The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-04
GUATEMALA CITY
 AGAIN DESTROYED
CABLEGRAM TO NAVY DEPART MENT SAID 125,ooo PEOPLE
 WERE WITHOUT SHELTER.
MANY PERSONS WERE KILLED
Railroad Depot, Sugar Mills, Post of- flee, American and British lega- tions, U. S. Consulate and All
 Churches Have Been Ruined.

Washington. Guatef1 ala C1Jy, capital city of the little Central Amer ican republic of Guatemala, has been laid in runs ny Il series of earth ... wet btgitHsng Cbri fu}as Day and I;ttle eaeGhg Sunday night in violent snsolks' Which completed the work of destruction. A cablegram to the Navy Department said 125,000 people were in the streets without shelter, and that several were killed by falling walls. Navy vessels in Central Ameri- can waters have been ordered to the stricken city to render all possible assistance.
 Following is the brief dispatch which brought the news of the catas- trophe:
 Bad earthquake yesterday finish ed the work of others. Everything in ruins and beyond description as a re- suit of last nights shock. One hun dred and twenty-five thousand people are in the streets. Parts of the coun- try are very cold and windy. Tents are needed badly Quite number KlIleu DN ldlIIHS NdllS.
 A message from San Salvador says that many persons were killed, some in their homes and others ill the streets. The theater, which was filled with people, collapsed and there were many casualties among the audience. Hospitals and asylums and the pris- ons were badly damaged and many patients and prisoners were killed. The railroad depot, sugar mills, post office, the American and British lega- tions, United States consulate and all the churches in the city have been lcveled.
 Deep Assures opened in the middle of the city. The inhabitants, in pdEic, have nvd lIoln GIG cdDItd#,. Int stock of provisions in the city ia cant an& aid is required promptly. The SalNadorean government has suspend eds the official New Year celebration and. entered into deep mourning in symhathy with Guatemala.
 Series of Quakes.
 Earthquakes have been prevalent in Guatemala since the day after Christ mas, when the shocks were general throughout the republic. With each recurrent shock the damage in Guate- mala City, the capital of the republic, has grown more extensives, Last Thursday it was reported th;H from 10 to 40 persons had been lFlled in the disturbances of the previous even ing while dispatches of Friday and Saturday indicate that so per cent of Guatemala City had been demolisn- ed and that thousands of persons were homeless. Martial law had been de- clared and good order was said to be prevailing.
 Guatemala has been the scene of many disasters, the results of earth quakes. Since the settlement of the country in 1922 there have been more cess of 300 earthquakes. The original Guatemala City was destroyed In 1541 and 000 of the inhabitants kill ed by a deluge of water from near by volcano which was rent by an earthquake. The second capital was destroyed by an earthquake in 1773. Guatemala City has population of nearly 100000. It is situated on a plain at an elevation of 1850 feet above sea level. In the great square stood the Old Vice Regal palace, the cathedral anG archbishop's palace and government. The capital is the cen ter of the srade of the entire repub- lie, which consists in the manufacture of muslins, cotton yarns of fine text ure, articles of silver and embroid cries.
 6 Red Cross To Relief. | The American Red Cross will give | relief to the earthquake sufferers. In ,fe@D oI1st- -,,..,@ala for assistanct from Alfred Clark, chairman of the | Red Cross chaater at Guatemala City