The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-04
VERY LATE FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE In CHILL.
Serious Damage 10 the City Of Valparaiso.

T2o packages Of merchandise on freight arrived C
Panama on Sunday, the 18th ult. from Valparaiso and
| intermed diate ports
An awful earthquake which nearly swallowed up VAL
Psrsiso occurred on the ID of April last The hrse
shock which the and which caused the
falling OF many buildings and the destruction of mach
property occurred at about six O'Clock the morning
OF the 3i but occasional shocks Of greater or .ess
severity felt for the succeeding days doiaQ
less damage.
We arein receipt of files of the NslJor and Repov-y
from the 9th to the 9th April inclusive We COPY tho
following full particulars from the Reporter of the reseu
earthquake in Chill -
On the second Of April at 81 A NJ, Valparaiso waa
visited by of those caamtes freq uent in vooanis
countries
The sevrest shock felt the great earthq uaks
OF the year ls2 when Valparaiso almost totally
troyed has createda panic equalled by any foru
event
trembling of the earth offteen seconds dur~-
ton prolonged BY less violent after shocks TO TIVE
minutes, which two minutes appeared many hours
those whose lives property were endangered has
in so short time destroyed several hundred dwellings,
and has made great number Of persons houseless
Is generay believed that from the violence Of the
sbock ten or heen seconds more would have brought
the disastrous consequences usks
in ls2 though the houses at present generally
IN more substantial manner, and less liable to fall
The motion came from the south, and directed its
course 10 the north notwithstanding the north
ern ports Of the country Copapo Cog umbo and
bja have only felt very slight symptoms of the shock
and 1t supposed that the molten though severe has
n
ception Taicahuanc, and other places received
no intelligence up to this date but led to believe
from the Irregular course Of the motion that the
have not been severe.
! Constitution. have ascertaimd has not suffered
We have received further from the captain Of
vessel from the South who reports to have felt
comm pton in the sea forty miles of San Antonio This
confirms US in our opinion that the motion of the esrt
ha been very irregular.
The temperature during the earthquake was hot ana
Oppressive but no alteration took place in the thermome
/ ter, which stood 62.
The frirate Raritan LET bar load ;rcu>
daiey, and had great difficulty in hauling in; the
cnnyuls ION at the bottom Of the having caused T.
/ sink three feet in the sand
The motion of the earth observed to be Of less
violence ia parts than Others hundred yards
distant much that old and decayed houses stood
the shock better in parts than newly strongly
erected edces and those houses in the structure a
which the most timber has been employed remained al
sound
During the eventual Il seconds the house, rocked to
and fro Ms so many vessels at
Not breeze OF air perceptbls during the whcls
Of the day and Sghter shocks continu,d at ~ mi-
nutes oS minutes 55 minutes 10 Sd minutes. and have
continued ever since of more or less strength dura-
tion and even at this moment Of writing on the Yth in
slant at r. NJ. short but motion made ths
! inha bitants rush out of their houses.
The houses in the port where g-cater part II the
commercial establishments keep their Offices have cc-
parativvly speaking, suffered hut little being built ON
toid rocky foundation and we can ony hear ~ a. -
6eneial herreras houses, occupied by Mcssrs Gibbs
Co being in dangerous state. The custom hoes
has suffered little slightly Constructed outward
ornaments having been demolished and part the rcof
having been carried along with 1t The conse-lueut
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number OF packages, the extent OF which have noS
yet aimed few houses situated on the too a
the hi! Msln TOP sailors resort came tunblng down
In those parts however spreading along the beaoA the
is loose and sandy considerable damage has been S~o
and aboye two hundred houses unnt habtatisa
The r day aud night in streets partiy from fer
the stay in their houses
The middle Of the street, were crowded partc usrsv
with the female portion of the city unit. the courss
I" the following day tents and wooden houscs v-rs
erected In the Plaza yictora for tho ho,sees. Th
captains ~ vessels of NJ nations the port piad i
ntdiatly their vessels nj the disposal OF a Who uants>
refuge either necessity OF fear an have ans
then received the thanks Of the governni Mt for the
hospitality, expressed In letter from the inteoiec;e
Gene;sl blnbco.
glassware. and other brvakahle rial, are kpps va
happy ~ no, single life hts been lost nor cen
We hear q seEtre fracture On tbs ih instant st "a
O'Clock Nj, heavy rain set In. which lasted mi ,ter
rutedy fsr twelve hour which cooled the strnoph.~a
considerably but destroyed still property pouring
toto ihe rctas.s houses and compelling those who had
taken rsfog. IN the plaza snd living tents 70
leave snd Geek shelter in the theatre With fricn.ie
Ia the port The oSs l. generally estimated includinx
the dsmssc done % buildings at one million of dollars
The Principal public buildings whica have suffered are
the A1panS the chur hes Mcrced Martr the Carte
81 the national guard the Hospital aud tho TOnspl
saint Domingo
The scprciy ~ houses somuch fet before tho .,r,h
quake by the est increasing population our city h.s
now rect bad the hi chest degree
Commissioner. have ben appointed to examine the
houses ard 20 condemn hcsa which in an unysupA
condition. 10 Is 20 be hoped that the constructors %
houses VIII be- In futurv careful In the choice oe
materials and study the beet mode adapted for buidns
country subject g. earthquakes AMI that thsy y,li
tot b. nsde c~sle,s by the consolation that thre vie.
lnt htcNs only takes place every twenty OF thirty
years,
wcwerc pls.sed 70 the activity manifested so.s
IN the last mr. and durir the earthquake IL repait ~,
damage done Almost within hour after the eata.-
ttophs ve saw the phones (woTksen) lusy cheating tho
it Of ltuken tiles and the streets q rubbish ana think
that the tbencs make honorable eNreption 20 the
inaoisnee With which the sranh generally ~
preached.
Bu,,ue.s has only tcen interrupted f,r one d,v IN.
Custom House having t.cn closed by oriero of the la
t,ndtute.
Cssn Blancs ~ ven NJ ouiota have r~ s.xs,,,
a9d IN parts in tho latter plncts d. vel a. in .s
taiita tn ground Lac oreped and thrown up auan-
tuJ a hot wstcr
The damage dore in Santiago is SIMILAR 10 thu, |.
Nsipsrro. with The exception that ihr-e beinx arrrt
nuntcr q public tulduss in the capital the pecunisy
Ice must =
Tie principal public buildings more or less dams-~A
are he mint siicudid building Ga the plasa At
tn sanie time the rcsidepce 81 hi ExceEeucy President
hunes the cathedral the tgntpr a san Francisco the
thurch a. Ia Conn which ha baen closed sinc-t
the I'd palace completely ruined and the house
1T ~ htpe that years may eapse vsts<
nE"in y such q misicrtune ard lrt thank God tx
The ctmraratvcy mild consequence Il az event which
might have proved more disastrpus.
There was aboftivc atrmpt msdo 70 overthro. the
govtnm,nt Il Chile on the 2Hh q April, which the
RcyorirT thus notices
At three O'Clock in the morning Of the Goth in., II.
battalion Nsldyia marched out a their barracks bsx
ed by Colonel Uroa snd hoping 20 b. supported By tbs
popuacc q thc city cndcayur 20 take by assault the
barracks II the artillery for the purpose procurus
for them This they found no tasy matter fr
calamity defended bot after betting set on rr X
was taken In this part the firing heavy and tn.
well contested ground showed symptoms the blooii
a the frav. In the meantime. the President
accompanied 10y the Ministers 81 STATE, were rather.
rg tuch forces could be called together on the in
slant and with large number n the national guard
and haf the lattsion II Chscsbuco. together With
many volunteers ~ the highest rcspcctabiIty he sut
himself at their head, and after about two bourvs
street fighting the attempt At insurrvcton was ensrr,v
put down Colonel Urr1ola wa killed. and We hear q
about twenty six killed and sixty wounded sev.~sI
prtclamnons were Issued calling upon all good
20 do their duty support ~ tie laws which we're r
popdcd 70 with dacrty ty RIGHT thinking men and al
though the victory VA by boodles order ana
tranquility restored Martial Ia has been rrc
claimed IN the provnces OF Santiago and Valparaiso a.
precautionary measure which does not however ;rt~
fere with business In any way
Thus ended. We hope the last Santiago riot In which