Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-07
EARTH SHOOK
IN MEXICO
Loss of Life and Terrible
Damage just Before Ar
rival of Madero
NATIONAL PALACE IS DAMAGED
Seventy Soldiers Buried Under
Ruin. of Barracks--Big
Fissures.

(By Special Leased wire 10 Ne" Me~ica''
Washington, D. c., June 7.-Seis-
mographs throughout the entire coun-
try were Jared at an early hour today
by the most severe earthquake that
has been recorded in several years.
1. is estimated to have occurred four
thousand or five thousand miles from
Washington, but in what direction
could not be ascertained.
Seattle Records Earthquake.
Seattle, Wash, June IA violent
earthquake supposed to be in Western
Mexico. was recorded on the seismo-
graph Of the University of Washing
ton between 3 and o'clock this morn
ing, the disturbance lasting a half
hour. The sheet recording the east and
west vibrations was shaken off the
drum.
Lawrence, Kas., June IA violent
earthquake was recorded by the seis'
mograph at the State. university here
early today
The university authorities expressed
the opinion that the earthquake was
in western Mexico.
Cables Worked/AIl Right.
New York. Nonef of the cable and
telegraph companies reported today
any interruption of service which gen
orally followy'in the district where the
earthquake As severest. The South
American fand transatlantic cables
were working all right.
Seventy Soldiers in Ruins.
Mexico City, Mex. An earthquake
at o'clock this morning destroyed
several buildings including the artil
lery quarters where seventy soldiers
were buried in the ruins. The dead
and wounded number between fifty
and seventy.
! Cathedral and Palace Damaged.
| Mexico City, Mex, June 7.-The
ware houses 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 walrs cracked and the
keystone OF one Of the arches was dis
placed. The ancient cathedral OF
! Santo Domingo was damaged
| American Homes Wrecked.
i FL Paso, Texas, June IA telegram
received here indicates that many OF
the fine homes in the American colony
in Mexico City We're wrecked. E. N
Brown, president of the Mexican Ma
tional Railroad, telegraphed: Several
killed in the Santa Maria district. My
house badly wrecked. All our Ameri
can friends safe"
The message came from Mexico
City over the railroad telegraph lines
! Santa Maria is suburb of Mexico
City.
Fissures Opened In Streets.
Mexico City, Mex, June THE os
citations moved from north to south
and opened fissures in the streets
The adobe houses crumbled but the
dead in these cannot be numbered al
present.
The shock was most severely felt In
the western part of the city though
| buildings in the central part OF the
capital were rocked. The only for
eigner killed waS a Chinese.
Artillery Quarters Wrecked.
| The artillery quarters wrecked by
earthquake this morning, is Ions
low building near the Belem prison
and is used chiefly as a governmen,
larsenal. During the recent distur
bance throughout Mexico large forces
o. soldiers had been quartered in this
building. 1t is an edifice of ancien
construction and design, and durini
the Spanish occupation 1t was used q,
a storehouse for war material. Al
times it has been converted into {
fortress and more recently has beer
used as museum of artillery.
The Belem prison is in the same 10
cality and also houses a large numbel
OF people, its criminal inmates reach
ing at times as high as several thou
sand. The earthquake today comes a
the moment that the Mexican capita
was about to receive the revolutionar,
victory of Francisco I. Madero, Jr.
1 Earthquake Was Local.
i Tucson, Ariz., June To-day,
Earthquake was not felt along tn,
Southern Pacific down the west coas
4 lot Mexico, nor elsewhere in Sonor,
and northern Sinaloa. Inquiries sen
out from the Southern Pacific office
in this city brought responses tina
agents were not aware that an earth
quake had occurred.
I! Much Damage South Of Mexico.
Laredo, Texas, June 7.-Seventy.fiy
or more persons are reported to hay
Host their lives in the city of Mexico
as result Of the earthquake early Il
day and serious damage is said t
have been done south of the capita
according to messages received o
railroad wires here this afternoo,
Chaotic conditions are said to preva
throughout large section Of the +,
public.
SIX THOUSAND GARMENT
WORKERS ON ,sTRlkl
Cleveland, Ohio, June Six tho,
sand union garment workers went o
strike today to enforce demand fo
recognition Of the union.