Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1911 — QUAKE AFFECTS MOST OF MEXICO [ARTICLE]

QUAKE AFFECTS MOST OF MEXICO

Latest Reports Show Wide Extent of Disturbance. TONILA ENTIRELY DESTROYED Fifty-Nine Bodies Removed from Ruins in Zapotalan, Which Was Leveled to Ground— Worst Earthquake Since 1882. City of Mexico, June 9.—Although this city suffered worse than any other place, the earthquake that visited Mexico City extended over the greater part of the republic. Guadalajara reports that Tonila, a small town on the slope of Colima, a volcanic mountain, was completely destroyed, tut the number of killed is not given. Most of the inhabitants, warned by the slight shakes that preceded the heavy shock, fled from the town before the buildings tumbled down. The cathedral was completely destroyed. There were few accidents to persons at Guadalajara and no one was killed Passengers arriving here from Guadalajara report that Zapotalan, a small town near Colima, was destroyed and that fifty-nine bodies were taken from the ruins. The states of Guerro and Morales, which usually suffer greatly from earthquakes, were only* slightly affected by this shock. The director of the geological institute at Mexico City declares that I the quake was the worst since 1882.