The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-09
CLEARING
THE DEBRIS
Hundreds OF ADALEE SHACKS
In The SUBURBS ARE
RUINED
THE DEAD NUMBERS 25O

Mexico City, June 8.-Three thou
sand troops are clearing away the
earthquake debris. The dead are
estimated at $50. Hundreds of adobe
shacks in the surburbs are ruined.
Mexico City,, June 7-Sixty-three
persons were killed, seventy-f1ve were
wounded and property worth over
$4,000 in gold was wrecked yester-
day by an earthquake which shook
the Mexican capital and injected a
note Of tragedy into what was to be
a day of pure rejoicing over the ar
rival of Francisco /. Madero, Jr.
The victims were caught beneath
the falling was Of the artillery bar
racks Of San Cosma, near the Mexican
central station.
Another place where the earthquake
took it's toll of death in consideration
numbers was at the city power plant
of the street car company. There
six persons were killed and six wound
ed. Two others were found in the de-
bris, consisting partly of steel rails
which had been stacked in the iron
and wood departments. The victims
were inhabitants Of shacks, built
along beside the structure.
With these two exceptions, the
death list was made up of single
cases, or in few instances of two
and three persons caught beneath fall
ing walls in unsubstantial buildings.
Great Shock Throughout The City.
Although the shock was plainly feltl
in all parts of the city, few realized
the ma agnitude of the catastrophe until
late in the afternoon, because the
casualties were confined to COM
paratively small area. The inhabitants
were slow to realize that the capital
has suffered in a score of years.
No personal property of Americans
was damaged, and with the exception
Of one Chinese killed, no foreigners
were injured In the barra cks Wheres
the soldiers were killed, twelve Wo-
men also lost their lives. They were
the wives Of arti1lerymen.
Soldiers Were Asleep In Barracks.
Seventy soldiers were sleeping
in the house. approximately thirty
five we're quartered on the first floor,
the remainder on the second. The
outer wall fell away, and the roof,
crashing down on the sleeping men
on the second floor, hurled them down
through the ceiling on their comrades
below The bodies of thirty soldiers
have been recovered. Three are miss
ing and sixteen are wounded, few
severely.
Those who escaped began the work
of rescue at once. Women, whose sol.
der husbands we're in the pile, stood
by, waiting in groups, while children
olung to their mothers dresses and
stared curiously at the gruesome
scene. Ambulances later carried the
wounded to the military hospitals and
the dead to Dolores cemetery.
The Shocks Intensity.
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yards Of the Mexican Central Rail
road, at which Madero had been
scheduled to enter, presented another
spectacle of the shocks intensity.
There a long wall separating these
yards from those of the Mexican Rail
way was thrown down. An engineer
who was lying by it's side, was crush
ed to death. A warehouse of the
Mexican Central was mostly wrecked
one wall and a portion of the build
ing co1lapsing About one-third OF
the round-house was torn down. NO
casualties we're reported here.
The police reports Of the quake did
not record the death of any person OF
prominence. The victims were those
whose homes were in cheap1y built
houses or shacks. In most cases the
walls that fell had little power OF
resistance
The fury of the shock was felt only
IN the northwestern and the western
parts of the city. The most damage
was in that quarter known as Santa
Maria, although cracked pavements
and broken walls mark it's course as
far to the south as Colonia Roma. in
habited largely by Americans. In this
quarter, however, little damage was
done, and no deaths have been re.
ported.
Cracks show here and there in the
paVements throughout the area affect
ed and now and then asphalt is buck
led into ridges from three to five
inches high.
A Ruined Aspect.
Walls of soft stone and bricks fell
IN scores of places, giving to some
places ruined aspect.
The water mains of the city were
not injured and the light and power
company suffered little Inconvenience
In operations
Some damage was done to street
car tracks, but not enough to inter
iere with traffic except on one line.
Inc projection of the front wall OF
belem prison was thrown into the
st[eet. No great damage was done.
1Wo OF the capitals old churches
ana the national palace show effects
VI the shock. Long cracks appeared
Sto - an OF them. In the palace, a key
''ohe IN one OF the arches was