, 1861-05-08
TERRIBLE NEWS rRbMGsDuxH'
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I nounos to yeu tho utter destruuFtohs III thd
city OF MendczA, iu the Argentine Hep2nitsfG, !
BY an ear: :bq1ake, on the evening :off tfna 50h'
r n, . slight hut prolonged vibration 81 fhe
| earth was felt in this cIty enH In -Ssntfago
simultaneously: Most of the {hnrAhes axero
deostlY flled7 It being nsartae fcIasB of Eert.
and come alara end confasio4 tas created
but no seEicus aaccsdents oceuHed. and ffa11ee ?
qui1lity was eoon restored.
On Sunday, the 24.h, howefer, a general
gloom Eas~ c%st over this city ty fha an
nouE cement ty' graph from he capital thst.
Bealsno Bruno, tbs mail rideE, had arrived
irom Mendoza 1ast morning Without u al.
bringing the distressing ness theE fhere, ras
manned bu. a heap Of ruins to tbiuntt tbe enot
WHERE, q 'ew ,dsys before tad:s1bod a thr3v5nnt.
ard populous city Of Is 600 scuH. s
Bruno stated that h. arrived at Mendcxa nj
the moaning Of the 2Gh; that lat ha]E Enset q
P H. a briet but excessively victeut FhncE nf
earthquake, lasting Int, -Bx or s&eht- eec nd,
des9Ee5ed every building, pub1i3 and nrirate'
Ia The city, abd .thA shehGfnb berMh6 MTe ~
ao!ed to escape was very iiniteA ,Thaatr~rts
being narrow, the buildiugs hiph. and r. s1'
hahitaaas:to totslly unuaed 10 sde1 uhen,sn,shs a.
Wsre para1yz ID With terror, aad a. elected IL
heak Eetuge IN fhs epsn courts of taeif dWN{:
Ebeneatt th6Fufas o The Post o1fce ths'cn.s
breug6f 40 Certificate tka. the la 1e,9 ~y ny
the n dssetgee rspAed, There Wa no ona 1s,;
70 write 1t, nor mats rials to wrtk ~itB. at
. Ehe1aspeH& f9ftsasstnted BY the t;ty after TIN
ass laPsd Xtl ss5 1ss Ill Hossss
hoalibg, ths ea,fh oFened and 4enited iaefs geetb
e3A1a otKstf nESas Il q Af E a,xn fhe scene Of
heaFy thu ehtire hQsinI 1ortion H ~ af
15asaaJ iEa sizF zph IL 1dsad' Its ding ia It's
t0a; 1heagh 5uu: ,s,s :. sts &c =.
81 hgre sa9 st s=st|ago By rslarty us ard frisnda
OF Chllea1*s residing In Mendoza, buk7Ka EnSG
Tnta*hrnehte1taffed that the eafiisr accoups,,,
. HtFs1 {sgxEFated3 sosap,gaTe vaY{tn ths GrssS
fol Certainty that the smity b ID nat VA 81
Phmted in*colots = ufiientr y vivid. .rTHxexrxH,;
ma - Is5M Eda "a 1he fdW walls that
. pAsA sss poW 70 Tes:iga Of building rensains'
stso tRad} IT, 81 az aeeousa mSt g
9ss!es 81, r2ek that have elrea]y fsliensaS,9 SS
obs Tattsd the road, but because {6c Vihratio..
Qt1h eaF}Ats estsA lsarli4g theh dnvn finJt,-e
the heights above into the .Ya1ieyt. NAD
gEasAosa Or natives Of the E7HEIofi5I ri of ~ n
county. G5stened to the spot, nod In asssst4tss.
aaei5 81 aid In seescuipg the wodnjed fro,, 1
lingering desth, but to satk for plduder amnn%
thezsr1Mktog- rusns,: SOD: to snaEch thu ltfiSvl
1sssa ead e4 tRs 5@ F5s5s4fa tsae
4hess tpEpEs:stys : III = !, ,I1elieve that In = feK
IL f 5oie5s1d" Sesu a86ho 0fAsF4"" tAas{ = tat of
Tae prison Vas deetroye5 ont bff Snai. 1,an =,
9fea Inmates ninety tT6 peri-tsd. tTbe -. j
3m:all19g eight, WHO were already }araanei vi |
ialnR, turned themselves into i bard rffz. n,
boonrs, and n1 gone, it IVES sup5oer.t * +has
mountaan pas es, to intercept andfroty hs nav +
tlea sent fsom Chile for the relief Sf the angT
81. G1e Arman Eas found robbed anS Smnr.s}
dered y taa 1oadsads. She wa rEcuerizsd -
Epe. ERp Wap on At sak7 no AereR "a e
family. They too had al perished IN .he SdS Ut
II the Jesuit church there va n.asn,s, ~. "a.
that night The SERVICES had fusf conc1ndeg
and The congregation sEss abontI d;rR
When the shock came. The few who I'd reaaE
ed re plzt were saved, but the walls and roef |
OF the building fell tuFard with ( crssh .oe4
priest aud penitent together were hurried in1a so
eternity. :" 1n'o
The attest aavicea from: Aendcsa renres.,.
fhe suffering to be extreme, th< ii being neiths
er food, coshing ncr shelter for ttie s1 Ev,Ea@s
ereFSthing being bnried. beut atR tia Tnfns'
Ihay a!so ttate that San Juan ana s,n ne
TWO ethEr populoEn cities Of the col fsdera4;nl''
have shared liks fats, the San Ju3n rtveeh.r
Eng, after tbs shock, lett It's hed a,S go.
oyer the town, uttsET destroflak .s2xst:fhpSs31 fps3
eattt qoake had epafed. This aswsfnot has;n tuo
been 1ully oEfgmsd, do rot. hnuErar 49,
for its correctness: ''oco
Assoon ss this disastrous news nh. ranae.s,a
oe! ono question, the government Ind nr;rota
ndlv duhls Eisd viii one another & ere,gn1to
He bre,hrsn Wfbosf st nst,t$a + Their fel sp 81,
completion Of .he work, on the III na-4v
. pnJ sacians ard othe1s Left for tho seena II
.ae dlsaater, bearing metlcinesI food md
:iocps. o0aS u
!, Tne glocm ard terror spread hroupbort
he republic Of Ch5la hz .th1. owf,H .a1e !