MEXICO.
DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright,
Mexico City,.November 22. The destruction of the town of Acanbay by an earthquake is confirmed. Scores of women are dead. When the church was destroyed the priest was killed, while saying mass. People are camping in the fields, fearing further ihocks.
fhe> damage to Eloro is slight. The railroads are impassable, owing to rock slides.
TRAIN ATTACKED.
Received 24, 5.5 p.m. Ilposo, November 23. A train has arrived with American refugees, who report that the,rebels destroyed the bridges of the Mexican Central Railway and fired fusillades at the train. The women and children were panic-stricken. The rebels are in the native northern districts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 161, 25 November 1912, Page 5
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109MEXICO. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 161, 25 November 1912, Page 5
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