ERUPTION IN MEXICO.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1150, 10 June 1911, Page 5

ERUPTION IN MEXICO.

-4 MOUNT COLIMA ACTIVE. EARTHQUAKE DEATH-ROLL NOW PUT AT 63. MANY TOWNS DAMAGED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Mexico City, June 8. The volcano Colima is active, following the earthquake. Tho towns of Tonila, near Mount Colima, and San Andres, at tho foot of Mount Orizaba, have been badly damaged. Thousands aro homeless. In Zapotlan lo Grande, a place of about 18,000 inhabitants, near Mount Colima, tho number of victims is reported to bo large. The death-roJl by. the earthquako amounts to G3, and of the injured to SO. The heaviest loss was through tho collapse of a barracks which was filled with artillerymen. Twelve women, tho wives of artillerymen, were among the victims. SEVERE TREMORS RECORDED. Sydney, June 9.' The Riverview College Observatory also recorded earth tremors lasting several hours. The periods of some of the waves were nearly 40 seconds. REGISTERED AT PERTH. (Rec. June 9, 9.35 p.m.) . Perth, June 9. A severe earth tremor was recorded at 7.20 p.m. on Wednesday. It was probably that experienced in Mexico. A LOCAL RECORD. The destructive earthquako; which caused heavy loss of life in Mexico City on June 7 was y'.ainly discernible on local instruments. Mr. G. Hogben (InspectorGeneral of Schools) stated last evening that the Government seismometer in his charge made a .tolerably clear record of tho disturbance. From the record, it appears that the centre of the disturbance was distant 0500 miles. This would place it just off tho coast of West Mexico. The vibrations recorded on Mr. Hogben's Milne instrument were distributed over a period of two hours and 10 minutes. Mr. Hogben explained that usually eight distinct waves of vibration follow upon a seismic disturbance. Each wave has its characteristic rato of travel. The fastest waves devour distance at, the rate of 500 miles a minute, and the slowest travel at" tho rate of 85 miles per minute. The volcano of Colima is the most westerly in Mexico, and lies near the Pacific coast, about 300 miles westward of tho capital. . It is 12,000 feet in height. For some days previous to tho eruption which visited the Vacific coast of Mexico on December 20, 1868, tho volcano emitted smoke and steam; and in 18G9, after forty years' inactivity, there was another eruption.