The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

ed At the same time the light went
cut The screen was thrown against
the door. shutting It tight. and We had
a great scramble trying to get out
to our knees AS soon as we could
gain our feet we rushed through the
house for the children. who were IN
different rooms. Two OF my little ones
a bath, and a third was In bed with
q fever We carried them out into the
streets and finally made our way out
Of the ruins.
SOUNDED Like q Battle.
L cannot describe the scenes at that
time" continued Dr.. Prize. 1.-THE walls
were everywhere falling. and the noise
was like the cannonadtn9 OF battle
were shrieking and crying. and many
were on their knees praying. the air
was choking with ashes Ths mer-
chants and clerks had all run out OF
the stores. and no one paid any atten-
tion to saving his goods. At the same
time u was dark When the earth rose
II threw on the switch at. the electric
light plants, and this saved many lives.
Had II not done SO the town woulo
have been filed with live wires and
many would have been killed BY them
An electric wire caught me in the neck
Just as 1 ran out Of the door. and had
the current been on should have per-
shed. AS v vas. tried to get some
for II. The merchant was out in the
street. He told me that there was .
tve-gallon can In the rear OF the store
and that could have Il for nothing II
would bring 4 out. bu1, as for him.
got the can. but II held only . quart.
And what d.d the people do for
quarters that nightr
we dsd cur best TO get out Of the
-ity, and lxter on We had tents which
nd
re were Many Of the residents have
coffee plantations or country estates,
ina some went to them A relief train
and physicians esne IN from San Jose
she next day. and the dead were grad
inrs have since been repaired. Tho
tcw n has now perhaps one-sixth the
population IL had two years ago"
nsw the Csey LssGs To-Dsy.
And now let me tell you something
Of the Cartago Of to-day. I have spent
hours wandering through It's almost
deserted streets and tramptng over the
where one goes he sees the foundations
OF bufldingS with . pile Of debris In
side Of them. The Church OF san Nico.
Ias- not far from the station. II being
IN. walls are cracked ana brokes- I've
bells have been put up on poles - .
shed a. the ssde and are now rung BY
hand The great cathedral opposite
the public park and the markct which
was built at . cost, venture, Of .
half million or %. hae been cr1cKe0
and HeOtroyed bey0ud hope Of repair.
II 50 Q stone structure COVERING AlmcSt
an scre. With wA1Is ten feet In thick
NEE. Oahers Of the chureAes hsve en-
tsrely Ateappearo1
a TUWD - - - sesuVa
walking through TIE streets. one
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