Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-06
A STREET SCENE In
ARTAGO COSTA RIGA

Central American republics. Inleves
and murderers who escaped from ths
prisons are plundering the houses, IN
creasing the terror.
Martial law has been established.
Soldiers and police are having the great
est difficulty in maintaining ORDER:
Although other parts OF COSTA hlcd
have been unchanged. the greatest eX-
element is said to prevail throughout
the republic. Hundreds of refugees nave
reached San Jose by the tramway hne
which connects the two cities, While
scores of families are encamped on the
hilltops overlooking the ruins of the an
cient city.
Thousands are journeying from San Jose
to render assistance to the dying ana
wounded. Food supplies and clothing
were sent late yesterday, and all avail
able surgeons and nurses i'll san Jose are
doing all within their power 10 reneVe
the suffering. 1t is understood that the
President of Costa Rica Will issue q
proclamation calling upon the people of
Costa Rica and the sister repuOHcS or
Central America to contribute 10 the
wants of the survivors of the earthquake.
Many Officials Killed.
Reports received here announce that the
wife and child of Gen. Bocanegra, Qua
temalas envoy to the Carriage court of
arbitration. are among the wounded.
Many officials Of the city were killed.
Dispatches from San Jose report that
the Spanish minister to Costa RIGA has
asked the Madrid government to author
ize him to give financial assistance to the
survivors and refugees.
Two hours after the first shock was
felt in Cartago an immense meteor
passed over the Costa acknowledgements
frontier. leaving a luminous track for
about ten seconds. This spectacular
phenomena caused great fear among resi-
dents of the rural district OF the two re-
publics, where news of the earthquake
probably will not be received for weeks
because of the inadequate Geographic IA
cilities.
Reports have been received from vari-
Gus cities in the five Central American
republics that earthquake shocks were
felt at about the same hour Carriage was
destroyed. At Greytown. Nicaragua, the
shock lasted for more than ten seconds
and was rather severe, although no dam
age is reported. Several towns along the
San Juan river reported that windows
We're broken by the shocks.
Panic relSned in Carriage. but search
for those buried beneath the ruins of the
building continues Refugees who have
reached San Jose are clamOring for help
from the government and the municipal
ity.
5000 Dead, Wounded or Homeless.
about 1850. OF this number 1t is be-
Ieved from dispatches received here
that fully 5000 are dead. wounded or
homeless.
1t is impossible with the advices at
hand to attempt to give any estimate OF
the damage to roerty, but it Is known
that the loss will run far into the mil
lions.
Earthquake shocks April ID last caused
a reifn of terrier in Sam Jose and Carta-
go. Although the shocks caused consid-
cradle damage to property, no lives were
lost.
Efforts are now being made to restore
telegraphic communication with the
stricken city. Until this is done more
complete details of the earthquake can
not be obtained. 1t is known, however.
that the earthquake has been the most
disastrous, both from the number of
lives lost and the property destroyed.
that has been experienced in Central
America in years
The two telegraph operators in Carta-
20 were killed, and all wires leading to
nearby cities were leveled.
That the effects of the seismic move
ment were also felt in San Jose, capital
of Costa Rica, is advice received In Ma
nagua.
The damage there, however, is thought
to have been slight. Some of the build
ported in that city. 1t is thought that a
few persons were slightly injured.
Seeking Fefuge in San Jose.
Refugees continue to pour into San Jose.
Scores OF footsore men. women and chill
dren reached the capital late last night.
Many carried in packs upon their backs
all their worldly possessions. Their homes
and all their property had tottered in the
ruins and they had barely escaped with
their lives.
All the reports of the disaster which
have been received in San Jose have been
brought by the refugees, and because of
the meager report the greatest alarm pre-
walls in the streets of the capital tonight.
Those who have relatives in the stricken
city are fiocking about the municipal
building seeking some word from their
loved ones
Three men were dispatched from San
Jose last night by the Nicaraguan minis
ter to Costa Rica to find some trace. il
possible. of DIR. Paniagua Prado. who IL
the Nicaraguan representative at the Car
tago arbitration court No word has beer
received from DR.. Prado, and it is feared
here that he has persisted in the ruins OF
his home. which is said TO have been de-
sfroyed.
Unless contributions are received from
other countries it is feared in San jose
that the Costa Rican treasury will bt
unable to stand the drain upon it's re
caring for those who have been made
homeless by the earthquake.
Consul General uIIoa Hopes
Loss of Life Is Exaggerated
NEW YORK. May s.-Dr Juan Ulloa
consul general of Costa RIGA to thu
United States. received today the follow
ing cablegram from the minister of for.
eign affairs, Senior Ricardo Fernandez Al
San Jose:
tago. There many victims. Other
nearby cities have escaped without los,
of life
DIR. CllOa came from his BroO lyr
home last night to read the specia
cablegrams describing the earthquake,
and its destructive results.
Carriage is a healthy city," said DR.
Ulloa, land II has just completed IT.
new system of sewerage, which probably
is destroyed; also a fine system Of waite
works. having the best and purest wate