Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1909 — WATER FAMINE FROM QUAKE [ARTICLE]

WATER FAMINE FROM QUAKE

In Mexico City Precious Drops Have Been at a Premium. Mexico City, Aug. 3.—After four days of water famine, owing to the buckling of the mains due to earthquakes, Guillermo Beltran y Puga, director of public works, has issued a statement that by today the scarcity would be relieved and the mains repaired. In every part of the city water is at a premium and the few faucets still dripping are surrounded by crowds carrying the water in buckets to their homes. Mexican Quakes Recorded In Sydney. Sydney, N. S W., Aug. 3.—The recent earth shocks in Mexico were re crded on the vertical and horizont;. seismographs here.