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Show CAIMIIQL'AKI! IN AL.ICO t KILLS 300 I'LOI'LE. CHILPANCINGO. CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF GUERRERO, BADLY WRECKED. Mt of Killed 1'lsred t Xoo. With a Many Mnre lnnred-(l reel's I s.usllf l ansrsl br Roof of I hnrrh l alllna In llurlna -rilr.. -Worn I alanolv la th History of Mrileo. One or the nioatterrlldecataatrnphea In the history or the htate or (iucrrero. Mexico, fa reorted to have occurred Krblay arternoou, when an extremely violent earthqunko aliock waa felt at chllpenciiign, causing a irreat loaa of life and injuring many persona.. Detail! from the alrickrn district aia very meager, but reports Indicate thnt probably ,1;o pen-df were killed and aa many more injured. It ia known that the atata capltol, the pnrlsh church and many business houses and residence are In ruin and that there ia much siiTcrlng a a re-j uttof the awTttl aeislnio tliatnrhance. One of the editlcea that au fTered most waa the Federnl telegraph office, which explaina the paucity of nowa. The telegrnnh line and aparatu were badly damaged, but tha employees, all or whom were Injured, quickly proceeded to erect an iiuproriaed telegraph tele-graph office on tha outskirts of the city. The number of deaths waa greater In the .pariah oJiurcH. than In any alngla place, aa a crowd of worshiper waa gathered there for tha afternoon ser. vice. Tha solid m.laonary walla and the roof came toppling down on tha worahiper. and many of thoee within were killed. The war lirpartutcnt haa ordered troops in th neigh lairhood to co-operate lnlh, work of rescue. Until this work Is completed It will he Impossible Impossi-ble to accurately learn llo numlier of victim. - ' ' ' It la believed, however, that thla Is one of tho most destructive aelsu'ilo phenomena that has rver oc-eilrred lu Mexico. The greater part of the population pop-ulation of t'hilpsnelngo are now camping camp-ing out under . tenia around the town, which la live days' Journey from tho national cnpltul. |