The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-31
Mexican Government RusheS
Supplies TO Districts Wreck
ed by Earthquake.
TROOPS Modified
TOQUELL DISORDERS
Five Towns Completely DESTROYED
by Tremors and Tidal Wave.
Scores Crushed by Walls.

CITY OF MEXICO, July 31.-From
every railroad station in Mexico City
the government Is today dispatch
ing supplies to the cities and towns
devastated by yesterdays earthquake
Temporary shelter is bs-ipg arranged
through the military departments and
attachments Of troops are leaving for
several Of the stricken towns. where
reports indicate that disorders are
threatened in the aftermath OF the
earthquake.
Incoming reports today raised the
death toll to 500. Five tow0s were
completely destroyed and a number
Of others partially wrecked.
The more widely spread havoc was
wrought IN the States Of Nuevo Leon
and Guerrero. The towns of Chill
pancingo. Chilapa, Conception, Fetillia,
and Coatepre were nearly razed. Fire
followed in the wake Of the earth
quake in Chilapa.
More Tremors Felt
Even after the quake. which ex-
tended from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific
coasts, six more trennors were felt and
dispatches today say the people are
in state Of frenzy and are moving
from many Of the smaller towns in
the valleys to the mountains.
Acapulco. the seaport on the Pacific
coast, which was reported entirely de-
stroyed in the first dispatches. was
but partially wrecked. but from re-
ports Of condi lions there today the
situation is very grave.
It Will be Bome time before the
actual number of dead is known. While
the number of injured in the City of
Mexico is growing. only six persons
are known to have lost their lives.
Many are in the hospitals, injured be-
yond recovery.
A report Just received rom Acapulco.
declares that the tidal wave which fol-
IoRsd the earthquake did FAR more dam
axe than the earth tremors. The houses
Of the poorer people along the seashore
were swept sesward with their occu-
pants and lost, and it IS believed that
the death roll there will run very high,
though no accurate estimate is obtain
able.
Burned TO Death In Ruins.
4 NUMBER or nEtS are ESPDAtNN ~
have broken out in Chaipincingo, IN the
state Of Guerrero. Fifty persons are re-
ported to have been killed in that city
alone in the earthquake, and number
are said to have been killed in the sub
seduent fires. It is reported that many
Of the injured, unable TO free themselves
from the debris were burned to death
Meager reports being received from
the interior towns show heavy property
loss and indicate that many persons
were crushed TO death beneath falling
walls.
One thousand square miles comprise
the territory in the quake zone which
extends across the entire southern por-
ton of Mexica from OXaca.
At Acapulco the damage was great.
The better classes have built substan-
tiaI homes on the cliffs in the rear Of
the town, but the poorer classes were
herded together in huts along the sea.
The great tidal wave that followed
swept many into the sea. totally wreck
ing all that portion Of the city not sit
uated high on the cliffs.
Mazatlan Again Devastated.
It is said much damage was done
about 100 miles inland, IN the towns Of
TaIuca, Puebla, and Morless. while Ma
zetlan, recently swept by fire, was
again devastated
Some loss of life and much property
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