MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE.
, SEISMIOi WAVE; WRECKS J AtiAPULCO: ■'; !(liy:;Telogf^ph:^P^^4asaciatlon.-OoDyrlEht.i, 1 * ',;'■' : - ';/*'•''* ;i ,--,' ;» i; ;. Mexioo',. August'p' : ..The>; earthgua kc shocks < : in.'; Guerrero' Jpro-. killed at : least .o()0. : people ; and' '.dosfcroyed-Chiiapa' and Chilapanz/ngp—lastea' -!ip&r3;/'-jßenewed-'shocksbwere': r; feit' : ! yesterday: / '':'.'/f •, v;: '•;'• I ''!., > ... !'''■"■'•'.' > ;; : V: •.;.■''AU-.the c&rches.in Acapu]co,Vaud'aWthe -th'e;water-front,; collapsed .'.■ on ■Friday, ■a, seismiC'wave .that-ocourred-simulv ,'taneously : v they, earthquake sweeping •-■a ■•'■•''" " ; :iv ;■>>.;;] ..' ;,; rAcapnlco wasf in,: .former ; ' times '.'. theVgreat depot•■ of -the. t rn de 'of Spain with '• the Eivsf Manila ~in; . the' Philippine: : a nd 'another .returned once va. year ;• laden::.with J. the treasures and luxuries of the"East: On- the J™ 1 ™. 1 °* this.-ga leotf. a great fair was held,. to which,merchants'resorted.frbm all parts of Mexico.: ;This-fa-iido between Acapufco- and Manila vm- annihilated when Mexico :became independent; and, from this cause, and also'on account of the, frequent earthquakes by which the town has, been .visited, ut had sUuk/tb .comparative insignificance,' when the '"discovery' : pf gold, .m California.:gave its trade a/fresh .impetus. .■ It subsequently 'beoamo- the: most important, seaport in Mexico.], ':.;/'•' , '-'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5
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162MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5
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