Show MEXICO 0 SHAKE BY EARTHQUAKE the Towns of Chilpancingo find Clulapa Almost Completely Com-pletely Destroyed Nc the Property Loss Vlll bo Great But Eleven Lives Are Known to Have Been Lost and Out Few are injured Chilpancingo Mexico As the result re-sult of a severe earthquake or rather a series of seismic shocks this city and the town of Chllapa fortytwo kilometers to the northwest have been almost totally destroyed n I The greatest panic prevailed and the people have been fleeing to the open country as the shocks continued at haIr hour intervals until the population was thoroughly terrorslrlcken So far as known hut eleven people have met death as a result of the earthquake and a score or more have been injured The population of Chilpancingo Is 7498 and until the panic Into which tho citizens have been thrown abates It will be Impossible to state the number num-ber of casualties The population of Chllapa is 15000 Both the volcanoes of Collins and Jorullo aro in this region The earthquake earth-quake It is feared may cause these mountains to become more active and to destroy much property and many lives Tho following message was sent to the federal telegraph office In Mexico City from Chllapa Our boys are working In a public garden A terrible panic prevails as the earth continues to tremble at Teg ular intervals Send ult tenta that we may establish our office out In tho country All communication from the west coast has been cut off since the movement move-ment of the first big shock and It is not known to what extent that region suffered The nearest large town Acapulco 131 kilometers to the southWest west of this place has not been heard from |