Show EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO People in the Capital City Fled From Their Homes Cit City of Mexico April 14 HAn An earth earthquake earthquake earthquake quake lasting four and a half minutes startled this city It tonight The earth rocked reeked in a long lon swinging motion ter terrifying the inhabitants but doing no damage so far as can be bo learned at this city Clocks stopped at 1131 1134 Mexican time and the perceptible p motion of the earth ceased at 1134 1138 Telegraph wires were rut out of commission and for tor a short time the city was in darkness owing to the failure of ot the electric lights The asphalt on ono one of ot tho principal business streets of ot the city cracked open for lor a distance of ten yards People fled from front their homes into the streets drets Representatives of the Associated Press tonight made rapid searches over oer the city elt tut lut nothing beyond cracked walls ana and small email fissures in the pavements could be found At the police stations no deaths death had been reported up to a m A Awall Awall wall on Santiago street collapsed killing a n number of horses and wounding five men menNo Xo So reports have yet et come c me from the American colony colon but it is not believed that serious dam ge was sustained there thre although the houses unlike those in the theold theold theold old section of ot the tue t e city are arc not built to withstand earthquake shocks At the of ot the first shock the cafes and amt theatres were filled and for a time pam lani lanias was tas as feared but owing to the peculiarly steady swinging motion of ot the earth the crowds left the th buildings in order The shock shO k was preceded by two bright electric flashes which lit up time the sky k to the northwest of the city A num number number ber her of ot walls in lu unsubstantial buildings collapsed and one out on street narrowly missed t burying the fleeing in mn inmates Inmates mates of oC a nearby hoteL |