Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-11 | Page 3 | Fear Gripped, Ignorant of Mexico Flee

I FEAR GRIPPED IGNORANT OF OP MEXICO FLEE MEXICO CITY Jan 11 By Radio a Via Va the tho Ft Worth Star- Star Telegram by A. A P. P The P.-The The revo revo- lution a has been Jeen crowded from the public mind and the front pages of I newspapers here in the last few days by tho the Pr prophecy of a British prognostication that Mexico City would be destroyed by Y an earthquake and anti volcanic eruption today As a result of the prophecy fear has gripped the minds of the ignorant superstitious superstitious super super- classes and for the the- thelast last few ew days they have been crowd- crowd in Inn the tho churches of the city M Many are pre preparing aring to leave tho the city on short notice They expect to go to the suburbs suburb's to escape falling buildings The stricken fear people have taken as an ill omen the fact that the volcano overlooking over over- looking the tho city has been ob observed observed observed ob- ob served emitting smoke in the t early mornings of the last few days