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Show REPORTS EXAGGERATED. 1 i Damage by Earthquake at Socorro, N. M., Merely Nominal. Socorro, N. M. Tho citizens estimate esti-mate tho oarthquako loss In Socoito at 2,000 nt tho uutsldc. Slnco July 2 thoro has been over 100 slight tremors. Tho two most sevoro shocks wero on July 12 and on Monday last. The damngo consists of cracked walls, mostly In adobo houses. About 100 houses are thus affected. Tho Knights of Pythias hall and the court house are dumngod. Ono school houwo had the plaster shaken down and lost Its chimneys. Chimneys aro also down on many residences. Tho women aro frightened nnd sleep In tents. Tho damagu to tho court housu and tho rus ldcnco of Joseph Price, both reported destroyed, amounts to only a few him-drod him-drod dollars. Soveral slight quakes wore felt here Friday. Tho Colorado Telephone company's building, reported report-ed Injured, Is not damaged nt all. |