Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-07
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKS IN MEX|CU.
Seismic Disturbances Recorded at an
Early Hour This Morning. Panic
in MexicO---Many Report
ed Killed.

Ell Paso, Tex, June IA Dulietiu
lust received here says that Mexico
City was badly damaged by a severe
earthquake shock today. The Chief
damage was done to the ancient fortlfl'
cations just outside of the city, The
buildings being shattered. 1t is re,
ported that many soldiers were caught
in the ruins and killed, but these re-
ports are of vague character.
The Inhabitants Of the city rushed
into the streets terrified in the extreme.
Women aud children hocked to the
churches and prayed there before the
| numerous shriues. The superstitlous
believed that the earthquake was in
the nature of visitation from the
Almighty.
According to the meagre advices
available here the force of the earth
quake was felt far south Of the city,
and it is feared that when the
reports from the outlying territory
are received the disaster will take Oh an
appalling magnitude. Wire commun-
ication with the capital from here Is
uncertain, and it is said there is abso-
lutely no communication with points
south Of the city Because of these facts,
many wild rumors are being circulated
and it may be some time before the
exact situation is known.
Mexico City, Jupe 1.-Thousands OF
persons who had fiocked to this city to
participate in the welcome to Fran
cisco | Madero, jr., leader OF the sue
cessful revolution we're thrown into
panic by an earthquake shock which
seriously damaged many of the city
buildings today. Ten soldiers are re-
ported to have been crushed to death
in the city barracks and nearly every
prisoner in the Belem Jail vas Injured,
but so far is known there we're no cas-
ualties in the city proper. Fears are
entertained, however, that great dam
age and possible loss OF life resulted
from the earthquake south Of the city.
Communication with this section is in
terrupted.
New York, June THE cable de-
partment IF the Western Union Teie-
graph Company received report tins
afternoon that betU cen fifty and seventy
FIVE people had been killed IN Mexico
City as The result Of an earthquake
which damaged lhr clly ah"uL ! o'clock
this morning.
Buffalo, n. Y June The Selemo-
graph al Canisiu, Cullegr recorded =
severe earthquake snOck his morning,
the disturbance beginning At 500
O'Clock and ending at $40 o'clock.
ST. Louis, Mo-, lnne Earthquake
continuing from 5:nI nn-
ill 7:35 O'Clock this morn'ng we're re-
corded ny the seismoSgraph II The 81.
LOUIS University. The maximum nc-
Cured at 5:24. is origin could not be
located
Cleyrl.nd, O., June 7.-Au earth
quake shock Of such magnitude as to
xceed all previous records on the
seiJrnograph Of ST. Ignatius Colleg
sas recorded today. The first wa>:
..ame at 6:07:l5, reaching maximum
1t 6:3l and continuing until O'Clock
5o prolonged was the shock that the
seismograph sheet vas just barely Large
enough to record it IN its entirety. The
shock vas estimated by Father Oden-
bach to be at distance of $500 miles
Washington, d c., June THE
most severe earthquake ever recorded
on the sei.mograph at Georgetown Uni
versity occurred at 6:07 O'Clock thl>
New York, June THE most Sc.
we're earthquake since San Francisco
vas destroyed, was recorded on thu
-eismograph at Fordham College TO
day. It's duration vas more than seven
minutes. Prof Tiznan estimated the
distance at between 1900 to 5000
miles from New York.