Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-19

MANILA, April 1.-Two Sc
we're earthquake shocks were felt
here this morning. No damage is
reported.
By Associated Press.
CITY OF MEXICO. April 1S.-Today
the Associated Press was in direct tele- /,
graphic communication with a number
of towns in the district affected by the
earthquake From the dispatches re-
ceived it is expected that the death list
will exceed 100. There are a number
of small towns yet to be heard from,
but up to date the average number Of
fatalities at these places has ranged
from nine to twelve, and the number
of injured from thirty to forty.
In Chilapa thirty-three persons were
injured and 779 buildings destroyed.
Nobody was killed as reported yes
terday. After the first great shock the
air was filled for many miles with
thick, sickening, sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the survivors.
There are many speculations as to the
cause for the peculiar freak of nature
and some consider it as proof that
the earthquake had its origin in some
| subterranean explosion
! Even the water in the streams was
made sulphurous, as the following tele-
gram received from Chilpancingo by
the Associated Press will show:
Tembor Lasts Four Minutes
"On the 14th of April, at IL 80 p. .m.,
| an earthquake shock of terrible in
tensity was felt here. In the begin
ming the movement was oscillating and
then changed to trepetory. Nobody
could tell how long it lasted on account
of the intensity of the phenomena, but
1T must have been more than four
minutes.
"At the same time there was a very
pronounced odor in the air. On the
following day almost everybody COM
planned of headaches. In some parts
of the city the odor could be detected
when excavations for water were made.
On the night of the 14th the same odor
was detected on the road to Acapulco
and in the streams as far as Agualdel
Perro. a distance of ninety-eight kilo-
meters from here.
There are ten dead. 1t is impossible
to calculate the amount of property
loss, because with the exception of the
city hall and about twenty other
|
The shocks continue at long intervals
and spread panic among the inhabi-
| tants. There were no acts of pillage
registered. Everybody is trying to help
| the sufferers. The authorities are aid
ing the people to the best OF their abil-
ity. Last night there was another shock
at 10 o'clock, accompanied by subter-
| ranean noises.
A telegram from Chilapa to the Assoc
| Ciated Press saws:
Many Houses Destroyed
"The number of injured in this town
is thirty-three. A child of one month
was killed by falling walls. Thirty-one
houses were completely destroyed. Sew
en- hundred and seventy fine houses are
partially destroyed, including the tele-
graph office. The total property loss,
| including the cathedral, the city hall
and various churches, amounts to $780,
900, 900. A movement is on foot to fur
nish relief for the homeless and desti-
| tute in Guerrero"
Vice President Ramon Correll, acting
for President Diaz, has taken an active
| part in the propaganda of relief meas
| ures and has sent the following mes
! sage to the governors of the various
states:
"The seismic movements on the night
of the 14th inst. and those that subse-
|
entire state of Guerrero in ruins, espe-
cially the cities of Chilpancingo, Chill
apa, Tixtla, Ayutla and Acapulco.
1.-THE calamities consist not only of
loss of property, which may be consid-
cred as totally destroyed, according to
latest telegrarls that we are receiving
| from the cities and towns above mem
toned, but also considerable number
of lives lost and ,arge number OF
manned and injured.
"In view of the gravity of the catas-
| trophe, the public considers that as
national unit we ought not to leave
the state of Guerrero to show for it,
self, but that all states as we'll as the
| federal district find 1t their duty to
offer their corporation"