Show REPORTS EXAGGERATED f Damage by Earthquake at Socorro N M Merely Nominal Socorro N rITho citizens estimate esti-mate the earthquake loss in Socorro At 2000 at the outside Since July 2 there haa been over 100 slight tremors The two most severe shocks were on July 12 and on Monday last The damage consists of cracked walls mostly In adobe houses About 100 houses are thus affected The Knights of Pythias hall and the court house are damaged One school house had the plaster shaken down and lost its chimneys Chimneys are also down on many residences Tho women are frightened and sleep In tents The damage to tho court house nnd tho residence res-idence of Joseph Price both reported destroyed amounts to only a few hundred hun-dred dollars Several slight quakes were felt here Friday The Colorado Telephone companys building reported report-ed Injured Is not damaged at all |