The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-24 00:00:00

4d.
STAMPED bd.

NIMMEr ...Emma
1 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY•
GOODS can now be collected and delivered alongside the
Ban'- SH and NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM PACKET COMANY's
(CUN ARD) ..,TEAMERS in the

MORPETH DOCK, BIRKENHEAD ;
:Mad the Great Western Company receive Goods for conveyance
to 'sir from BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, STOIMBRIDGE, and
othc r places in the South Stafford-hire and Worcestershire Dis-
trict 3; CARDIFF, SWANSEA, i• EWFORT, ABERDARE, MERTHYR,
and other places in South Wales :
LoNPON,
MANCHESTER,
BRISTOL, GLOUCESTER,
end a her places in the South ant West ,of Ragland on the Great
Western Railway and Lines connected the ewith.
Full particulars may he 01-ztained from the Goods Agent, James
Street—Liverpool, and Merpoth Dock, Birkenhead; at the various
sta ions on the railway; or of Mr. Grant, Goods Manager,. Pad-
dington.

J. GRIEIISON, Gencral Manc,:;or.
P.ddbigton, Oct. 12, 18GS.

AMORNING and EVENING DHAUGIIT
LAYEILOUGIPS PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable
and efficat ious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime-juice syrup is a specific in
gout and rheumatism.-111, Holborn-hill, London, E.C.

FOREIGN NOTES.

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THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA.

An official report of the earthquake in South America
has been received by the Admiralty from the com-
manding officer at Callao. At Iquique, a town
which has largely incr 'ased in population and
importance of late years, the earthquake was not
preceded by any of those signs which are generally
the forerunners of great convulsions. 1, short rumbling
sound, however, was heard before
the inhabitants got into the streets, mad bele, uueretore,
comparatively few lives were lost. The sea was unusually
high, and about 150 people were swept off by the tide. The
loss of property here was over half a million. The sea did
similar damage at Mix illon es. Arica was utterly destroyed;
even some two-storied houses which were left standing
were so cracked and shaken as to be uninhabitable.
The destruction in the bay equalled that on the land ; the
six vessels that were at anchor were all lost. A Peruvian
corvette was lost, all hands being killed or wounded. The
officers and crew of a United States gunboat took every
precaution against the enormous earthquake waves, but
the • vessel was carried over the beach and left amongst
some sandhills four hundred yards from the water. She
was landed perfectly upright, without a scratch, and with-
out a man lost. The American Government have deter-
mined to sell her. The vice-consul at Arica thus describes
the catastrophe at that place. "We passed up the
centre of the street ; everything in ruins, numbers
of dead, and the wounded lying under the walls shrieking
for assistance. Blinded with dust, and scarcely able to
breathe from the sulphur in the air, we stopped at the first
rising ground. The whole town, with the exception of a
few of.the second-st-dried houses; was shaken down. They
stood high above the ruins. The quay and mole were
crowded with people, who appeared to be panic-struck, for
the sea had gone out from the bay, and there was a great
wave coming in. Presently they took flight, but at least 200
of them were swept away. Wave succeeded wave at
intervals of about a quarter of an hour, and long before
dark there was not a vestige of the lower part of the town
remaining. During all the night the shocks of earthquake
continued, and the noise was like distant cannonading.
The water in the few wells that could be got at was so hot
(sulphuric) that it was quite undrinkable. So we passed
the night on the hills."