Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-01-07

Thousands of Injured I'm
able to Get Attention
No Food, Water
Bandits Raid Ruins
Outlaws Drive Survivors
Into Fields-Hundreds
Are Homeless
MEXICO CITY. Jan. g.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. g.
Couztlan was destroyed by
Saturdays earthquake, with
1000 casualties, including
more than 1000 dead, ac-
cording to official reports
given out here tonight by
presidential military head
quarters from advices re
received in the Vera Cruz
center Of disturbance.
The entire garrison at Teocelo was
killed or injured. The dead numbered
80 and the injured 60.
Virtually all the roads in rhe sur
rounding district We're flooded or dc
stroyed, according TO the reports.
Three hundred dead are reported a.
Barranca Grande, near CouztIan. Tho
water level a Fort Barranca del Agua
rose % meters.
Dozen Villages Destroyed
At least a dozen towns and villages
in the state of Vera Cruz have been
totally or partly destroyed. Calca-
hualco with 200 inhabitants is reported
to be entirely engulfed. The compete
death toll in all proba biity viii never
become definitely known because OF the
isolation Of many Indian villages
Apparently the earthquake which
distinctly shook ten OF the central
and southern Mexican states. centered
its destructive force in the state O.
Vera Cruz. Throughout the afflicted
area thousands are sleeping in the
open because Of fear Of a recurrence.
Relief was started from the city OF
Vera Cruz almost Immediately. Tho
government sent out forces of men and
trains to bury the dead and aid the in
jured and homeless.
Entire Village EneuIfed
One of the most tragic features OF
the disaster was the engulfing of the
entire village of Calcahualco. Its 200
residents were mostly families of rebel
leaders and their followers operating
in the gulf region. Natives from that
vicinity report nothing left of the ham
let except 81 pit filled with debris. A
detachment OF soldiers has been sent
from Huatasco to bury the victims
Bandits PiIase Ruins
Hardly secondary in tragic Interest
is the story that comes from San Juan
Coscomatepec, where it is said out
laws raided the ruins of the town.
driving the survivors of the earth
quake into the fields and jungles
Cosautian, village of 900 residents
was left with only two buildings in
tact. An uncounted number of victims
is still beneath the ruins
These three towns were apparentJv
close to the exact center of the earth
quake area which extended about ST.
miles on the eastern slope of the vol-
cano of Orizaba. Death came not ONLY
from crumbling homes and churches
but from floods in hitherto peaceful
which We're swollen by blacIs
sulphurous waters which SVEN
wrecked settlements along their banks.
drowning the injured and carrying
scores of bodies down stream mex
tricably mixed with uprooted trees.
dead cattle and other debris From =
point on the Mexican railway known
as Punte Nacional, bodies of men
women and children have been seen
floating down stream with no chance
of being recovered of identified.
No Water Supply
At San Francisco. 25 bodies have
been taken from a stream and a call
for fresh water has been sent TO Vera
Cruz. RinconadaL also reports the re-
covery of about a score of bodies while
the residents of San Francisco de Pc
mas are taxing victims from a stream
which passes through the village Here
also, there is fear of pestilence
In addition to deaths in the main
earthquake area, II We're killed by
falling buildings at Huatusco. TeoceIo
which apparently has been develed. re
ports many caSutlaies. It is believed
certain there will be many casualties
at Salmarial Chichuicaxtl. Jalcomalco
Alco, Tlocatepec and Tenampa. which
were partially or entirely DESTROYED
Little hope is entertained that The ex
act hunoef OF casualties in small set
tfernents along streams and villages in
rebel infested districts viii ever h.