The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-06
OLD CART AGO
ONCE MORE A
RUINED CITY
Forr the Seventh Time Capital
of Costa RIGA Destroyed by
Earthquake, Which Contin-
ues Today.
THINK ONE THOUSAND
PEOPLE WERE KILLED
While 1t Is Estimated That
$500 Were Injured and
5000 Are Homeless
Other. Towns Wrecked.
RAILROAD IS DESTROYED
TWO VOLCANOES ARE NOW ACT
I'VE AND GIVE INDICATIONS or
A SEVERE ouTsREAk-REscuE
WORK STARTED.
RAILROAD IS DESTROYED
american News service)

(American News Service)
Washington, May 6.-State depart.
San Jose, Costa Rica, report that Cart.
ago was almost totally destroyed In
yesterdays earthquake. Loss OF life
is fully five hundred. None are Am,
ericans. The Central American palace
of Justice which cost quarter of a
million dollars. of which Carnegie
gave a hundred thousand dollars, was
completely demolished.
Martial law has been proclaimed.
Seven looters We're shot dead by the
police. Four hundred bodies already
have been recovered.
SHOCKS STILL FELT.
~ PORT Iimnn. Costa Rica. May 6.
For three days Central America has
been shaken by violent earthquakes.
The shock continued today. but with
diminished force For the seventh
time in its history. Cartago, former
S0pildA VI SOStd IAiCS, lcS Ill
Other cities have been destroyed.
Careful estimates based on the latest
reports received here today give the
following as the extent of the disast-
er: Dead 1000; injured $500; home
less $4,000: towns destroyed or part
ly wrecked. 4.
Paraise, town eight miles to the
east Of Cartago and Oresi, 20 miles to
the southeast, are both reported to
have met the fate of the larger city.
Volcanoes Get Busy.
The volcanoes Turialba and Irasuv
already partly or wholly in eruption.
give. signs of a severe outbreak The
entire population of the Central and
Northern sections of Costa Rica is In
terror
The railroad running from here to
the north with spurs to Cartago and
San Jose, is tied up. 1t is believed
that the line has been completely
wrecked in places and that its recon
strnction for great portion of its
length will prove necessary.
All wires are down. The fun extent
OF the damage is beyond the grasp OF
startled Costa Rica. One of the rich
est districts of the country lies DESC
lated, the wreckage of its houses COW
ering hundreds of dead, and aid is
urgently needed.
Effects 4 Wide Area
Though Cartago, according to the
fullest reports available, bore the
brunt OF the shock, the earthquake
affected a wide area, fully two hund-
red miles in length and extending in
to Nicaragua. The towns along the
San Juan river, running near the
boundary between Costa Rica and MIC
aragua. have all felt the shock severe
", according to dispatches reaching
Greytown. at the mouth. Couriers ar
irving there brought news of damage
done to San Carlos, Castillo Viejo and
Ochea- Throughout the valley shocks
have played havoc and at least one
place the course of the river has been
changed.
Many settlements In the hills about
Cartago are believed to have been de-
stroyed. besides Paraso, whose popu-
lation is 1000. and Orosi. a town OF
1900.
Relief expeditions were today sent
out from San Jose The distance be-
tween the two cities. the capital and
the DESTROYED town. is but fifteen
miles. but progress between them Is
slow.