Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
Several bullolngS.
FOLLOWED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS
City Of Mexico and Vicinity Most
Severely Shaken.
FISSURES OPENED IN STREETS
Street Railway Company's Power
Building is Wrecked.
ARTILLERY BARRACKS WRECKED
sixty 90 Seventy-Five Men Are Killed
aud Wounded-Number of Per
sons Buried in Debris
of Housca.
FOLLOWED BY EXPLOSION OF Ga
FIssUREs OPENED IN STREET
ARTILLERY BARRACKS WRECKED

Tt-SCoN. AriE. June 7-Todays earth
rual,e was not felt along the Southern Pa
oifIc down the west coast Of Mexico. nor
elsewhere in Sonora and northern sinaloa-
MEXICO CITY. June An earthquake
Al 4 O'Clock this morning wrecked several
buildings. including the artillery quarters.
when seventr soldiers were buried in its
ruins The dead and wounded are esti-
mated between fifty and seventy.
Several persons were killed through the
street railway power plant At Buena
Vista the railroad tracks were twisted.
collapse of the building occupied by the
The shock was followed by an explosion
Of gas al the armory barracks, which
added horror to the scene
The oscillation moved from north TO
south and opened GsEures in the streets.
The adobe houses cTumbled. but the dead
IN these cannot be numbered al present.
The shock vas most severely felt in the
western part Of 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 were
injured.
The national palace had one Of its walls
cracked and the keystone Of one Of the
arches was displaced.
The ancient cathedral Of SGnto Domingo
was damaged
Description of Buildfngs.
The artillery quarters wrecked by earth
quake this morning is long low build
ing. snd is used chiefly as a government
arsenal During the recent disturbance
throughout Mexico large forces OF soldiers
had been CHARTERED in this building. II
"a an edifice Of ancient construction and
design and during the spanish occupation.
II was used a. a storehouse for war
material At tinnes II has been converted
into q fortress and more recently has been
used as q museum of artillery.
The Beiem prison is in the same locality
and also houses a large number Of people.
its original inmates reaching at times as
hagh as several thousand.
The earfhQuake today comes AZ tha mo-
ment that the Mexican capital was about
20 receive the revoiutionary victor, Fran
eisco I AEAdern. sr. Cable dispatches an
nouneed his ARRIVAL at the city and indi-
cate that. despite the earthquake, an ova-
ton was given-
The national palace. the walls Of which
were cracked by the earthquake. occupies
q large city block and houses many Of
the government offices An imposing facade
extenas along the entire east sids Of the
plaza Major With a frontage Of s75 feet.
The church OF Eanto Domingo. which was
damaged, was completed In I7ss az q cost
Of $4,000 and was then considered the
finest structure in the city. II is stIn re-
Earded as one Of the best examples Of
BAroqne architecture in Mexico.
News Reaches Laredo.
LAREDO. Tex. June T.-Seventy-f1ve or
more persons are reported 10 have lost
their lives in the City OF Mexico as = result
Of the earthquake early today and serious
damage Is ssad to have been done south of
the capital. according to messages received
on railroad wires here this afternoon.
Chaotie conditions are said 10 prevail
throughout a large section OF the republic
Homes of Americans wrecked.
Ell PASO. Tex. June IA telegram re
ceived here indicates that many OF ths
fine homes in the American colony IN Mex,
leo City were wrecked. F. N. Brown
president OF the Mexican National rail-
way. telegraphed:
Big earthquake at 4:so a. m. Several