The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-18
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
Inhabitants of the Capital Through ly Frightened but No Deaths
 Have Been Reported.
SHOCK LASTED OVER FOUR MINUTES

Center of Disturbance Seemed to be
 South of Mexico City and Fears
 arc Entertained for Safety of
 Townc in That vicinlty--Rccorded
 at Washington.
 City of Mexico, April 16.-An earth quake lasting four and half minutes startled this city Sunday night. The earth rocked in long swinging mo- tion, terrifying the inhabitants but ooing no damage so far as can be learned at this city. Telegraph wires were put out of commission and for short time the city was in darkness owing to the failure of the electric lights.
 No reports have yet come from the American colony, but 1t is not be- lieved that serious damage was sus- tained there, although the houses, un- like those in the old section of the city. are not built to withstand earth quake shocks. At the time of the first shock the cafes and theaters
 
 was feared, but owing to the peculiar ly steady swing of the earths move ment. the crowds left the buildings in comparative order. The shock was preceded by two bright electric flashes, which lit up the sky to tho northwest of the city. Up to this time the property loss is reported as very small A number of walls in unsubstantial buildings collapsed and one on Buchareli street narrowly missed burying the fleeing inmates of nearby hotel.
 Representatives of the Associated Press made rapid tour in cabs over the business streets of the city, but nowhere could damage beyond cracked walls and small Assures in the pave ments be found At the police sta tions no deaths had been reported. wall on Santiago street collapsed killing number of horses and wound ing five men.
 The official record of the mete- orological bureau gave the dura- ton of the shock as four minutes. The movement was from east to west in an oval shape. The needle first | described ten centimeters and later 21. then 1t swung completely out of the dial, leaving the exact strength fs7e 0bs1fSSF 1svsxzsz szSzsszzz<zzczs<z ter of the shock was probably to the southward and it is feared that towns In that region may have suffered. Late reports from the various police stations state that no lives were lost and no one injured.
 Not station of the fire depart ment received a call. One freak of the earthquake was recorded. driver of a circus wagon who was taking paraphernalia to nearby rail road station was thrown from his seat by the force of the shock. He was uninjured beyond slight bruises received, but all of the animals he was driving were killed. Telegraph communication as far south as the cities of Oaxaca and San Juan Bautissa has been established, but beyond the report that such a shock was very heavy in that region and along the gulf coast nothing more was learned
 From the City of Vera Cruz south the shock is reported to have been severe At the meteorological bureau it is said the shock was the heaviest
 
 From what is known at this time the shock extended from the city of San Luis Potosi on the north to Oaxaca on the south.
 Washington, April 16.--According
 Washington, April f5.--According to the weather bureau. a distant earthquake of great intensity was recorded, commencing at 1:14:20 Monday morning. The greatest move ment of the earth at Washington oc- cured in an east and west direction md lasted from 1;26 to 1:41. while the principal portion of the north south movement lasted only until 1:33 a. m. The total duration of the earth quake was over two hours. These records seem to indicate an unusual ly violent earthquake at distance comparable, in intensity. which those which recently occurred at Val paralso and Kingston.
 Albany. N. Y., April 16. = The strongest and longest earthquake shock recorded on the seismograph at the state museum here since the in- strument was installed began at 1:14 a. m., Monday and continued more than two hours. The record Is much more pronounced than that made by the San Francisco earthquake of last year The maximum vibration was so severe as to swing the pendulum clear off of the recording cylinder.
 The Mrs. Eddy Case.
 Concord, N. H., April 16.-Henry