Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-19
Extent of Property Damage
Grows But Death List Not
So Large
ANOTHER ERUPTION FEARED
Conditions in Volcanic Sections Give
Rise to Great Apprehension-Much
Damage in chiI:pa-No Americans
in List Of Dead SO Far Reported
Other News.

City of Mexico, April 19.-Frem COM
munication with a number of towns
situated in the district most affected by
the recent earthquake 1t is now certain
that the death list will exceed 100
There are a number of small towns We
to be heard from. but up to date the
number of fatalities at each place has
ranged from nine to twelve and the
number of injured from thirty to forty
AT Chilapa thirty-three persons were
injured and 77s buildings were de-
stroyed.
One peculiar phenomenon, which has
just been made known. is that after the
first great shock the air was filled for
many miles with a thick, sickening
sulphurous odor. This caused great
distress to the survivors. There are
many speculations as to the cause OF
the peculiar freak of nature, and some
consider it is proof that the earth
quake had it's origin in some subter-
ranean explosion.
For this reason anxiety will be felt
until news is received from the sections
surrounding the active volcanoes OF
Colma and Jurrello. Even the water
in the streams was made Sulphurous.
A message from Chilpancingo says:
"In the beginning the earth move
ment was, oscillating and then changed
to trepidatory. At the same time there
was very pronounced odor in the air
On the following day almost everybody
complained 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 Aguadel-
perro at distance of ninety eight kilo-
meters from here.
There are ten dead here. Up to the
present it is Impossible to calculate the
amount of property loss because with
twenty other houses the whole city Il
in ruins
From Chilapa, one of the cities most
injured by the earthquake, a telegram
was received saying:
1.-THE number of injured in this town
is 'thirty-t three. For the most part they
are of the poorer class. A child was
instantly killed by falling walls. Thir-
ty-one houses were completely de-
stroyed. Seven hundred and seventy
nine houses are badly damaged includ-
ing the telegraph office. The total
loss of property, including the catfe-
dral, the various churches, the city hall
and other buildings, amounts to over
50, 600, 0OO."
A big movement is under way in the
City of Mexico to furnish relief to
those who were rendered homeless and
destitute in Guerrero. Vice President
Ramon Corral, acting for President
Diaz, has taken an active part in the
propaganda of measures for the relief
of the stricken districts.
A message from Acapulco has cin-
firmed the destruction of Ayutla. The
Jail and hospital collapsed, but the
prisoners and the patients were taken
out safely. Factories thruout the dis
trict are in ruins and thousands of
workhen will suffer greatly from the
loss of their homes and enforced idle
ness. The postoffice, telegraph office
and barracks at A.yutla were destroyed
In the list Of known dead, which
now totals fifty, and of the injured,
which approximates 800, are many
names of MeSicans prominent in Off
cial and social life. So far the name of
no American or other foreigner has APP
peared in the meager lists sent here,
altho many residents of the afflicted
district are citizens of other countries
engaged in mining and agriculture.
In Tixtla seven corpses We're taken
from the ruins
At Tuxtla eight dead and forty in
jured are reported; in Ayutla nine dead
and about fifty injured.
On Huanxtian the cathedral fell and
the houses of Messrs. Sanchez and
FREDERICK Savedra and the government
offices and the official schools are more
are less damaged.
At Techan and Tlapa nearly all the
houses fell, but nobody was hurt.