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-
ze lows Disturbances.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua.
Rica. today state that no habitnbIe
houses remain I'm Carriage, which was
visited by series OF earth shocks
Wednesday night.
Over four hundred bodies have -beeu
recovered from the ruins.
Martial law has been declared I'm the
stricken town to prevent disorders and
IOOting. The authorities are making
every effort toward the relief of the
wounded and destitute.
The victims who survived their iniu-
rfes 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 in .he
province of Carriage, Costa Rica. during
Wednesday night.
Carriage is said to have been practically
destroyed. Estimates OF the dead and in
jured are conflicting. II is agreed that
the first report of fatalities of 500 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 believed that DR.. Becanegra. Qua
temalan magistrate to tn. Central Amer
lean arbitration court. was killed. His
wife and child are said TO have persisted.
Many Towns Suffer by Quake.
PANAMA. May 6.-Advices from the
province of Carriage, Costa Rica, state
that the earthquake shocks of Weaues-
day night caused much suffering not
only in Carriage. but in the towns aiong
the railroad line from Carriage to Port
Limon.
San Jose. SO far as known here. did
not suffer greatly.
The reports. agree that many persons
were killed or injured at Carriage, aal 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 nsant a
correspondent obtained a graphic story OF
the disaster.
1T came without warning" he said,
| Just at an hour when practically all the
residents of the city Were gathered al
had an opportunity to save any of their
| belongings. They rushed into the street.
only TO see their homes crumbIe to the
earth.
Cries of the dying and wounded could
be heard every side. Those who had
been fortunate enough 10 escape injury
were too panic-stricken to give much as
sistance 10 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-
ished. and in many instances little ones
whose parents and relatives had been
killed Were found wandering aimleSly In
the streets, crying from hunger and the
want of sleep
ut is almost impossible to describe the
condition which existed throughout the
night. Hundreds are homeless and the
food supply of the city is practically eX-
hausted. The survivors are doomed to-
great suffering unless immediate relief is
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 Carriage.
Disturbances Still Continue.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 6.-Carta-
60 the picturesque city and ancient capt.
tai of Costa RIGA, was destroyed by an
earthquake Wednesday night. Five hum
dred persons are dead and fully as many
are wounded
Half the houses in the city have been
destroyed. Hundreds OF men, women and
children are homeless.
Among the public buildings destroyed is
the magnificent court of justice presented
by Andrew Carnegie as d permanent a..
filtration tribunal where disputes between
the Central American republics coulo bs
settled without resorting to arms
From the aoyiceS received here lie
catastrophe occurred about ten minutes
to o'clock. AS the frightened people
rushed to the street buildings we've
crumbling to earth and few Were able ID
reach places Of safety.
Escaped Prisoners Looting Ruins
Appeals for help have been forwarded
to San Jose and to the capitals OF other