| Show MEXICO ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE Entire Country Feels Disturbance Disturb Disturb- ance ancel but Damage Is Small Mexico CU City Dec 10 Mexico Mexico was rocked from ocean to ocean and from Guanajuato on the north to the tho Isthmus Isthmus Ith- Ith mus of on the south by an sri earthquake today Small loss of life has hag ha been reported late tonight Tho The dl disturbance was as most severely felt folt fel in the tho state of or Guerrero Guerroro especially especial especial- ly Iy in A few Cow flimsy buildings were thrown thron down Tho The earthquake caused a n panic here Hundreds Hundred of or people rushed ru-hed to the tho zo zo- zo zo cab calo where the they ran ron aimlessly about or This was toll fell on their knees In prayer watched by President Madero with ap apparent apparent apparent ap- ap parent parent enjoyment for tor ho he stood at a n window In tho the national palace laugh laugh- Ing Ing Ho lie was conferring with wih two of ot his hla cabinet members when the first shock was felt tel and apparently without fear tear he walked to tho the window overlooking o the w where ere he remained until the tremors had ceased Telegraph and ond telephone wires wire wore snapped and nd for tor a time the city W was wa without light and electric power but bul aside from the throwing down of a a few fow adobe walls no serious damage was done The first shock was waa felt folt at 12 1240 40 and was continued for tor four tour seconds moro more than two minutes The Instruments Instruments Instruments ments registered an oscillatory movement movement movement move move- ment from southwest to northe northeast t An old woman oman oman was caught b beneath neath tho the walls waJa of ot n a falling falling- hut and so 80 badly baly injured that she may die Mrs Dora wife wite of ot an a American dentist Is dead as an Indirect result resul of ot tho the earthquake FrIght caused an attack of ot heart heart trouble Two slight tremors tremor almost Imper Imper- wore ne registered after the main shock shock One occurred at and the other at 81 One of or th the most violent earthquakes ever recorded on tho the local seismograph at the university occurred shortly shorty afternoon after afternoon ater noon yesterday The Tho duration of ot the shock could not be bo determined as the force of ot It was so groat that tho needle was displaced and all al records after atter the tho to first shock were lost lost From tho the elapsed time between the appearance of the preliminary shock until the main tremor wa war var recorded it is fa estimated b by Pro Pro- Po- Po lessor Fred Iret J J. J Pack who Is In charge of tho the elsmo Seismograph at tho the university that the disturbance was about miles mies aa away The rhe record shows the preliminary shock at at 1 12 p. p m. m Exactly eight olgh minutes lat later r at nt 1 came the tho main shock This was so violent that It It I throw threW the needle off and the Instrument I meat ment rent could not keep a further record Only twice before has an earthquake shock hock been so 80 great reat as a to 10 throw the needle out of adjustment The seismograph eels eels- mo raph at the tie university has haa been beon in operation four folI years ears Reports from Denver and anc New York Indicate that that the the earthquake was re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded In lii those cities at practically cites lh tiie LH v samo suno time ime as It wa wa-S here here lr From m tl this l Professor Profess ir Pa Pack k says g that tha the tho c center center cen cen- n- n ter tor of disturbance must o Iha haVe havo been at ats s some ine point on tl night ht angles to to n a Unet line Une t ve Ji here and ond th those se clUes cities cUes That would me make V the pr probable bable location about mies miles In tn an almost duo due southerly rh direction Professor Protessor Pack ss s's says th that thit t It f fh Is IsK K h i. i notable ia fact laet t that oe earthquakes cs com com- c rIn r- r ln In from a southern th rn or or north northern r direction tion Uon alC i t the time ocal local instrument to a greater reater greate extent than a- a a from tho the thoa east a t or west eSt The 1 Is that tho the waves waves waves' of at disturbance disturbance- from the north or south can cn V follow with little Resistance t td tance cc th tIme tho range rarig c of or the Rocky mountains mountains moun moun- tame while those from tile the tle opposite direction e are checked to a a. large extent b by the crosscutting through ace ranges of or mountains alternating wih condition tends to retard the waves aves of ot the tr tremors mors From these deductions Professor Protessor Pak Pack believes that the disturbance is ats at s some m point on a n line lne with the range of ot the s. s A dispatch from Mexico Mex Mox- ico leo City says sas that a n hea heavy earthquake lasting more than two minutes minutes min mm- utes occurred there ore at 1 1240 40 p. p 1 m m. but t that at no damage or loss of or life Ife was wa re reported reported re- re ported ported S V |
