The sun., 1910-05-07

noon put the number ol dead az i.b0o.
The country 20 the north and northwest
Of San jose has been oleaved Open In
tire villages have been undermined and
lost. TelegFaphic communication between
here and San Ios6 was lost for twenty
four hours. AZ II is now. only . feeble
line brings the news from the interior.
CaTtaRO probably has suffered the
greatest peOuniary losa The Temple
Of Justice. erected through Andrew
Carnsgie's gift, vas TO the ground, just
a. scores Of humble huts surrounding II
we're ransd by the sarth's twisting.
Il has bssR impossible 70 get the full
truth Of the loss that interior Costa Rioa
has suffered II was In the mountain
country that the greatest damage was
done 90 far as lives are rOckonsd.
The earthquake was first felt az noon
on Wednesday aud In a moment scores
Of buildings went down in Cartago.
In the mountain country there Wers
scores Of villages that dropped out Of
sight. The loss accruing from damage
TO banana and rubber plantations alone
Is enormous.
The first news Of the calamity was
brought 10 san Jose by Couriers from the
interior. From villages to tho north and
northwest there came tho same story
Of death and devastation. Between
CartaRo and San Joss much the same
condition prevails. No refugees have
come In.
Government tabulatiOns from San JosA
hassd on the oouriers' relations place the
number Of dead at i.sOO, but u 10 feared
that Il will run beyond this number.
Almost everything is gone. 10 the only
response questions bring.
Port Limon felt the earthquake, but
there was no damage here.
GALVESTON. May 0.-lntermittsnt .. cable
flashes from Costa Rica indicate that
the frst reports Of the earthquakes which
practically destroyed Cartago we're too
conservative Il anything. and that ~
reports come In from surrounding sec
tions and small settlements the death
list will reach e0O and more. A messenger
reached San dose to-day from Parai0o,
q town Of about 2.O0O inhabitants about
twenty miles northeast u CartaGo. with
a report that twenty-five or thirty lives
vere Lost IN that place by the series Of
auAkes and that the damage to buildings
vas Ereat This messenger said that all
along the road small settlements suffered
and in several cf them lives were lost.
Reports from Pacaoa, another settle
msnt of about 1909 souls about thirty
miles southeast from CartagO. were 20
the effect that 100 lives were Lost there
Later reports give the number a. about
ten. hut a larEe number were injured by
falling buildings. In all the outlying
settlements the inhabitants fed, and the
slight tremors which continue keep them
in a state II dread. 10 that reports arr
conflicting.
The land telegraph lines out from San
Jos6 and owned by the Government arr
down for many miles and communication
viii not be established 20 all points in
the stricken district for two weeks ol
mOrr
The land wires sail In operation WerS
working hAdly TO-DAY and many inter
rIptions and suspensions Indicated that
/ seismic disturbances strong enough "a
affect tn. telegraph wires continued 10.
day. While a long series of light shocks
warned the inhabitants of the stricke q
country. they were not enough % inducs
everybody % seek places Of safety. he.
cause slight shocks have been felt foi
several weeks
The destructive shock. which came
about sm On NAV Z. wa the severest
felt IN the country Tor half a century ol
more. and the violent trembling ~ the
earth continued Tor nearly ten minutes
While all the structures in CartaEo we're
bui.' With special regard for vithstandins
earthquakes. this disturbance seemed "a
b. an upheaval from the depths of the
earth. II broke even the lowest building
and they cTumbled under the earth save
One report says tho dead az Cartagc
will exceed So and that already many
! have been found
WASHINGTON. Nav q Details of tho
earthquaks a. Cartago, Costa RioA. were
received ~ the state Department to-day
1 NNm htaAANNn u NNuNtt NAAA ~
d d'AnAires of tho American legation al
san JOse. Costa KioA Five hundred
persons. he sad. were killed and injured
, All Americans are safe. san Jose. IN
added. was badly shaken. bus no lives WorS
| lost there.
The building 81 tho Central American
Court of Justice a. CartaGo. he continued
had been destroyed Andrew CarneGis
contributed $4,000 toward the erection
os the building This structure vas built
especially to withstand earthquaks
shocks. u was ons story high. and had
strong granite walls
The Red Cross has cabled tho sum Of
$500 for the aid Of the people Of Carriage
/ This money will h. disbursed by thu
officers Of the American Legation az San
Jose
/ OTTAWA. Ont. Nav = An ear'hduakS
was recorded by the seisTnogTaph az the
local observatory on "Wednesday evening
and discovered this morning
7 The first preliminary tremOrs arrived
~ 1850 The disturbance lasted forty.
i've minutes and the district % the epi.
centre 10 :. sOo miles
u vas not a severe earthquake az ial
a. tne actual earth movement goes
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