The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
HUNDRED DEAD
AND MANY INJURED
Earthquakes Terrible Destruction at
Chiapa.
SULPHUR FUMES FILL THE AIR.
The Sulphur Phenomen1 an Evidence
That the Earthquake Had Its Origin
in Some Subterranean Explosion--No
News Yet From the Volcano Section
Shocks Continue.

ouOChb OOntiuuts
City OF Mexico (By Cable) Com
munication with several towns in
the district most affected by the re-
cent earthquake. Make It certain that
the death list will exceed 100. There
are a number of small towns yet to
be heard from, but up to date the
fatalities at these places have rang
ed from 9 to 12 and the injured
from 80 to 40.
Through an error made in the
transmission OF a telegram from the
City of Chilapa, the city in the State
of Guerrero which was almost to-
tally destroyed, the telegram was
made to read that 33 bodies had
been taken from the ruins and 719
| injured had been transferred 10 the
hospitals. Later the telegram was
corrected to read that 33 persons
were injured and 779 buildings de-
stroyed.
One peculiar phenomena which
has Just been made known is that
after the first great shock the air
was filled for many miles with a
sickening. sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the surviv-
ors. There are many speculations
as to the cause of this, and some
consider It as proof that the earth
quake had its origin in some sub
terranean explosion. For this rea-
son considerable anxiety will be felt
until news is received from the sec
tions surrounding the active volca-
| nf nd
The Water Sulphurous.
Even the water in the streams
was made sulphurous. The tele-
gram from Chilancingo says
I'm the beginning the cart,
movement was oscillating, and then
changed to trepidatory. Nobody
could tell how long it lasted on ac-
count of the intensity of the phe-
nomena, but it must have been
more than four minutes. At the
same time there was a very pro-
nounced odor in the air. On the fol-
lowing 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 April IA the
same odor was detected on the road
to Acapulco and in the streams as
far as Aqua del Perro, 81 miles
from here.
There are 10 dead, among them
being the wife of Inspector of Postal
Service Senior Leopoldo Lopez
Guerra, and child of eight years
son of the postmaster, Senor Josa
Aleman, who also perished, and
Mrs. Inez Morales Bonilla.
up to the present 1t is impossi-
BILE to calculate the amount of prop
erty loss because, with the exception
of the City Hall and about 20 other
houses, the whole city is in ruins
almost every family lost part OF
its furniture, and the business
houses suffered serious losses.
"The shocks continue at long in
tervals, and although not strong
they spread panic among the inhabi
tants. There was no disorder, mol
were there any acts of plllage
Everybody is trying to help the suf
ferers. The authorities are aiding
the people to the best of .theii
ability
From Chilapa came this telegram
THE number of injured in thi:
town is 33. For the most part they
are of the poorer classes. A baby
was killed by falling walls. Thirty
one houses were destroyed Sever
hundred and seventy-nine houses are
partially destroyed, including the tel
egraph office.
Losses Over $2.0OO,OOO.
"The, total loss of property, in
Guiding the Cathedral, the variou,
churches, the city hall and otheI
buildings amounts to over $4,000,
000."
"The whole population is panic
! stricken and nobody is thinking o
rebuilding the destroyed houses
Since Sunday rs distinct shocks hav,
been felt"
A movement is under way in tn,
City of Mexico to furnish relief t.
those who were rendered homeless
and destitute in Guerrero. Plans ar,
being made for the gathering of
substantial sum.
Vice President Ramon Corral, act
ing for President Diaz, has taken al
active part in relief measures, ant
has sent the following message I,
the governors of the various states
THE seismic movements on tn,
: night of April IA, and those that sub
= sequently followed, have left nearl,
: the entire State of Guerrero in ruins
especially the cities of Chilpanclngo
Chilapa, Tixtle, Ayutle and Acapulco
, "The calamities consist not onl
, of loss of property which may b
considered as totally destroyed, ac
cording to latest kilograms receive,
from the cities aud towns above men
, toned, but also a considerable mum
ber of lives lost and a large numbe
, MANNED and injured.
I'm view of the gravity of tn
catastrophe, the president of the re
public considers that as a nationa
, unit we ought not to leave the Stat
of Guerrero to shift for itself, bu
that all states as well as the fedora
district fiud 1t their duty to offer &C
operation"
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