Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-07
The EARTHQUAKES.

Later dispatches from Fort Llmou
state that Il tsrior Costa RIGA has been
dsvaltNed by earthquakes. Mach of
Garage Is 10 ruins. Conservative tsbu-
IasIors late yesterday afternoon placed the
number Of dead at | 800. The ctuttty
TO The north and northeast of San Jose
hAs been clesved opeo. Eut re villsges
! have been undermined aad lost 10 the
nav OF the quake. Telesrsphic COM
muDIcatIon between Port Linon aud
San Jose was lost for "a hours. As it
is now, only q feeble line tells the story
of death 10 the interior.
1t has been impossible 10 get the fall
truth OF the loss that interior COSTA RIca
has suffered. 1t was in the mouotaIn
country that the grsGtet damage was
done, so fer as lives are teckoued. Ia
the mountain country there were scores
Of villages and humble 81 settlements that
dropped cut OF sight
From villages to the north and north
vest there came the story OF dtsth and
devastation. Between Oa,rsgo and San
Jose much the same condition prevails.
IL seems, according to couriers, SO IL
death had suddenly stricken The entire
country.
Government tsbulsliOns from San
Jose plsce the number OF dead at | 800.
Probably 1t will rem more ibao this
number. An attempt 10 get The names
OF towns destroyed was futile. "Almost
everything is gone" Is the only response
tbft specific queries bring. Port Limou
rocked with tho earthquake, bot there
wac no damage here.
The earthquake occurred ct $50
O'Clock on Wednesday evening. II came
without warning and continued about Is
seconds. 10 that brief spaos Of lime the
buildings OF Oartsgo collapsed, burning
hundred, OF persons,
Following the shock twilight WIS
inroed to the darkness Of midnight By
clouds OF dust tba, rose from the ruins.
Panic ensued and tao cries Of the injured
and aeeiDg survivors filed the air.
Cooler hesds hurried to The telegraph
Office to snmmon help from San Jose snd
AIsjuala, only TO find the operators
dead. tho wires down and the railroad
traffic badly impeded.
Az soon IS the news reached San jose
President Gopz,les V qutz, accompanied
by President.eloct RlcsFd Jiminsz aud
msnY doctors aud nurses aDd q supply
Of medicines, STATED on q special train
for OartsgO TO lend fret aid to the sur
vivors Upon The presidents arrival at
OaitIgo martial law was proclaimed in
order to facilitate the mair tsnance of
order. Provisions snd clothing we're
slso dispatched from San Jose.
Throughout the day special trsiBs at
rived at San Jose, bringing The Injured,
who have filled the hospitals and many
private houses, which had been surseud-
,red for the purpose by their owners.
The beautiful pefce pslsce, erected
at & cost of 800, 900, through the
generosity OF Andrew Osrn6g 9, was
converted into q piIe OF debris. Olber
public buIldirgs net the same fate.
Many Students 1t the college OF the
jileslsn fathers WtTe killed.
Mr. Carnegie has wired thGt the
p ace palace will be rel uli.
The ministers st Sac Jose, Panama.
Mexico and ether Central American
)untries have asked their governments
o contribute to The aid of their sister
epuOlic. Several prominent Spanish
Dtr'caBs sre among the dead.
Upon learning OF the great earth
uike disaster at Osrisgo President
aft sent the following message to
resident Viquez, OF Cos's Rcs, st San
Ger:
"Aecept the profound sympathy Of
be peopls and government Of The
TnIted States 10 the calamity at Oar
go, Of which | learned with the deep.
i rfgut."