The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08
The Great Earthquake at Dlendo za..
s'C 5000 People Killed.


BUENos AYRkS, April 3.
One Of those terrible commissions OF nature
which so frequently witt the slopes of the An
des, has lately fallen with fearful effect upon one
of the most fourishing provinces of this con.
federation.
The fair city Of Mendoza is RACED to the ground
by frightful convulsion Of the earth! Her
massively walled converts, churches and edifices
have mingled their dust and ruins with those of
the meanest hut.
The details which have gathered from the
most authentic sources, and translated are as
follows:
past eight O'Clock, with a serene sky, and with
out any appearance of storm, with the excep-
ton Of heavy atmosphere, the earthquake.
broke forth with powerful defamation, buryng
under the rufus the 1000 houses which the cit,
contained, and no less than 1000 of its i'll iatea
Inhabitants. Not u house remained standing
Such was the violence of the first shock, which
lasted from two to three minutes, that the earth
appeared to have lost its equilibrium and when
it passed, a wild mass OF wreck, desolatisn and
woe occupied the site of Mendoza, and gave
evidence Of the fearful throes of matter which
occur When the earth takes breath. Fer two
days, at intervals, slight tremblings we're felt
Many assures we're opened in the earth. but
the greater part Of them closed again.
After the shock it was noticed that in ,napy
parts subteraneous waters had arisen to the sur
face, but had alone left vestiges of their pres.
ence. For league around the city there was
not a wall, not even q ruin left stancing =
Everything erected BY man ,ods Ir.w, docn
More than five thousand women, with rent
costumes ard heart lacerated, united in the plaza
OF the city during the horrible night, and on
their Bonded knees raised their voices to heaven
petitionng for Mercy for Mendoza"
To add 70 these horrors Of desolation and
woe, the Gauches from the suburbs entered
the city and commenced pillagng everything
that came in their track-loading horses anu
mules with their plumber which the earthquake
had left TO their rapacioushands.
what remained Of the population Of Mendo-
- reased 70 the public park, and formed kind
OF an encampment; but on the 23d, ult., such
was the infection produced by the putrefsction
OF 90 many corpses that the Governor gave or.
oers that all should desert that which once was
the city Of Mendoza.
The direction OF the earthquake was from
vest 10 east, from which it is inferred that i, |
must have been very strong in Chilli. Some
travellers Who came from Chill By the pass ~
UspAllata experienced an extremely violent com.
motion. tollowed by shower of ashes.
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Union Press, published at Lannon'S ": Aae
me particulars Of fight at bio Mas 49,
eeid % tayette, in that Sta:e-The mee.;n, =.
largely Union. GEN. CLARK made Union sneech
s nu vas interrupted BY that drunken sot. and
o."e o,ackgnard, Senator Jim. Green H..
X"ocseo vreen down, thrashed him veil and
snen Hacked him out of the stand. The S.. .ion
- 'ooked rssher sad upon seeing their leader
~ rPntesman come out Of the stand. clsaei,
~ NE toe Of gentleuan's boosl