Evening star., 1911-06-07
DAMAGE REPORTED IN
THE AMERICAN QUARTER
Needles in Washington and Else
where Show Severe Fluctuatioua.
LASTED NEARLY TWO HOURS
Heavy Vibrations Began Here a
GOT AN. and Increassd
In Intensity Until
7.5I O'Clock.

MEXICO CITY. June IAN earthoua he
at O'Clock this morning wrecked several
buildings. including the artillery ouarters.
where seventy soldiers were buried in the
ruins. The dead and wounded are esti-
mated at between nifty and seventy.
The oscillations moved from north to
south and opened assures In the streeta
The adobe houses crumbled, but the dead
In these cannot be numbered at present
The shock was most severely felt In ths
western part Of the city. though buildings
In the central part Of the capital were
rocked
The only foreigner killed was a Chinese.
Warehouses at the central station col
lapsed and an engineer was killed. A
private boarding school building was
wrecked. but none OF the occupants was
injured.
The national palace had one OF its
walls cracked and the keystone OF one OF
the arches was displaced. The ancient
Cathedral Of Santo Domingo was dam
aged.
American Homes Wrecked.
Ell PAsO. Tex. June IA telegram re-
cetved here indicated that many OF the
fine homes In the American colony In
Mexico City were wrecked. Z. n. Brown.
president Of the Mexican National rail-
way telegraphed:
big earthquake at 4oo Several kill
safe
At Harvard University.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass June Ian
earthquake OF the nrst order vas re-
corded by the Harvard University seSsuo-
graph today. The calculated distance
from Cambridge to the point Of the rs-
gion Of the shock Il between 20Oo ana
2.7OO miles. but It is not possible for the
Harvard scientists to give any clue what
ever regarding the direction Of the shock.
The earthquake began. according to the
instruments. at Cambridge at e:O0:3s
Am am ,saSl and the second preliminary motion
came In at 6:20!04. A second group of
main waves was recorded by the seismo-
graph at 6:36O4.
The pendulums were still in motion ~
Although the shock recorded todav vas
OF the nrst order. the pendulum vibrated
more severely In January at the time
OF the earthquake in Turkestan.
Severe Shock In New York.
NEW YORK. June IA severe earth
quake estimated at about 5000 miles
from New York was recorded on lne
seismograph OF Fordham University this
morning. The beginning OF the quake
was at Gil o'clock. with the principal
shock seven minutes later.
The direction of the quake was on lines
from east to west. as were noted at the
time OF the San Francisco earthquake.
and there were slight movements also
from north to south.
Prof. Tizman OF Fordham said the
earthquake was the heaviest that had
been recorded at Fordham in q long
time. He thought the center OF the
quake was about 2.t0D miles to 5000
miles away. but In which direction he
could not say.
None Of tho telegraph and cable COM
panies reported today any interruption
Of service which generally follows In the
district where the earthquake 10 severest
The South American and transatlantic
cables were Al working all right. and
telegraph wires IN ell directions were
apparently not hampsred.
At Kansas Uuiversity.
LAWRENCE. Kan. June IA violent
earthquake was recorded by the seismo-
graph at the state university here early
today. The university authorities sx-
pressed the opinion that thu earthquake
was In western Mexico.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 7.-Early this
morning the seismograph at St Igna<ius
College recorded the most severe earth
quake registered in the observatory Ia the
past two and one-half years. At Q o'clock
Father Odenbach, scientist, began study
Ing the record, and announced that he
AoR int fv.f S&>s.
later.
Recorded in London.
LONDON. June THE seismogrsph st
recorded q huge earth
shock at II rs O'Clock this morning. At
noon the needle recorded q motion o3 100
milnuostsrs, and this was followed by .
secondary disturbances.
The maximum strength Of the quake
occurred At 1925 pm. u 10 estimated
that the earthquake was not less than
5000 miles away from Westbromtch.
either on the shores Of the Pacific or IN
the East Indies.
Seismographs throughout the entire
country were Jared ax IN early hour to-
day By the most severe earthquake that
has been recorded in several years. It ,
estimated to have occurred 1000 or 5000
miles from Washington. but in what IL
reotion could not bs ascertainsd.
BEGINNING at 6:07 O'Clock this morning
the needles OF the seismographs Of the
University observatory began
10 move. The trsmors steadily increased
n intensity, causing the needles to record
IN unusual vibration. ThA maximum Of
The north and south movement wes
reached at 6:22O6 and lasted eight min
1tes. while the maximum Of the east and
vast movement was recorded a& 6:2lO.
asting ten minutes.
Gradually the tremors Sub0tded ana
,ied away 1t 7:61 O'Clock. after one hour
Ind forty.one minutes.
Father Tondorf declared that u inda-
,ated the most severe earthquake that
,ad been recorded dncs the establishment
Il the GeofgetoWn observatory. two ysaru
md . half aSn