Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-06
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED: !
RELIEF WORK GOING ON
Many Other Towns Have Suffered.
and San Jose Felt Shock.
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE Is DOWN.
Catastrophe Occurs While People!
Are in Their Homes and With
out Warning-Meteor Fol-
lows Disturbances.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua.
May 6-RepOrts from san Jose, Costa
Rlca, today state that no habitabIc
houses remain I'm CartagO. which was
visited by n series Of earth shocks
Wednesday night.
Over four hundred bodies have been
recovered from the ruins.
Martial law has been declared in tho
stricken town 10 prevent disorders and
IOOting. The autboriti~s are making
every effort toward the relief of the
wounded and destitute.
The victims who survived their inju-
ries are being removed to San Jose.
fourteen miles distant.
Conflicting Reports Of Fatalities.
Refugees arriving at San Jose bring
further news of the devastation wrought.
by the series of earth shocks i'm the .
province of Cartago. Costa Rica, during
Wednesday night.
Cartago is said to have been practically
destroyed. Estimates of the dead and in
jured are conflicting. 1t is agreed that
the first report Of fatalities of 800 was
conservative.
Most of the structures OF the town are
in ruins. Among them was the Palace
of Justice. erected by Andrew Carnegie's
gift of 100000
1t is beIieved that DR. Becanegra. Qua
temalan magistrate to the Central Amer
lean arbitration court. was killed. His
wife and child are said to have perished.
No Communication With Cartago.
According to reports received here from
San Jose. the refugees say that COM
munication between Cartago and outside
points has been interrupted and much
damage has been done along the railway
line leading to Port Limon.
The shocks threw the ten thousand in
habitants of Cartago into a panic. The
authorities, however kept their heads
and martial law being declared. prompt
ly began the work of rescue
The injured will add several hundred to-
the total casualties.
Many Towns Suffer by Quake.
PANAMA, May 6.-Advices from the
province OF Cartago, Costa Rica, state
that the earthquake shocks of Wednes-
day night caused much suffering. not
only in Cartago, but in the towns along
the railroad line from Cartago to Port
Limon.
San Jose. SO far as known here, did
not suffer greatly.
The reports agree that many persons
We're killed or injured at Cartago, and a
portion OF the place wiped out.
Story Told by Refugee.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May g.
Through one of the refugees from Car
tago who reached San Jose last night a
correspondent obtained a graphic story of
the disaster.
"It came without warning he said,
lust at an hour when practically all the
residents of the city Were gathered at
their homes after the days work. Few
had an opportunity to save any of their
belongings. They rushed into the street,
only to see their homes crumble to the
earth.
Cries of the dying and wounded could
be heard On every side. Those who had
been fortunate enough to escape injury
were too panic-stricken to give much as
sistance to those whose lives were being
crushed out beneath the debris of their
homes.
Far into the night these lamentations
mingled with prayers could be heard
throughout the city. Mothers were.
searching for their children who had per-
whose parents and relatives had beens
killed were found wandering aimles,y I'M
the streets. crying from hunger and the'
want Of sleep.
'Tt is almost impossible to describe the
condition which existed throughout tho
night. Hundreds are homeless and the.
food supply of the city is practically ex-s
hausted. The survivors are doomed toj
great suffering unless immediate relief iss
sent by the nearby cities"
Similar stories were brought by scores
of other refugees. and the excitement
which prevails in the streets of San jose
is almost equal to what was witnessed
in Cartago.
Disturbances Still Continue. :,
go, the picturesque city and ancient capf-
tai of Costa Rica, destroyed by an
earthquake Wednesday night. Five hun