Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-06-09
[63 dead IN Quake.
MANY SOLDIERS AND THEE
WIVES AMONG VICTIMS At
MEXICO CITY.
SCORES BURIED IN BARRACKS
only One Foreigner Loses Life, Al
though the Damage 10 widespread
= --seventy-Fivs Persons Injured
Property Loss Estimated 500, 1000

Mexico City.-The net result of m
earthquake which rent this city is Ga
killed, rs injured and property dam.
age 100000.
When the work OF searching thu
ruins is completed 1t is possible the
list of dead will be heightened, AZ
hiding here and there throughout thu
city doubtless are many wounded who
with traditional fear OF the authorities
and government hospitals, are anxious
to evade discovery. The property loss
is based upon calculations made BY
owners and contractors.
More than half of the dead account.
ed for were soldiers. They were
caught beneath the falling walls Of
the artillery barracks in San Cessna, q
locality near the Mexican Central sta.
ton. Another place where the earth.
quake took its toll of death In consid.
cradle numbers was at the power
plant of the street car company. Here
six were killed and six injured.
The death list was made up mostly
of single cases, or, In some instances,
of two or three caught beneath falling
walls in the poorer buildings OF the
district most seriously affected.
No personal property of Americans
was damaged, and with the exception
of one Chinese killed no foreigner was
injured. In the barracks where the
soldiers were killed IL women also
lost their lives. They were the wives
of the artillerymen. These women
have the privilege of spending the
night within the walls of the barracks.
The barracks was an old structure,
built a generation or more ago, but
unlike many of the older edifces In
the city, its walls were comparatively
thin.
Seventy-two soldiers were sleeping
in the house. Approximately half were
chartered on.the first floor. The outer
wall fell away and the roof, crashing
down on the sleeping men on the Sec
ond floor, hurled them down on to
their comrades below. The bodies Of
80 soldiers have been recovered.
Three are missing and 16 are injured.
a few dangerously.
Those who escaped at once began
the work of rescue.
The fury of the shock was spent in
the northwestern and western parts Of
the city. The most damage done was
in the quarter known as Santa Maria,
although cracks in the pavements and
walls toppled over serve to mark Its
course as far to the south as Colonia
Roma, district Inhabited largely by
Americans.
The water mains of the city were
practically uninjured and the light
and power company suffered little in.
convenience in operations.
Notwithstanding the chaotic condi.
ton of the city, Francisco l. Madero.
conqueror of Diaz, entered the seat OF
government amid the acclamations OF
the terror-stricken populace.
The demonstration was the greatest
the capital has known in a generation,
despite the earthquake. Business was
practically suspended, and the streets
through which the revolutionary lead.
er made his triumphal way were gay
with flags, bunting and flowers, while
from the threats of tens Of thousands
came roars of acclaim.
The noisy welcome began when the
great crowd at the railway station
first caught sight of the bearded face
and stocky figure as Madero emerged
from his private car and stepped
quickly into a waiting carriage
Shouts of viva Madero!" swelled In
to a great chorus as the cry was ta-
ken up along the streets leading from
the railway station throughout the
city. ..-