The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-19
DIAz CALLS
FOR AID
Asks All Mexico TO Help Eel.
low Countrymen.
HORRORS INCREASING
Hundred Dead and Over Q Thous i.
and Iniured-Air Reeked
With 0d0r.

CITY OF MEXICO. April ia dis.
patch from Chllapa, one OF the destroy
ed towns In the state OF Guerrero, says
that thirty three bodies already have
been removed from the ruins. and
many hundreds OF persons are being
cared for In temporary hospital
A special committee named to In [,
specf the buildings OF the town reports
3ii Totally destroyed and hundreds
Of others rendered unlnhabltable. A
heavy fall OF rain Is adding greatly TO
the distress OF the refugees, who are
encamped In the open.
President Dlaz's call for relief says
In part:
The earthquakes have left nearly
the entire state OF Guerrero In ruins.
especially the cities OF Chllpancingo.
ChIlapa. Tixtla. Ayutla and Acapulco.
The calamlties caused not only loss OF
property. which may be considered a.
totally destroyed. according 10 latest
kilograms. but also n considerable num-
Der OF lives lost and n large number Of
MANNED and injured.
AT chIlapa thlrty-o one houses were
destroyed. Seven hundred and seven
ty-nine houses are partially destroyed.
including the telegraph Office. The to-
tai loss OF property. including the
cathedral. the various churches, the
city hall and other buildings. amounts
TO over s2.ooo.oco."
II 10 thought that the total death list
% Chilspa will run into three figures
and that the total OF persons injured
VIII be above a thousand. The govern
ment In organizing relief as rspldly a.
possible. Chilapa has n population Of
about 1900 souls.
From Chllpancingo comes news OF
another earth shock felt there at TWEEN
~ minutes past o az night. II caused
great alarm among the survivors OF
the previous disturbances. none Of
whom has yet returned 10 the city lin
its
Relief committees are being formed
In ihe City of Mexico 90 give much
needed aid The nearest railroad sta.
ton 10 ChIlpanclnso 4 fguala. on the
Balsas river. and 10 get supplies into
the stricken district II Il necessary 10
convey them on horseback. a journey
OF three or four days.
AZ the examination OF the City OF
Mexico proceeds Il IL learned that the
damages. are much more extensive
than was NJ first supposed. There IL
universal regret over the damage 90
the great cathedral. which l. one Of the
oldest. largest and most famous
churches In tho world. The crack In
the rear wall Of this building extends
IN rlgzag line from the roof TO fhe
floor and Is from Eve 10 six inches
wide.
This cathedral Il many centuries old
and took n hundred years IN building
II Il situated on the site Of the old
Aztec temple and has been visited by
thousands OF tourists.
Reports received make II certain that
the death list will exceed a hundred.
There are n number OF small towns yet
90 b. heard from. but % 10 date the
fatalities ~ these places have been re-
ported at from nine TO twelve and the
injured from thirty 20 forty.
one peculiar phenomenon which has
been just made known il that after
the FIRST great shock the air was filed
for many miles with n slckening sui.
phurous odor. This caused great dis
tress 10 the survivors There are many
speculatIons as 10 the cause OF this.
and some consider Il a. n proof that
the earthquake had rs origin In some
tubterrnnean explosion. For this rea-
son considerable anxiety will be felt
until news II received from the sec.
tons surrounding the active volcanoes
OF Collma and Jurrillo.