The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
ChilpancinsO'S 1000 Inhabitants
Are Rendered Homeless.
Eleven Bodies Found
CiilLAPA MAY BE RUINED
Reported Loss of 500 Lives MOI
Credited--.Dread Of Activity of Vol
canoes, COlima and JOrulla

Chilpancingo. Mexico, April 10.
This city has been completely de
Stroyed by an earthquake The deao
number II and the badly injured >
The greatest panic prevails and the
people are fleeing to the open coun.
try. The earth continues to rock Il
half hour intervals and many mlnoi
shocks are completing the work oi
destruction began by the first earth
quake.
Word has reached here that the
town of Chilapa, ~ kilometers to Tie
northeast has also been destroyed. NJ
details have been received as to tile
number of dead and injured.
Tho population of Chilpancingo l.
1898 and until the panic into which
the citizens have been thrown has
abated, il is impossible to state ac-
curatelv the number of casualties.
The population of Chilapa Is l5.-
600. No word has been received vel
from Tixtla and it is feared that il
has also been destroyed
According To the movements of the
earthquake TiXtla would be in its di-
reel line
Tho following message WAS sent te
The federal telegraph Office in Meyi-
60 City from Chilapa:>
Our boys are working in Il public
garden \ terrible panic prevails AZ
the earth continues to tremble at reg
ular intervals. Send lis tents that We
may establish our office out In the
country
All communication from the wesi
coasi has been cut off since The move
ment of he first big shock and ii is
not known TO what extent that region
suffered The nearest large town is
Acapulco 131 kilometers to the south
west of this place. and il has not yet
been heard from.
Both the volcanoes of Colima and
Jorulla are in this region. The earth
quake, ii is feared. may cause these
volcanoes To become more active and
destroy much property and many
lives.
500 Dead Reported.
City Of Mexico, April l5.-The Ma
tional Bank of Mexico has received
Il Telegram saying that 500 lives We're
lost at the destruction of Chilapa and
Chilpancingo In governmental cir
cles the report is not credited II Is
admitted that both cities were level
ed 10 the ground but ii is not thought
that the death list will even approx
mate 500, owing to the fact that the
houses are built of stone in order 10
resist earthquake shocks.
The federal authorities here nave
been appealed to by the governors OF
the district and the work of rescue
and sanitation is being carried on in
Il systematic manner.
Both cities are so located that il is
impossible to obtain accurate and re-
liable Intelligence of the disaster
Wide Area Affected.
Mexico City. April l5.-The fed
Grad telegraph Office here has inform
cd tho Associated Press that last
nights earthquake has interfercd in
the working of the wires in all parts
of the republic south of line drawn
from Acapulco on the west coast 10
Ta1npico on the gulf coast.
From messages received at the tel
cgraph Office mp to noon it appears
that the entire south half of the re-
public including the lower country
and the Mesaba belt felt the shock oi
last night.
Messages from as far north as San
Luis Potosi and south to San Juan
Bantista. in the state of Tabasco. re
port feeling he shock in varying d
grccs Al no place has loss of liie
or great destruction of property been
reported except in the state OF Guer-
zero, The boundary line of the north
ern zone of the earthquake extended
across the country in northwester
~ direction for more than 400 miles
ana TO he south for more than COO
miles.
j P. Cahoon. one of the larFoai
brick manufacturers of Utah, who's
headquarters are in Salt Lake, anf
Geo. H. Tingley Of Murray, a sub
urb OF Sail Lake. who have hocn Il
Ely since Saturday looking over
number Of prospective iaVt.tme4tf
leave today for their homes
Mixers Money Gone.
Cleveland, Ohio. April Mieh;t
el Goldsmith. secretary of the Ohit
Federation Of Labor, was arrested 10
night on a warrant charging hin
with embezzling funds of the barten
ders union.