The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-03
By LEIGH STEVENSON 1N3l BY tlic Enfed Pre-

(COryright 1881 By the Cntcd PressD
 Manngua, Nicaragua, April B. CP)-The peril to thousands of refugees living In distressing circum- stances arouad the earthquake-rav- aged c.ty of Managua was intensified to-day and the work of evacuating American women and children was ordered speeded.
 Tired and hungry marines and na- tiOnai guardSmen were forced to greater severity to maintain order and continue relief work as the fire which has swept back and forth across the ruined capital broke out again in the San Antonio section. Or ders were given to shoot to kiIl' If the first challenge of patrolling ma rlnes was not needed.
 Lack of water increased the danger of disease and exhausted doc- tors were experiencing great difficult ty in maintaining precautions against an epidemic, due to the fact that sanitary regulations were ig- rored by suffering natives.
 While the exodus of natives by foot and in trucks continued, the first group of 200 American women and children packed their few be- iOnglngs last night for the trip to
 
 10 board the transport chaumont Iute this afternoon. One of the chill dren in the group was Aileen Mur- ray. 9-year-old daughter of Captain Joseph D. Murray of Boston. The little girl and her father were ac- company.ng the body of Mrs Murray, who was killed in the quake.
 Many of the Americans had at- Tempted to return to their wrecked homes In the city yesterday to recov- CT personal belongings. Some of them were successful, but for the most part they found the quake or the fire had destroyed everything. Tn the case as q number of the women, they reached their former homes just as the reviving fire swept back tO that district and destroyed every thing.
 The evacuation of foreigners will continue as rapidly as possible, most of them having been forced to wear the same clothes since the quake on Tuegday
 The death toll was still only an es- timate, due to the fact that hundreds of bodies were buried or cremated without Identification. General Cal yin E, Matthews, commanding the National Guard, told the United Press at midnight, that he dld moi believe the total dead would exceed 1000. He said his estimate was made on the most reliable reports which he had collected from his officers directing the burials.
 Although General Matthews point ed out that additional bodies prob- ably would be found. 1t did not ap- pear likely that the toll would be in- ci eased much The survey of vari- GUS burial grounds made by the United Press correspondent indicat- ed that the total dead would not be much more than 800, chiefly due to the fact that the greatest loss of life was in three districts-the Gen. tral Market, the prison, and the club.
 Officer A. l.. Trail, in charge of the largest burial ground, said 303 had been buried in the trench there up to last night. Prison officials set the total dead among prisoners at 150. The loss of life at the Market Place was great. but about half of the bodies In the trench guarded by Officer Trail came from the Market ruins. In addition to the many bod les eremated there was one other principal common grave where an Indefinite number of bodies were buried.
 The number of deaths in the pri- yate homes of the city was compar- atiyeIy small.