Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-20
$50 ARE VICTIMS
OF Severe QUAKE
Reports From Towns on
Slope of Andes Tell of
Terrible Toll
MINOR SHOCKS FELT
People Are Panic Stricken-PopuIa-
ton in District Affected is, 10000
Relief Rushed to Scene.

Raenos Ares. Dec. 20.-Earth-
,uake s::rcks which Oh Friday after
rcor destroyed several 5owrs along
ne Argentine slope Of rhe Andes
Mountains. were thu. most severe ex-
,,er~;enceG: in this tour;ry since 1859.
when haif rh-e- city Of Mendoza was
a;4 IN rims. Reports from he area
U-!!y..4 the shock was heaviest inii-
sate great loss Of life AMI property.
Tward of Lao bodies having been al
.eaGy taken from the wrecks OF build.
.EgS.
At TrG:portcnas more than 100
aerishcd and at Costa de' AraaiIo 30
.rnre we're killed. 1t IS feared that
= Iorc victims still are buried under
nc ruins in each town. AZ TresPor--
.tras, La Vale and LA Central not
haEss was left standing and those
,c-s Destroyed were left in a badly
smagci condition. No estimate of
- r,.-1li,er Of persons irjured has
II ..eon made.
Mirror shocks continue throughout
:r d.s:r:ct, one particularly strong
.cror be;;2g fe.t yesterday after
I'm AZ $50 O'Clock in the towns. Of
>sM Martin and Rivadavia. The peo-
Sc s~e reported as heHg panic
:..lker:- The city of Mendoza was
,,r,xen. hu. did not surfer any ex4
.sl,:vc damage.
l.. 7he 1an.n Of Costa de .Araujo .lF
-;c:=r.,;c cnpvusion opeIIsd gree. Gre
,ts. cu: If which hot Hat"r is spout
rr.. TIE wafer t1,rm one Of these ger-.
Or reached height Of abo1't =
.nr! a,:.i formed poo. in which t~'
,er~c:~- were drowned. \ Red Cross
,rr: nance has reached the village ant
>, so work 10 rcscuc any sufferers
.: So. may N alive in the ruins.
. Nor than 10000 persons iRhabi'
~t.'e vi!.ages along the eastern An
iear S'ape. and. as rcprrts c1nT;nSfe
/: az 70 tre long list II casE1sit'es.
co.! cs;ou Is feat Thai. inc f;na! fig
lirsS VI? b" very hirh. ResUe isast-,
.,= rayc ha.n sen. from, Merrinza, hA
"a -. .-om The s:ene nj chc disaster
!. ,,,a,,gn as t.e'rHs1re and .e's-
.rsr:, w;ra< arc .,uity disncgan:za.:
Tn e~.-h mnverr-rt i:iring The
re;rc~ was from .h@ northwest TO
,-ar;;:.s-. and nu1nber Of ssT'1als
.t9rks flowed the principal 'concas-.
i:a. va .as*ed 30 rercnhs.
Tcs 's..st reports fa-nn Merdoza
cn;,- IL ,aS, night. sa:d that. the
.b,.k 4. Treamrtenas mad assumed
,Ee ame,cr.;ons Of catastrorlfe.,
rhrc.. ,,.i:At trains have ba'er r7lsned
=, IN, ,aw-. from which 90 dead AMI
* mary ,fy'rg have been hr'ou2h- OUT.
l. Ca r. .A,aujn, which was T::r-
,uaa,. ;sa,a.ed, another shock Of the
nc -:.lnn. character occurred at
,:c.ac,. Yesterday morning. The death
=. ~, esn.,ei i:y theae reports !"
81 - r.r- counted in Costa De Araulo
.v:;;? 50 srr;.,-4%iv injured
Al u Vale terrible scenes were VII
.ss...,!!. TIE rcliet work was nn"st h!s-
r5c.;E.. cwirq to the condson OF Eee
,.:,,l. w,,ya had been broken UP and
.avsr~.i xi-h water. The church -
i1a We was laid in rCiiNs and me
r.,r:c ;,.l or:lding|' walls " wfIn !;
.gac!;cl ar. he structure was Likely
;, fa.l a. Any moment.
The sei<uloeraph at Mendoza lnst'-
r.. .e,o-fcd three shocks on Froay.
ne f:r!t beginning at 7. NJ IL ~as
, sn4 ,e..a-rl G,otst onf, wIsho"'5 the
s,f.-hs morr7,erts usually precetAIHE.
Th:s :7*-c,: - Seconds. The second
r,oye,r.,~.., las:cdr five an? the third
! 10 seconds. The vibrations. with, Ies-
:er shocks, continued for 30 minutes
! .,fterwart!.