Home The Corvallis times. April 19, Image 1. Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML. Big assortment. Prices That Defy Competition! I Shoes P. Oar line of hats embrace all I the new styles. Our prices are right and we ask an inspection of the above lines. Continue and Daatbs Multiply. Galveston, Texas, April For a whole day- the Mexican coast cable lines were silent aa the ; result I of the seismic disturbances through lout Southern Mexico.
The cables ' 1. Along the coast below Tampioo one severe and three light shocks were recorded between 11 A. Ves sels arriving at Vera Cruz and Coot zacoalcos report a terrible upheaval in the southern gulf 'early eunday evening.
The sky was clear but the gulf was greatly agitated Colima, the ancient volcano in the state of Colima, has been vio lently active for the past three days, according to dispatches from the interior. The natives are flee ing from the valley fearing tbfc downpour of lava.
Earthquake shocks continue at intervals of about half an hour all over the affected territory. The towns of Chilpancicgo and Chilapa, farther down the coast, are reported to have been totally destroyed by the earthquake shocks. The death list in these two cities is placed at Reports from, smaller towns throuchoat the southern part of Mexico indicate great damage and loss of life from the quake. The entire southern part of the republic, from Mexico City south and from coast to coast, has tell se verely the effects-of 4he earthquake The people of ' the destroyed towns are living in the open.
Many Of the lower towns in the ' earthquake belt have not been heard from. Edna Court ney, 20 years of age, a waitress the family boarding-bouse conduct ed by Misb K. Taylor aged 26 at Broadway, was in love with the same boarder that her landlady fancied.
