Show HUNDREDS KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE CITY OF CARTAGO COSTA RICA IS NEARLY WIPED OUT BYI BY 1 V SEISMIC SEIS DISTURBANCE Eight Hundred Bodies Have Been Taken From the Ruins and It Is Believed the Loss of Life May Exceed Fifteen Hundred San Jose C Costa sta Rica Eight hundred bundred hun bun dred bodies bodies' have been recovered from the ruins of Cartago which was visited visited visit- visit ed id by severe earthquake shocks on onlay May lay 4 and 5 5 The estimate of the dead is placed at 1500 but It Is possible pos pos pos- Ible sible this may be exceeded The num nhim- number ber bel of sick and Injured cannot be he counted many of ot them having been removed to adjoining towns and viI viI- lages and ana since the uie disaster scores have died from their injuries San Jose was also shaken en some of the buildings being damaged but no deaths occurred here Some persons were slightly Injured Shocks also were f felt lt at several points in Nicaragua Nicaragua Nic Nic- aragua near the Costa Rica frontier Cartago capital of Cartago provInce province provo ince lies at the foot of volcano about fourteen miles from San Jose It has an estimated population of 10 and Is the seat o of the Central American peace court Cartago was the capital of the country until 1823 It has suffered frequently from Croom earthquakes earthquakes earthquakes earth earth- quakes and aud was partly partI destroyed in 1803 1825 1841 1851 and 1854 The ceremony attending the inauguration inauguration ration of Ricardo JIminez as president of Co Costa ta Rica took place on Sunday on one of the plazas In San Jose owing ow ow- ow-I ow ing lag to the fact that the people feared to 10 enter the government building Large forces which have gone to Cartago from San Jose and other points are now engaged in the work of rescue and even on Sunda Sunday several living persons were taken from under the piles plies of stones and timbers where dwellings once stood Paraiso a village of 2000 people about eighteen miles east of San Jose also suffered severe severely I from the earth shocks reports reaching here her IndicatIng indicatIng indicating ing that nearly persons were I killed Large fissures that have opened up in Cartago province have hav given additional ad ad- cause for alarm Ten thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand persons are homeless and severe rains and lack of food and drinking water are responsible for much much suffering suf suf- suf fering It Is Impossible to provide shelter for the people who are huddled huddled hud hud- died together In a pitiable condition |