Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-02
IS
RECORDED AT
PANAMA
FEAR EXPRESSED At FIRST THAT
WORKS or The PANAMA CANAL
MIGHT Be DAMAGED, But TEL.
EGRAMS SAY NO DAMAGE SUS.
TANNED BY GATUk DAM OR LOCKS.
CABLE TO PANAMA
BROKEN IS MILES OUT

Washington, y. G., Oct. 2,-Record-
ed vibrations of what evidently was
the earthquake which visited the Pan
anna canal zone late last night, were
shown on the seismograph at the
Georgetown University observatory
here
The vibration lasted from about
,1l:35 until about 10 minutes after
midnight and the motion was confined
to an east and west direction. The
instrument showed that the earth
quake was 1000 miles or more dis
Otant from here. Major Boggs, in
charge of the Isthmian canal offices in
this city, this morning cabled to Col.
,oethals at Panama for details OF the
earth shocks on the isthmus last night
with special reference to its possible
effect on the Panama canal. This ac-
ton was taken as a measure OF pre-
, caution. though the officials felt that
COL Goethals would have advised
them very promptly had the canal suf-
: fered any substantial injury.
It is recalled at the commission Of
| fees that from time to time there
have been slight shocks of earthquake
. experienced in the Jsthmus. but in no
case has there been any damage what
, ever to the engineering work, although
a sensational report Of one or these
duakes about two years ago caused
considerable alarm at that tima.
; 1t is said at the commission offices
) that very little danger OF extensive
: injury to the canal could have been
caused by any earthquake of record,
, not only on the Isthmus, but in this
hemisphere.
As far as the Isthmus itself is con-
: cerped. the records which have been
: carefully studied by the canal com
: mission fail to show the occurrence oil
t anything more than slight seismic
t disturbances in that quarter as fai
t back as the history of the lsthmns Is
known. There are standing today
: masonry structures erected several
3 centuries ago, which probably would
A have been destroyed long ago by any
: considerable earthquake shock.
= Panama. Oct. 2.-Absolutely no dam
= age was done to the structures OF the
Panama canal by the earthquake
which occurred in the canal zone be-
, tween II and II O'Clock last night
t The official statement issued this al
,ternoon concerning the earthquake
:, shows that the first tremor was no'
noticeable except on the seismograpf
$ at the Ancon observatory 1t occur
d red at 40 yesterday afternoon. The
a next and greatest shock was felt al
l. D11:25 last night. Between then ahc
5:1S this morning. eleven other trem
= ors were recorded
l. The violence of the vibration a
,11.25 last night was so great that i
threw the pen off the paper OF int
! seismograph and consequently an eX
/ act record of its duration was not OBJ
y tanable 1t apparently lasted from
u 20 to % seconds.
The instruments showed the com
t mon point of origin of the shocks tt
I he the north of Colon in the CARR
bean sea. The Gatun dam and the
y canal locks sustained absolutely NJ
. injury.
T.. Investigation at Panama showed
that more damage had been done thal
if was at first believed. Although NJ
walls were seriously impaired, sigh
u cracks appeared in several concrete
: buildings. particularly in Twelfth
e street. near Santa Ana Plaza.
y Three hours after last nights dis
/ turbances in Central and South Amer
J. lea. the Atlantic cable broke abou
u Il miles north of Panama. This ma.
e have been a coincidence or the resul
of the shocks The break caused m
y! inconvenience to the cable company
= traffic.
II The earthquake appears to hav
. been of submarine character.
From Port Limon, Costa Rica come
the news that the earthquake wa
scarcely noticeable in that country.
If the disturbance was more seriou
anywhere it must have been in som
Of the West Indian islands or in Ecua
= Cor.
:. The only serious damage to built
=. ires in the city of Panama was tn
=. shaking down of some of the plaste
q and fresco interiors of the famous fla
=, an ched Santo Domingo church.
q Colonel Goethals has received re
< ports from every part of the canal tel
< ritory, stating that no damage has rt
< suited to the canal.
x Reports of damage in the interlo
4 towns of the Panama republic bega
q t( come in late this afternoon IN
x earthquake appears to have partlc'
< larly violent in the province of Lo
= Santos, where the government palac
< il the city of Los Santos was wreci
x ed and the police station badly craci
\ ed.
4 The towers of the churches 9
4 Macaracat and Los Elablas wef
< wrecked In the latter place seVer'
4 ether buildings were destroyed.
4 At Pese the village priest called II
e congregation into the church, but tf