Show IMI EX I 1 19 S H RE N BY the towns of chilpancingo Chilpan cingo and chilapa chilaka almost completely destroyed wh ie le the property loss will be IM great but eleven lives are known to have been lost and but few are injured Chilpan chilpancingo cingo mexico As the re suit gult of a severe earthquake or rather a series of seismic shocks this city and the town of chilapa chilaka forty two kilometers to the northwest have been almost totally destroyed the greatest panic prevailed and the people have be been en fleeing to the open country as the shocks continued at halt half hour intervals until the population was thoroughly terror stricken so far as known but eleven people have met death as a result of vf the earthquake and a score or more have been injured the population ot of chilpancingo Chilpan cingo Is and until the panic into which the citizens have been thrown abates it will be impossible to state the num her of casualties the population of chilapa chilaka Is 15 both the volcanoes of collina colima and jorullo corullo are in this region the earth quake it is feared may cause these mountains to become more active and to destroy much property and many lives the following message was sent to the federal telegraph office in ili mexico city from chilapa chilaka our boys are working in a public garden A terrible panic prevails as the earth continues to tremble at reg ular war intervals send us tents that we may establish our office out to the country all communication from the west coast has been cut off since the move ment of the first big shock and it Is not known to what extent that region suffered the nearest large town acapulco ico kilometers to the south west of this place has not been heard from |