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s undoubtedly from the sulphur mountain, which it is feared, has been set on fire from the volume of burning and inflam- mable material thrown out from the volcanoes, which heretofore have never been known to be guilty of anything worse than an occasional spit of hot water. Mr. Perez stated also that Gardner's de- ■ scription of the great fissure in the bed of the I Colorado river is correct, but that it occurred I late in the evening instead of in the forenoon, 1 and that, although the river flows into the un- 1 fathomed crevice, considerable water flows on I each side of it and down to the gulf of Cali- I fornia. I Much property was destroyed. The most I important and valuable of which was the ranch I of Charles Townsend, a breeder of fine live- I stock, who not only lost his handsome residence, I but every stable and building on the place, all I being leveled by the earthquake. I Three men who left several weeks ago on I a trip to the gulf have not been seen at Lerdo I since last Thursday, and it is feared they have f perished. Their names are James Milton, George i Larsen and Tom Thurson. ? The most striking phenomenon produced ) by the tremblor was a chasm three feet wide and beween 200 and 300 feet long. Although wegihts attached to lines several hundred feet in length were let down, no bottom could be found.