| Show ALL QUARTERS OF Oli MEXICO l CITY S DAMAGED IN LONG nO BOMBARDMENT CASUALTIES rED ESTIMATED AT 1 I l CITY Feb r 17 li by b Courier to MEXICO Vera ern Cru Crux Cru l Feb eb 18 All AJ All the horrors horrors hor tier of oe a a bombardment have been experienced by ly tho the residents of this city for Cor man many days and to those that t might be expected have ha been add added d the tho effects of vicious machine gun and rifle fire In tho the streets at a range some Sonic times of or l less ss yards Scarcely a a. district of the capital has escaped Injury r Over and n e cr every quarter at some time shells have I torn torn and screeched and exploded LittIe little Littie lit Lit- tIe tle round shells from tho automatic pompoms have added to tho the terror terro and d destruction e s t t I 0 n. n Hundreds of or buildings s attest by th thir ir marked hole sides and wrecked wrecker interiors in interiors in- in criers to the destructive C qualities of or modern a artillery er How tn m-tn many have been killed or wounded is a question which none can answer with any ov- ov It Is doubtful whether even eyen tho the government records will vill ever cr re reveal reveal re- re veal the correct number D Dead tI I nt lit 2000 From Flom a source usually considered car careful Cul and conservative It has been bean stated that the number of or dead is not less Jess s than 2000 while the total of ot the wounded amounts to from Crom to The great majority of these thes are not soldiers but men women and aad children unable to escape the line lino or ot fire Ire This estimate Wn was made after hearing hearing- the reports s of scores Of ot of officers officers officers of- of of the White and TIed Red Cross s-o- s o- o s and of the hospitals It Is a well ell known no fact that detachment detach detach- ment nent of rO roo and men have ha been slaughtered hero and there at various arlous times when cau caught ht in the narrow streets and mowed down b by tho the machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns guzis Carts piled high with corpses have nave been seen to bo be driven paRt a certain point to a spot in the out outskirts of or the city where hero the bodies have been burled Many ranT norU Burned er E Every morning may mao be seen what appear In the tho zone scone of ot actual fighting hUns to be plies piles of or burning burning- rubbish These heaps heap aro are for the most p part rt rubbish but the odor of burning burning- flesh tolls tells another another an nn- other stor story I A 4 practical though gruesome method has been utilized In one place The gas escaping from a a. broken main has been lighted tI and there has been Improvised is d da a crematory cremator In Iii the basement o of an apartment house a few blocks from tho the arsenal l Is tho the grave of Mrs E. E W Yo Holmes one of th the two American women killed carl early In fn the thc fighting by the tho entrance Into her home of or a shell For FOI three da days s 's her husband stayed ed alone there therewIth therewith with the corpse unable to remove remove- it and unwilling to leave it perhaps to suffer mutilation Soldiers entered tho tile apartment where he kept i vigil and before his hit e eyes e robbed the place He lie managed mana-ed to find boards boarde and carpenters' carpenters tools toots And nails in the building and constructed constructed con con- 01 a coffin coUin into which he lie laid the body of oC his wife He ITe carried it to the basement and there dug and filled tilled her hel grave raYO nt at Standstill The absolute cessation of all aU Industrial Industrial industrial Indus indus- trial activity is fast tast reducing an enormous enormous enor onor- mona number of or noncombatants to a state bordering bordering- on starvation star The more fortunate are arc In man many cases a able ble to take care of themselves es but the closing closing- of the banks has made precarious the condition even e of or sonic some of the these e. e The provisional banking institution established fo for American residents Will who find themselves es in difficulties has bc been n meeting meeting- th their lr demands with currency Aside from the thc question of ot money however the situation hus tins been i roil en- rend d tiered rell more difficult by the failure of if vegetables and other farm products to f reach th the tho city f for tor r some days During the night hl quantities enter but not HOt nearly enough h to supply tho the demand and meat I Is something with which thousands had no acquaintance for 01 day days Sk Sek Refuge In 10 I i The Thu operations of the tho da day ilay added an another another an- an anI I other chapter to the tho records of the desolation des des- and anxiety caused b by the constant con coil stant bombardment which had lasted lastell over a week fh The Tho t scene of or the tho struggle tru f remained cn In tho the streets of or t the capitOl capital WHiCH were practically deserted e l b by all nil allbut hilt but thin military the inhabitants haYIng havIn having hav haY In ing either cither departed to the outer suburbs suburbs suburbs sub sub- or taken refuge e In cellars The Tho government O maintained In ill action throughout tho the days day's fighting the usual number of or batteries of artillery and added a heavier ler piece than any previously prey prey- used Late in the afternoon tho fc federal eral commander placed at the southeastern south south- eastern corner r of or tho the city two big guns gulls which had be been n Intended for Cor the fortifications of or Salina Cruz Crux tho the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- terminus of ot the rail rail- road In JU of ot these hea heavy pieces being brou brought ht into action a against tho rebel rebo positions Diaz Dla and his followers ap appear appear appear ap- ap pear to have hart suffered on only slightly Shot for shot eliot the r rebel bel artillery re replied rc- rc plied at times silencing s- s temporarily the governments government's guns uns It was as another da day of or artillery fight fight- Jn without n lr 1 rl tI hn ri rp lIlt i hf hr ln T a achieved hl v-e v Late tic in i- i the 1 e evening g when the firing had become more moro or less less- casual there was no reason to hIIe helke that Tue Tuesday y would not see flee a n. continuation continuation continua continua- tion of or what had become one of the thc most remarkable able battles fought on the American continent in recent years e rs U. U line Vito Bomb Bomb- Thron-hl Thron Pompoms Pompom Felix Diaz at nt tho the end ond of or tho ho day held all his his' central po and had even oon advanced ad his lines in a. a number of or di directions dl- dl especially especial towards the west Besides Beside the heavier h artillery he brought Into action during tho the day da some small bomb throwing pompoms whose peculiar roar added materially SS I. I S SS S'S 11 LV u lIt LUt UC UCa a VL JL LOI Rifle RIlo balls slipped far out of tile the actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac zone of fighting Into all quarters rs of the city one of oe them embedding itself in the kitchen o of tho the United States embassy s Many shells burst over the c central part of ot the city On the line of or fire from the I rebel bel center at the arsenal towards the federal headquarters at atthe tho the national palace the destruction of or private and public Increased considerably n Refuge tu t Almost all tho the American residents took advantage nd of or the Sunday truce to seek places of or Batet safety Most of thorn 1 retired to the tho vicinity of ot the United States embassy but hut b by Monday night it became c that the saC safety t to tobe tobe tobe be found there was more moro fancied than real reat Tho government o however was as lion hon est oct in its efforts not to involve olvo for for- eigners Up to a late hour the federal commander had not placed any of ot his batteries In such positions as would draw fire In tho the direction of ot the tho forC for for- C eigners I ers S Some Sonic apprehension however or was felt b by the refugees on account of or the steady advance nd of ot the rebel lines The Thc tn Insurgent ur ent outposts had crawled far out outto outto outto to the we west t of the city apparently with the tue object of or obtaining a a. position whence the they could attack from the thc t I t In n t h I- I nr 1 1 til I JV Wl J a fc 4 J 1 l Vt vr anti and Id west t which I had k kept Pt up its p poundIng pounding pound pound- d. d I Ing of the rebel positions with mono monotonous to- to bus regularity IC If the rebels succeeded In carrying out their flanking movement It was only n natural that the federal artillery should fire tire across at them This would briJ bring the embassy district directly Into line The embassy building itself was not moro more than two blocks distant from the rebel outposts I Huerta Spare City Gen Huerta commander I In chief of or th the federal troops Issued Issue or orders ers to Col Cot Ruble Rubio Navarrete arret a chief of artillery under no circumstances st to use his 1118 cannon to rid rill tho the district of or rebel sharpshooters or small groups roup but hut to 1 servo their fire for fr attacking the robot rebel fortified positions or to re resist resist re- re an Ho lie was actuated In Inthis Inthis Inthis this by the desire to spare th tho city and Its inhabitants as much danger as pos pos pos- sible sibe Not Noti Notwithstanding his orders or which were obeyed the widened ned fl field of or operations operations op op- op- op which lJ by Monday Ion night in included In- In eluded curled m more rc than half halt the tile area of or the city left hundreds hundreds- s of or buildings of or every character scarred with the tile marks of or pro s. s It had been hoped that the truce which was broken on Sunday would bo be extended to include Monday but the thc representatives of the thc two sides Hides were so o suspicious u ls of ea each h o other h r that all ef ef- ef forts in this direction falt failed I Terrified b by the battle which th they had been ben witnessing fur for many days das the inhabitants of or the lower r classes were in a a. more or less stupefied condition condition con con- dillon today and exhibited nl no ne signs of or Indulging In mob activity All seemed k keenly keeny en alive to tho the Imminence of or foreign torel for tor- el eign olga n intervention A protest prote t was lodged by Ambassador H Henry nr Lane Wilson with President Madero tolla today against the alleged act actor of or the chief executive In telegraphing broadcast throughout th the th-j republic as assurances assurances assurances as- as that American marines were marching on Mexico City Convinced that inter intervention was as a certainty hundreds s of or Americans fled from Crom the capital most of them theft to Tern Vrn Cruz Crux to seek the o of the tho United States battleships th there re or to tn secure passage o on out outgoing oin steamers Every ery outgoing train v was vs s People Popl Kept In Dark What has been occurring t throughout hout the republic during th the last week still fr ni i ln f ti o Tio f T t tS tn n ii tit V of the capital i It i Is k known lo th that t Laredo r and Chihuahua aro are In the hands of or the rebels and It Is strongly suspected that Montere Monterey has been added to the list of ot anti l points The states of Puebla and are supposed to have gone to the rebel side and a a. number of ot small towns here and there are reported to have havo pronounced pro ito for tor Felix Diaz The fact tact that Emilio Vasquez Gomez Gomes has again become a a. a figure by virtue of or his hh crossing crossing- the line lino and proclaiming proclaim proclaim- ing InS himself provisional pro president is something known to perhaps not more than 1 per cent of ot the public Ince bince the censorship on incoming Incoming- news is no less Jess rigid than that on outgoing dis Wa- patches The Tue censorship is ll absolute Nothing referring to tho the operations is allowed to pass unless cleverly disguised or frankly frankl adulatory adulator of or the government and anti misrepresenting the facts I The sentiment of oC the people n tn the capital is strongly in favor or of 1 Felix lx Diaz and it is well known that the government o has found round difficulty In In Inducing Inducing In- In several hundreds of or the federal soldiers to go on the firing line and fight tight for Cor President Madero laero |
