Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31

n,,MBER OF DEAD UNKNOWN i (, I
,,,,ns terribly frightened Indians
Walled and Prayed in
Public Squares.

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city July 3o.-Gentral Next
Mexico ,.,an+;o ~ tba pacific.
co, from ll.e 8 " ~ ,,a,th ~
md from Querato on wy li iiot " - ~
-" u ~ The south, distance COW
4 S'SsNs'S ~, :, i 900 square miles, was
crins lisoi = I, T., 80 ~, most
shpken today ny3 g sertes - - s.
sayere earthquake shocks felt N t1. Tug
tnr a. quarter of century.
I. fes'on I. II. 1oss az life are not
Repeitts ~ a,,,ras shoxv,
complete, but the ollle Sii 70 - $,
4h.t IA were Killed outright and more
SCORE perhaps fatally injured.
lna, a. y & e IN ~, and C,hIlpancin-
The to% l'' = =. 80, ,s.,,a,,ad
goshaVei been patrst1iS S oes.io y -.
81, .n,1I n, n +, Il, All y 13ELLS STOLLED.
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According to Vie E =. fit
It'll first shock Of the series was felt
at54.i5 a mn it was as very seNe y.
icausinE, the bells OF inc many t ~
Sthsdrals of this city 70 TOLL u ur 9...n
ing crockery. and IN some lns ,-ll,,
lepelling walls. Inc people nuu t,alu's
recovered from the first tight Wllen en-, y
second more severe sflock urosel heariy
everybody to the stleels ~. stnu
hls ,o' tnr,i minute and 80 seconds. The
tall buildings of the city sWay yea ana
farrrber OF houses .colilPseu; l,lN ~,
sohs We're killed IN Mexico S}lty a 1Ie: y. !.
enyirons. -Four persons aus, ~ !, ii ''si
atls, their recovery taeslai .sH ~
The large American co}llo2llS ese s.',.sI.
had
frightened. For days they mas ild 2pe 's
.prsdicting disaster because the SNOW
on8 the peak OF the ;Yo g, , no l.t,op.o-
scatapltl, visible from the CITY, mas
been melting An old Aztec leg sta az
clares that when the snow on TINS Vol
CAIRO disappears, SO, TOO, VIII the. cltS
at dts base, The property damage mere
is Slight. Some of the cathe6lral walls
" ere cracked, and scores of adobe walls
we're sent to the ground, but the main
business district showed no signs Of
ceiyed.
The observatory officials declare
,rsxiln CITY rests on an old lake bed
M. made ground upon which great
naTt of A the city rests 4 acting as a
srone,v ma a. which neut1alized the Sc
,. p, =, hr tl,s shoot, i y 4 "a
IN, .iac+,; !, 5c,,rranta in the CITY were
40, eff an,inr tha first shock and the
s ,;t,. ~, !; ,iai IN a,rl,i,ess.5
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PRAYED IN PUBLIC SQUARES.
IL K. 4, {, 4, !. H. ~ ~.
Itle Maiiiils hnu 5dn5 t .,
dams IN .ne pipl's3 sauals9
the Meltures' anu pi,iliteu a. ~,
gellap pie picture On tiie liliius ny
Sllalt-cllan, sillvelllis -
-, X ,,,;,, :, wa itinp, FIJI.
daylight " hen the sun a snone, me peo-
pig returned No. tnslt MONIES .ii, .7ouit'
:, hdMeveli4a thlrdA snack senttthein again
scgfryins TO the VI. streets.5S Inns WAS
lighter than the others.
when the lFeS ter;tl y ,ele graph. com
fany attempted TO work the Officials
found that the wires to the west vest coast
were down, NO communication WIN
the state of Guerrero, the center OF the
earthquake region OF Mexico, colilu De
established. After hours Of effort a
wire was:opened by the ron tflti
way OF the lsthmus OF fehu an
TIC fist message came IRON the port
Of Acapulco and was directed TO Lac
director of telegraphs. II READ:
s.Acaoulco is IN ruins. The loss is
inealculable.
3 communication was then iosts snort
y$safter2 O'CLOCK announcer Wire was
opened UP direct 70 Acapulco. a mes
sage said the. lower hall OF the CITY
had been destroyed and that nur
bodies had been taken from the ruins;
Later q message from Chilpancingo
stated that three deaths. mad occurred
{ there. and that the. number OF injured
was not known. Ihe. barracks, ma
1ional palace ana hospital there we're
badly damaged.
Hn1iSI,s MADE EIyNINHA BI1rAlsI, II.
III - 'i- Y : 81 4 "a r.
The American consul at Acapulco
telesraphed tonight that he shocks
Wets continuing with lessened intensity
anl AMI Il, 81 f'I the hotels IN the Mace wers
lsndered uninhabitable, while not 9
l!ouse in the city escaped damage. All
"fS the buildings along the Waterfront
were leveed.
Ehe first shock at Acapulco occurred