The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
HI MEXICAN DISASTER
Late News Shows Devastation by Earthqauke Was Greater than
 at First Reported.
WHOLE OF WEST COAST BADLY DAnletp
ees'des the Destruction of chIpan- einso and chlIapa Several Other Towns are Reported to Have Been wiped out--The Death List Will Probably be Large.

City of Mexico. April fS.-Heayy earthquake shocks continued on the west coast until 1 o'clock Tuesday morning Late news from the earth. quake shows that the devastation wrought was greater than at first sup posed. Besides the destruction of Chil. pancingo and Chilapa it is now said tnat Ilxla also was leveled. Messen. gers reaching Chilpancingo say the towns Of Ayutla and Ometepec have been wiped out.
 The population of Ayutla is small and 1t is thought the loss of life there VIII be insignificant.
 ometepec is town of about 900 inhabitants and the loss of life prob ably is large.
 Tlapa, near the border line oy inc state of Oaxaca, is also reported to be wiped out. A report from Chil- pancingo says the whole of the west coast from Acapulco south to Salina Cruz has been badly damaged.
 The damaged places are remote and news from the stricken district con sequently Is incomplete. Only one Wire is working to Chilpancingo.
 Through the courtesy of the Fed. eral Telegraph company, the Associat- ed Press was given this wire Tuesday at noon while it was working through to Chilpancingo. The operator at Chilpancingo declared that up to that time he knew nothing as to the mum. Der of dead beyond the fact that he had seen about dozen dead bodies and knew of about thirty wounded.
 A dispatch to Fl Pals, the organ of the Catholic church here, from the bishop of Chalapa confirms the report Of the total destruction wrought in that neighborhood. Fourteen are re- ported to have been killed in one house and the number of wounded given as 3s.
 In Tixtla it is reported that 12 dead bodies have been taken from the ruins and that twice that number Of wounded are being cared for.
 The operator at Chilpancingo re- ports that the state government has provided tents for the homeless peo. pie
 Up to 4 o'clock Tuesday morning the shocks continued with more or less severity in the vicinity of Chil- pancingo, destroying some of the most important public buildings. The hospitals, schools and the jail arc in ruins. The prisoners from the jail ware placed under guard by the TUT rales.
 1. Up to this time the total number of deaths reported is 39 and the wound ed 93. However. in view of later re. ports. 1t is thought these figures will fall far short of the real number Of fatalities.
 It is reported that Acapulco Is part. ly submerged by great waves. On the night of the first shock the har- bor took on the appearance of a ty- ocean. Just how much of the port has been submerged is not known. vague message says that the houses as far as the church are under water number of ships were in the harbor at the time, but 1t is said all escaped.
 Reports from nearly all of the large cities in the southern part of the re public have now been received and although many of these places felt the shock severely no loss Of life has been reported 1 the property loss is insignificant.
 News is anxiously awaited from the isthmus of Tehuantepec, where it Is feared the earthquake may have done much damage.