The sun., 1908-03-28
HUNDREDS DEAD IN MEXICO
EARTHOLifKE FELT ~ EVERY
FART or THE COUNTRY
Chllapa aud tCiilpAnCIngO With Surround
Ing VillaErs Suner Most Many Injured
and Property Loss HeaVy-Cables
Interrupted Telegraph wires Down.

Ing VIlIaErs suReT Most Many Injured
and Property Loss HeaNy-Cables
Interrupted Telegraph Wires Down.
MEXICO Cry. March 27.--ChiIapa, in the
State Of Cue ucro, was badly damaged
last night by an earthquake and fire
which followed. How many Of the 5000
souls who live IN the place lost their lives
is not known az yet Practically no infor-
nation has come from the place since the
! trcmors wero felt
The damage caused BY the earthquake
shocks OF yesterday end last night was
greater than was indicated in the early
reports. Tho first shock Of yesterday
afternoon was fair warning to people
who were experienced in earth tremblings
that something worse was liable 10 occur
later This fact, however. did not prevent
the theatres and the principal places Of
amusement from drawing their usual
crowds
At these places we're mahy American
| tourists who felt the tinge Of excitement
given by the shock of the early afternoon.
/ When the buildings began to rock and the
cry of earthquake was raised there was
a rush for the doors and the throngs soon
| gained access to the street
II twas in the midst Of an act at the prinoi-
pal theatre that the severest shock &C.
Cured al about $50 P. NJ The performers
continued their parts, hut the audience
fed 10 the street.
! II was in the poorer quarters OF the city
! that the worst damage was done. The
( insecure walls OF buildings which we're
damaged by the earthquake Of April IA,
1907, fell but by some miraculous chance
the number of injured people is compare
lively small
| Telegraphic communication with the
! interior Of the State Of Guerrero, which is
/ known in meteorological circles as the
/ birthplace Of the earthquakes which are
80 severely felt in this city at intervals,
has not yet been restored. II is feared
that there has been heavy loss of prop
erty and perhaps some casualties in some
Of the mountain towns.
Chilpancingo, the capital Of the State Of
Guerrero, which was practically destroyed
by the earthquake Of nearly a year ago,
is said to have felt the full brunt Of the
shocks of yesterday, but its reconstructed
buildings were built with a view to with
standing such disturbances, and the damage
which was incurred there was compare
lively light. The Government meteorologi-
cal bureau has received reports showing
that the earthquake was felt from Guiana
juato on the north to the utmost points of
Tehuantepec on the south,
GALVESTON, Tex. March 27-Cable re-
ports from Mexico give brief accounts Of
the destruction OF Chilpancingo, town OF
nearly 5000 inhabitants and about l2O miles
south Of Mexico City. Contradictory re-
ports give the loss of life from three to one
hundred but the property damage was
great, and succession Of quakes early this
morning wrecked nearly every building in
the town. Several hundred persons were
injured
Coatepec. Conception and Tetililla, three
towns with an aggregate population OF
about 900 in the State Of Guerrero, were
wiped Of the map during the night, No
report is made Of the dead, but many were
injured.
The loss Of life at Chilapa, which was all
but destroyed last night. is estimated al
between 100 and 800. Three slight quakes
were followed by fourth, which completed
the ruin, and the injured are estimated at
1000
The Mexican cable which connects at
Vera Cruz with the land line leading direct
to Mexico City was not interrupted until
this afternoon. The cable got three quakeS
this afternoon near the Mexican coast and
for several hours to-day the land wires
we're out Of commission.
A report tonight slys Mexico City ex-
perienced six shocks since Thursday after
noon. but that the damage is comparatively !
small although over 200 buildings are said |
TO have been cracked.
FL PAso, Tex. March 27.-The Mexican |
Consul, Senior Lomeli. received official ad- /
vices to-day that in ad t'tion to tho de-
structon of Chilapa the extent of the |
earthquake was great, but the Governn' ut |
has not yet heard from all localities |
affected, as many wires are down,
At the Federal telegraph station in Juarez
Mexico, to-day it was announced that the
villages of San Jose. San Lorenzo, De
hOItudt Qu6lchOh anu OAatANul al III thc |
immediate neghborhood OF Chiapa, had
suffered heavily, and that in the town Of
San Jose an adobe church tumbled down
when fifty worshippers were inside at
prayer, njuring many and killing several.
All OF these villages are small suburbs
of Chilapa, which was reported in flames
after the quake. Mexican officials do not
believe. however, that the fire did very
great damage. as there is very little COM
bustible material in the construction Of the
average Mexican town,
No damage was done between here and
Mexico city. Mexican Central despatchers
were advised to-day that the shock was
felt as far north as Torreon.
SALT LAKE, Utah, March IA severe
earthquake, lasting nearly forty minutes,
was recorded by the seismograph at the
University Of Utah some time between
midnight and the opening Of school this
morning. For about twenty minutes the
shock was so severe that the instrument
made no definite record. For the remainder
Of the time the shock varied in intensity.
The distance Of the quake has not been
established.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Weather
Bureau issued to-day the following state
ment concerning disturbances which affected
Parts Of Mexico
Two great earthquakes we're recorded
at the Weather Bureau during the evening