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Show THE EARTHTREMBLED. The Msxioan Border Badly Shaken Up and the Colorado Biver Agaii Turntd From Its Court. STO0IMES THE HEAVIEST LOSERS- Wonderful Changes in the Topography and Appearance of the Oountry-A Frightened Fright-ened Oolony-Another Shook predicted. Ylma, A.T., Aug. 11. Daily arrivals from the region of Sonora, on the Colorado Colo-rado river, report the most wonderful changes in the topography and appearance appear-ance of the country, caused by the recent re-cent earthquake. The damage done was principally to stock-men, who have lost many a head of cattle. The Cooopah Indiaus are heavy losers. The Indians predict that another earthquake is liable to occur soon. Leiipo (Sonora, Mex.), Aug. 11. This point, which is seventy miles south of Yuma, was the conter of the great earthquake of July 30. On Thursday morning premonitory rumblings gave notice of the coming storm. The earth trembled underfoot; then came a mighty crash, as though subterrauaan artillery by the thousand pieces had been discharged. The people rushe from their bouses at the lirst signal, to be thrown Hat on their faces. The adobe houses just vacated wormod to pieces, were ground together and then tumbled in ruins. The air was filled with clouds of dust. For a few brief seconds the day ct judgment seemed to reign. The terri-lied terri-lied people cautiously rose to their feet and moved about, horrified to find that where before had been solid ground now yawned cracks aud crevices apparently ap-parently without bottom. Hills had slid from their foundations and occupied oc-cupied new stations. The very river itself had disappeared. Where before flowed a shallow, sluggish stream of ochre was now only a channel of mud. This did not, however, remain leng and .the river gradually reappeared, but yet in a diminished volume. Reports Re-ports brought from tbe head of the gulf indicate a tidal wave of unusual height and force. Uwing to the country being sparsely settled no damage to life occurred so far as known, and there was little property to damage. Lerdo has been for years chiefly a relio of blasted hopes. The recent eccentric ec-centric millionaire Thomas 11. lily tbe), in connection with General Andrade of Mexico, came into possession of a vast stretch of c-untry in the state of Sonora bordering the Colorado river and commencing com-mencing at the American boundary line. The extent of the grant was about 800,000 acres. Tha conditions were that tbe country roust be settled j by tho colonization of a certain number num-ber of families. The soil is rich bottom land and adapted to the growth of most of the productions of the southern states, such as tobacco, corn, cotton, etc. Tho textile plant known as wild hemp grown on thousands of acres. During Blythe's lifetime a few hogs of line breed were placed on the grant, and have increased so greatly that they are now estimated to number 8000. They roam at will along the river bottom bot-tom and have become so savage as to be dangerous to man. They live chiefly chief-ly on the wild potato, which grows the size of a waluut. The present owner has a man catching the hogs and curing cur-ing the meat. The Colorado river overflows over-flows its low banks annually, and consequently con-sequently the country is naturally irrigated. irri-gated. The death of Blythe in 1883 left his Sonora colony scheme in its infancy with very little accomplished. His interest in-terest reverted to his partner. General Andrad?. The latter, by the payment of heavy expenses and bounties induced in-duced fifty families, mostly from San Francisco, to emigrate and settle on his immense graut, but he discovered, when too lato, that he had not secured se-cured the material which makes empires. em-pires. Notwithstanding the fact that everything was furnished them. Not many months elapsed until they had nearly abaudoned Lerdo and found their way back to Yuma and eventually eventu-ally to San Francisco. Leaving Yuma, for the first few miles, ranches Hie scattered along the river bank, then a long stretch of desert, and finally come the fertile lands of Lerdo, after two days travel. Between the river and mountains is the oountry upon which the wrath of the Almighty seems to have rested. The crust of the earth is unsteady and unsubstantial, volcanoes spew out mud and others rain boiling water, and still others send forth a thousand hissing jets of steam. Slight eaithquake shocks are so frequent fre-quent usually as to be hardly noticeable. noticea-ble. Tbe slight rumbling of a passing tremor may cause the strauger to make a casual remark, or perhaps be strong enough so that the pious Mexican will cross himself and mutter a prayer. Southern Arizona was the scene ages ago of great seismic agitation. Wells have been found showiug repairs thrico made from damage inlhoted by earthquakes. earth-quakes. Not within the memory of white inhabitants however, have strong building been thrown down or waters turned from their courses. |