Show SEVERE EARTHQUAKE CITY OF CARTAGO COSTA RICA IS NEARLY WIPED OUT BY SEISMIC DISTURBANCE Eight Hundred Bodies Have Been Taken From the Ruins and It Is Believed the Loss of Life May Exceed Fifteen Hundred San Jose Costa Rica Eight hundred hun-dred bodies havQ been recovered from ho ruins of Cartago which was visited visit-ed by severe earthquake shocks on May 4 and 5 The estimate of the dead Is placed at 1500 but It is possible pos-sible this may bo exceeded Tho number num-ber of sic and Injured cannot bo counted tr any of thorn having been removed to adjoining towns and vII loges and nlnco the disaster scores have died from their Injuries San Jose was also shaken some of the buildings being damaged but no deaths occurred here Some persons were slightly Injured Shocks also wore felt at several points In Nicaragua Nic-aragua near the Costa Rica frontier Cartago capital of Cartago province prov-ince lies at tho foot of Irazu volcano about fourteen miles from San Jose It has an estimated population of 10 000 and Is the seat of tho Central American peace court Cartago was the capital of tho country until 1823 It has suffered frequently from earthquakes earth-quakes and was partly destroyed In 1803 1S25 1841 1851 and 1854 |