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

Later dispatches from Fort L!mou
state that i, tsrior Costa RiGs has been
dera:t ,ted by earthquakes. Mach OF
Garage ia 10 ruias. Conservative isbu-
la:ior late yesterday afternoon pIsccG the
number of dead q. 800. The ctutttg
TO the nor'h and northeast of San Jose
hss been claaved open. EFT re- villGges
have been undermined and lost IL The
nsw OF The quake. Teiearephic CON-
muyIcatiou between Pert Lincn aud
San Jose was lost for a hours. As it
ia now, only feeble line tells the story
of death in the interior.
1t has oeeu impossible 10 pet the foil
truth o! TIE los, that inferior Costa Rlca
has suffered. 1t vas in the mGuutaIn
couotry ihst the grahtet damage was
done, 50 fsr as lives are ,ecSoued. Ia
the mouatain country there were sclres
Of villages and humble s: ttlemaats That
dropped cut Of sight.
From siIlsges to the north ard north
west there came the story OF dFstb end
devastation. Between Ca'rsgo and San
Joae much the same condition prevails
[: seems, according TO cDnriers, as IL
death had suddenly stricken The entira
country.
Government tsbuls:ioGs from San
Jose place TIE number of dead ct | 500
Probably 1t will run more !baG shis
number. An attempt 10 get l5s remes
oil towns destroyed was futile. "AImost
everything is gone" Is The oUg response
lhft specific queries bring. Port Ltmou
rocked with tho earthquake, bet there
was no damage there
The earthquake occurred st $50
O'Clock on "Wednesday evening. J. cams
without warning and continued aooDt Is
seconds. Ia that brief apaoa Of ime the
buildings OF Oartsgo collapsed, buryjog
hundreds OF persons,
Following the shock twilight 6gs
tnroed to the dsTkuess Of midnight By
clouds Of dnt tina, rose from The ruins.
Panic en5ucd aud too cries OF he injured
and fleeing survivors filled tbs All.
Cooler hesds hurried to HE telegraph
Office 10 snmnann help from Gan Jose aud
AIaju3la, cnIy to fnd the operators
dead, tho eires do~n and the railroad
traffic badly impeded
IA Eo9n IS the news reached San jose
President Gonzales V qutz, accom- panied
by Preaidfnt.clect Ricsrd Jminsz and
man7 doctors aud nurses add 8 supply
OF medicines, s'attsd o1 special train
for Cartsgo to Lend fret sid to the sur
viyors Upon The presidents arrival at
Caltlgo martial law was proclaimed in
order to facilitate the mai, teunBce OF
order. Provisions snd cltthing were
slso dispatched from San jose
Throughout the day specisl trNiD5 at
rived at San jose, bringing he Injured,
who hsvc filled the hospitals and many
private houses, which he'd been surieud-
cred for the purpose by their omners.
The beautiful pesce pslsce. erected
at coat Of 800, 900, through the
generosity CT Andrew Carnage was
converted into pile OF debrls. Oiber
public buld!ugs net the same fate.
Many s!u tents 1T the college Of The
Sileslsn fathers Here killed.
Mr.. Carnegie hss wired thkt the
p ace palace will be rel uilr.
The ministers 1T Sac Jose, Panama.
Mexico and ether Central American
Countries have asked their governments
10 oJt.ibu,e to iha aid OF thei. sister
republic. Several prominent spsnish-
4 ntr,cans sre among the desd.
Upon learning OF the great earth
quike disaster ct Cafssgo President
TAT; sent the following message to
President V:quez, Of Costa Rica, at San
Jcs:
"Accapt the profound sympathy OF
The people and government Of The
United States in the calamity at Car
ago, OF which learned with the deep
:st regret"