Evening star., 1920-01-09

MEXICO CITY, January o.
| Seven towns near TeOceiO, south
OF JnIapn. have been overwhelmed
by the earth disturbances and
great lake is covering their former
sites. according to a message re-
cefved this morning from TeOceio
through Vera Cruz. Thirty-fOur
bodies had been recovered when
the message was filed Mt TeOcel0.
The towns that were inundated
are TTntanaIan, Quiezmftlan,
COastaleca. TOsigue, lxtlahuacnn,
CholOyn and San JOse-Achilchicn.
Every house in TeOcel has been
made uninhabitable.
MEXICO CITY, January 9.-Intense
excitement and panic reigns among
the inha bitants of the cities of Cor
doba and OriZaba, in the western part
of the state of Vera Cruz, because of
the opening of a new crater of the
volcano of Orizaba, fifteen miles to
the northward. The new crater is
emitting smoke, according to informa-
ton received last night a the offices
of the presidential military staff. from
/ army officers in the earthquake dis
trict
1t is officially reported that nothing
untoWard has been noticed at the
other volcanoes in Mexico, including
the two huge extinct craters of Popo-
catepet1 and IZtachiuatl. southeast OF
TINS city. or at the extinct crater or
Colima, near the Pacific coast. The
tremors detected by instruments here
yesterday were felt at Coscomatepec,
Cordoba, and Zongolica, state of Vera
Cruz. but no damage was done by
them.
View of Experts.
Experts believe the reported opening
of a small and supposedly extinct vol
cano at San Miguel and the breaking
Ant Of %Dy- MT nYI q ho
provide an explanation of the earth
quake which, on Saturday night. cen
tered with terrific effect, along the
line between the states of Vera Cruz
and Puebla
New advices tell of 200 deaths near
tricts near Cordoba, and it seems i'm
probable the final list of casualties
will fall below original estimates of
1000 even if reports of 1000 deaths
at Couztlan were exaggerated. from
compila ton and comparison of vary
ing dispatches it is believed twenty
villages were completely destroyed,
with almost double that number OF
towns and villages partially demol-
ished or badly damaged. There mas
been no attempt to estimate the num-
ber of hamlets and single country
have figures as to the number of in
jured or property damage been re-
ported.
Many Dead and Injured.
Among the places which reports to
the presidential military staff and
Mexico City papers say were totally
destroyed are Couztlan with 900 dead
and as many more injured; Barraca
Grande, where 300 are dead: Costoma-
tepec. with thirty killed: Calsahualco,
which has vanished with it's 200 in
habitants; Camusapa, Xconoxtl; Acat-
Ian, Teocelo, where thirty were kill
ed; Los Simones. Chilchotla, Saltillo,
Lafragua, Ocotlepa, Plata, Chichi-
quita, Tenezapa. Ayahualcox. Quinn
istlan and and Atotonlloo, where 200
persons perlShed.
On the list of cities suffering dam
age are Vera Cruz. Jalapa, where IS
per cent of the buildings were crack
ed and damaged; CORDOBA, Xico,
iCoatepec, Huatusco, Perote. Chich-
iaxtla, Teziutlan, Acultingo. Tampico'
| Tuxpam, Chichiquilla, Alpatahua, AL
|totingo, Naolinco, Jacaltepec, Cam
ucapa, Xoconixtle, Huatitlan, Chill
| tontla, Xanatla, Xacamuzalco, Passo
de Overjas, La Antigua, San Fran
cisco de las Penas. Rinconada and
Soledad. Among these are villages
! in the state of Puebla-
Water supply Tainted.
With the water supply of various
places polluted by volcano action. the
first action taken was to- send tank
cars from Vera Cruz to Rinconada
Punete Nacional. San Francisco dc
Has Penas and Antigua. 1t is reported
that streams near Mount Orizaba are
becoming normal once more after
| having been dried up by the subter-
ranean disturbance. Gen. Candidc
Aguilar, son-in-law of President Car
rama, who has resumed his duties al
| governor of the state of Vera Cruz
lis actively engaged in relief work
/ He has left Vera Cruz on special
| train for Coatepec. where he VIII dl-
rect relief measures and aid the
! homeless and injured.
| President Carranza has approved an
appropriation of 10000 pesos suggest