Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-06
MEXICO shaken
BY EARTHQUAKE
TERRITORY COVERING 1000 SQUARE
MILES FEELS SERIES OF
SHOCKS.
PEOPLE PRAY IN STREETS.
Capital and Dozen Other Towns Hit and
Fourteen Dead and Many Hurt
Are Reported
AMERICAN CoLoNIsTs ESCAPE.

MEXICO CITY, July 31-Centrai
Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to Oaxaca
on the south, distance covering more
than 1000 square miles, was shaken Fri
day by a series of the most severe earth
quake shocks felt in the region for the
last quarter of a century.
Reports telling of the loss of life are
not complete, but the official figures to-
day show that fourteen persons were
killed, while more than a score probably
were fatally injured.
Communication with this part of the
republic Of Mexico has been imperfectly
established.
Towns Hit by Quakes.
The towns reported hit by the quakes
and the extent of damage done are:
SANTA JULIA. suburb OF Mexico City
Several killed: property damaged.
MEXICO CITY-Five killed, several hurt;
property damaged.
| CHILPANCINGO, state Of Guerrero
Completely destroyed.
| ACAPULCO, state Of Guerrero-Partly de,
stroyed.
PUEBLA-Houses damaged aud one per-
j son dead.
VERA CRUZ-Property damaged.
| OAXACA--Property damaged.
| TLACOTALPAN--Pro damaged.
AYOAPAM-Property damaged.
| MERETEON-Property damaged.
PACHUCA-Property damaged.
| JALAPA-Property damaged
| TOLUCA-Property damaged.
CHILAA, state Of Guerrero-Property
| damaged.
First Shock at A. NJ.
According to the observatory records,
| the first shock of the series was felt at
4:15, the rocking oscillatory being from
| the east to the southwest. 1t was Sc
we're, causing the bells of the many ca
| thedrals of the city to toll, breaking
| crockery and In some instances leVeln2
walls.
The Inhabitants had hardly recovered
| from the fright occasioned by the phe-
nomena when second and more severe
shock caused an outpOuring of nearly all
| to the street and open plazas. Inns
movement was of a tripodory and oscll-
Iatory character and lasted with marked
severity for one minute and thirty sec
| onds, Tall buildings sWayed and IN
some instances cracked, the pavement
opened in places and in the poorer sec
tons of the city number OF houses col
| lapsed. .
So far as can be learned from police
records, six persons lost their lives IN
| Mexico City and its environs as result
| of this second shock.
The large American colony escaped
There was some slight Commissions report
| ed among them from falling plaster, but
no serious injuries were reported. They,
with almost the entire population, re-
| manned in the plazaS or squares until the
/ light of dav gave them the courage to
enter their dwellings.
The peon class were terribly fright
ened. For days those humble folk have
been predicting a disaster, because the
snow on the peak of the volcano Popo-
catapetl, visible from this city, has been
melting. An old Aztec legend declares
that when the SHOWS on this volcano dis
appear so, too, will the city at it's base,
The property damage in this city is
slight Some of the cathedral walls were
cracked and scores of adobe walls were
sent to the ground but the main bust
ness part of the capitol showed no signs
of the severe shaking which it had been
| given.
The officials of the observatory attest
to the fact that Mexico City rests on an
old lake bed. the made ground upon
which a great part of the city rests,
neutralized the severity OF the shaklngs.
Indians Wall and Pray.
The wailing and praying of the In
| dams in the public squares added to
the weirdness of the scene, and painted
an unforgettable picture on the minds of
the half clad, shivering hordes of fright
ened men, women and children, who
stood out in the drilling rain, waiting
for the coming of daylight. When the
i shone the people returned to their
mes. having sufficiently recovered
from the fright to sit down to break