Of OaNaea; is also reported to
be wiped out 4 report from Chilpan
cipeo says that The whole of the wea.
coasi from Acapulco sonth Of Salina
Cruz has been badly damaged
The damaged places are remote,
ara news from the stricken district
is consequently incomplete Only one
vino is working to Chilpancingo and
through the courtesy of the Federal
Telegraph company the Associated
Press vas given this wire today al
noon while il was working through
- Chilpancingo The operator al
tha, point declared that up to that
time he knew nothing as to the mum
ber oi dead beyond the fact that he
had seen about dozen dead bodies
and know Of about 80 wounded
A dispatch TO Eel Pals, the organ OF
the Catholic church here, from the
bishop of Chiapa confirms the re-
IL. i. Il,
il that neighborhood. Fourteen are
reported to have been killed in one
house, and the number of wounded
is given as 80
IN TiXtla il is reported that | .
dead bodies have been taken from
the ruins and that twice that number
OF wounded are being cared for.
The operator at Chilpancingo says
that the state government has pro
qidcd tents for tho homeless people
Tn 10 ! o'clock this morning the
shocks continued with more or less
seVOrity in the vicinity OF Chilpan-
cinso, destroying some of the most
ilaportanl buildings. The hospitals
schools and the jail are in ruins. The
prisoners from the jail were placed
nndcr guard by the rurales.
to TO this time the total number
of deaths reported is 3S. and the
wounded %. In view of the later re-
ports il IS thought that these figures
will fall short.
Waves Submer@e Acapulco.
IT is reported that Acapulco is par
tiallg submerged by great waves. On
Tho aight of the first shock the har'
blr cook ON the appearance of ty-
bboon swept ocean. Just how much
al the porl has been submerged Is not
nov, known 4 vague message says
that "tEe houses MS far as the church
are under water" \ number Of ships
we're in the harbor at the time but il
is said that all escaped.
Reports from nearly all The large
cities in the southern part of the re
Dublie favc how been received and
although many of these Places felt
the shock severely, no loss of life mas
been reported and the loss of proper
u is Insignificant.
News is anXiously awaited from
lhc isthuus Of Tehuanrepec where il
is feared The earthquake may have
doro much damage.