Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1907 — DEATH TRAIL GROWS. [ARTICLE]

DEATH TRAIL GROWS.

Mexican Earthquake Known to Have Affected Wide Territory. Late news from the area of destruction in the recent Mexican earthquake shows that the devastation wrought was greater than at first supposed;’ Besides the destruction of the cities of Chilpancingo and Chilapa it is now reported that the city of Tixtla, between the two cities above named and containing about the same population as Chilpancingo, was also leveled to the ground, and messengers from the coast who have reached Chilpancingo say that the towns of Ayutla and Ometepec have wiped off the nqxp. Ayutla is one of the most historic town* in the republic. Ometepec is farther south, near the boundary line as the States of Fuerrero and Oaxdica. It isatdwn of about 4,00j0 inhabitants and it is feared that the loss of life here may be heavier than at Ayutla. Tlapa, a town eighty miles west of Chilpancingo and near the border lino of the State of Oaxaca, is also reported to have been wiped out. The report from Chilpancihgo says that the whole of the west coast from Acapulco south to Salina Cruz, the Pacific terminal of the Tehuantepee National railway, Mexico’s new transcontinental road, which was opened with elaborate ceremonies last January by President Diaz, has been badly daina\ed. It-is reported 1 that Acapulco is partly submerged from the great waves which dashed over the breakwaters. Although no breath of wind was stirring on the night of the first shock, when the earth began to tremble, the sea was lashed into a fury and "aiT the Shocks continued the harbor Ifook on the appearance of a ty-phoon-swept ocean. Devastation wrought by the earthquakes is much greater than at first reported. Many m'ore than 500 are believed to be dead. Reports summarize the damage as follows: City. Population. Damage. Lives lost. Chilpancingo.. . 8,000 In ruins.. 38 Chilapa t,OOO In ruins 14 Tixtla 7,000 Destroyed. 12 Ayutla Small Destroyed. Unknown Ometepec 4,000 Destroyed. Unknown Tlapa 5,000 Destroyed. Unknown Acapulco 0,000 Partly submerged. .Unknown