Show RUIN MARKS PATHWAY I Ancient Town of La Paz in Lower California Is Devas Devastated Lives Lost St Louis Sept IX ItA A special from La LaPas LaPan Pas Pan Lower California says La Pas Pan the oldest settlement of the is 18 in ruins rul The most moat ter terrific terrific terrific storm ever known here has hail wrought havoc In hi and about the old pueblo Sever lives are already known to be lost loot and andt the t shore Is strewn with wreckage from ships and boats in the roadstead In many places the tha th water is la four feet deep in 18 the streets street anu an some a of the thor thoroughfares are channels for raging racing cur currents rents rente The houses bouses have crumbled into the flood and many others are badly dam damaged damaged aged Great suffering exists especially e among the poor From the country COURtry dis districts dl df the news comes slowly Indicating the devastation there has been bean great reat It was without warning that the tor toy tornado nado swept upon the Place Ilace of Peace ac accompanied accompanied accompanied companied by rains rams which deluged the tho th streets and nearby hills bills Many boats along the shore and anchored in the bay were battered to pieces in collisions or thrown upon the bench beach Darkness added to the terror of the people Many lany of them were convinced that the end of the world worM was Wilt at hand band and crowded the old mission church in a delirium of fear There mere are ara few fe Americans In La JA Paz and none of or them nave haw been injured or lost their lives although they will suf suffer su fer considerably con in loss lose of property pro pert and goods S S |