Show DESTROYED BY earthquake guatemalan CITY WIPED OUT AND FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST the inhabitants inhabitant of tho the town urn lre camping to in the pan air for safety not daring carlu to to mines heine the three earthquakes on litt rilday lay night reduced to rulus the second city of importance in guatemala and having inhabitants and completely destroyed tile tha town of both of these towns were capitals of the dep department depart artmen meu Is IB of tile the same name ench each bears it la Is reported that persons persona killed in go but tile hie rumor lacks confirmation tile the exact loss of life cannot now be ascertained news of the destruction which extended loo miles along the western part of the ic ie public la Is coming in slowly because all the telegraph wires aie down it is known that exists no more as a town the seismic disturbance having been so great the inhabitants that is those of tile the 10 residents who escaped death in the cataclysm are camping in the open air foi safety not daring to return to the mined confines of the town some of tile the tanta are building temporary mud huts more news has been obtained of the condition of affairs at Ama than at as the tha former is only fifteen miles south of guatemala city while v title the latter Is more than miles to the northwest |