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Show NUMBER OF - 'QUAKE DEAD ISUINOWII Loss of Life in the Mexican Tremors Is Estimated at 150. :- MEXICO CITY,' Jung 10. Because of the lack of telegraphic facilities aad the slowness with which the officials of the villages ia outlying districts make reports to the government, it ia aot improbable that months may paaa before' as- absolutely accurate stste-(meat stste-(meat of the number of earthquake vie time is obtainable.' . . The list of known' dead totals a few mora than 130, and it is suite possible this number may be augmented, but neither government ' officials nor local newspapers believe it will pass the 350 mark, notwithstanding the fact that early rumors placed the number at more than 1000.' Special dispatches indicate the great- es waa near the west onset, us-ta states of Colitna and Jalisco, although no deaths are reported from Guadalajara, Guadala-jara, the capital ot the latter state, raw Dead la Coll ma. According to the latest reports, not more than itve or six were killed in tha capital of Colima. Toisns and Ban Andrea, near Colima, were almost destroyed, according to reports. re-ports. No estimates of the loss of life have leea given, but it said moat of the residents, frightened by tka rumblings rumb-lings which accompanied the quake, fled from their houses to safety. No re porta have been received, but as moat persuaa in such plsees live in small houses, it is not believed tha number of fatalities was large. A special from Tuxpan reports - itayula as having suffered greatly, and the number of dead would reach prob- shir fortv. about the same number reported re-ported from ZapoMao, erroneously given here first aa Orotlan. j Tha Srst accurate newa of tha earth-nnske earth-nnske effects in Colima was brought to Tuipan by a merchant, who made the - latter part of his journey on foot, be ' cause of interruption to railroad traflie on account of the onake. According to hrifl. only five are dead. Tha churches, be said, suffered most. According to his storv. most of the builrlin den i. sged were small. The volcano of Colima Co-lima continues ia eruption, and burn-' burn-' ing frees on its sides add to tha spectacular spec-tacular appearance. Notwithstanding tha sum her of killed aid the proportionate number wounded, it- ia not believed the catastrophe will be followed by great suffering. In this eitv and ia the larger towns, lociH authorities au-thorities are doing all possible to afford af-ford relief. From her two detachments were sent out into tha weat to rare for the wounded, and another detachment has Rone from Uusdalajara. Moat of tha ed Croee doctors and nurses will go to Zapotian and fcayula. This orgs si ts-tiaa ts-tiaa also has cared for wounded her. It the capital the greatest property loss waa Incurred by the government ia the lose of the artillery barracks, by schools and by corporations!. Kesidents of the capital are beginning to regard the affair aa hysteria and sums of tha afternoon papers 'killed" the earthquake earth-quake stories ia their last editions to make room for later aews. |