The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-24
GENERAL KIrLEY'S DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Theodore G. Wilson's Despatch.
REBEL DEsRRTERs COMING M-sUFYERIN0 AMONG
THE REBEL TROOPS.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT wRr vmGuA,
Jan. %, 1854.
Ninetyseven deserters have come in 70 General Sullivan
within the last few days. suffering among the
bel troops.
The weather here 10 clear and very mild

"nn sno i"ss 'ow osys Cause-6unorng among inc TO
bel troops.
The weather here "a clear and very mild
The Great Cataserophe In chile.
From the Providence Bulletin, Jan. 1911
We are indebted Mr.. Waldo A. Pearce late of santi.
by him from eye witness Of the terrible holocaust Of
human life in the church OF Santiago Some OF the facts
and incidents here detailed forth any other
correspondence that has fallen under eye and viii
read with deep and painful interest. :. ,o..
MI DrAa Sow have 70 inform you Of one Of the most
ever Witnessed BY mortal eyes, which Occurred on the
9th inst, in this city Tpesth Of December was great
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taste after tho Catholic STYLE by adding extra lights,
which numbered on the OCCASION as per report goo,
were all decorated with all sorts Of gauzs and fancy dra-
pery Of cloths and ribbons. Tho altar also hung
and angels painted their CLOTH and hung curtains in
front OF the lights back Of the altar. These being the
crowded 70 its utmost capacity and always the
case, principally by females. Services were about to
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altar and behind OF the curtains when the curtain
careessness on che part Of the in charge
caught fre To add still more to che combustibe mate
rial entire wood OF the interior OF the church
had been painted for tho OCCASION and much spirits Of
turpentine used in the mixture The consequence was
the flames spread through the whole interior In
the most incredibly short space Of time The whole
number OF persons in the church at this time was
supposed three thousand There three doors
front Of the church, besides several doors each
side but all the doors were closed at the time except the
middle door leading TO the centre aisle from the
street, and report says these closed by order
from the Archbishop consoquenceof the great rush Of
people the evening Of the It'll ns and the confusion
raised by them 30 that the services were disturbed
The rapidity Of the flames such that the whole
The fashion for ladies' is long dresses and large
skirts and in the attempt 70 leave the church each one
stepped the next ones dress, and fell upon the
othcr overlapping the other like shingles the roof OF
house. The mass 10 the rear cambered over and on 10
other In the same manner and in this way they
smothered and burned less and taken from the
ruins in heap. from 1ourJ.o six feet Deep as closely
hear you asking why were these sufferers not res
cued Yes why were they not rescued2 Ny heart sick
gnoramusaa Of po,cemen Fifty foreigners, bad they
been allowed work, and 10 work in their way,
could and would have rescued nearly quite the whole
mass But no. as s always the case here alarm OF
fire. the police place sentry on every avenue leading 70
some two or three old Gordon pumpe. fought my way
past the police entire square, by Wrestling guns and
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numbers and compelled 70 retreat and all within hearing
Of the beareDdng lamentations that ever sounded
or f s, simiia. Q myself, was isp. ~sasI.
Mr. Demow q the s.s !, works ,S received
Young lady that be recognized, Miss Larren He Ind
fought his way company with one Of the workmen at
the gas works the church. and battered down side
private door, and Miss Iarren she at the time
recognized him and called on him 10 save her, BE coad
them. He reached his cane 70 her which she grasped
with both hands, when he ahd bis friend attempted TO
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was sufficient. They abandoned this method, and
went 10 pursuit Of some other means 70 rescue her, and
saving her al the tho police ordered them
back, and, not bleeding the order be IDemilow) was
bayoneted HE friends wresed the gun from the police
knocked senseless TO the ground, and made second
attempt the poor girl Bat the time loet in dis
puts with the police was life lost with her, This Is only
i one q similar
| Your brother Charles battered door down on Gale
anssIooI some sy ssss and al living bu, like
many statues perfectly unconscious lie was compelled
he street and saved them all Mr. Meggs and r. Keith
fought their way through the police aud reached the
.wus
q stiIl alive under crowd Of others then dead
she recognized him and called % him aging !" For
and pushed several Of the dead fromher then at
tempted TO lift her out from among the dead but they
firmly wedged In about her and her be had TO
abandon that He then procured lasso, fastened that
her waist and the united strength Of eight
had her. amid such cries for help Christian
heart could endure, neither can language describe.
and in ouch force' that the foreigners could do nothing
there The police rescued bat few. Axes and crowbars
were nSs 20 oe nae Ips asH n %s e ccs
OF the police Get some half losen OF his men 10 hew or
Of those large front doors with their old
broad swords The doors are made or two inch hard
wood, double thickness, and 1vstsd through and
through with iron rivets You judge The effect their
old cassss made the doors better than can describe
Tho scene at the church tbs following day was The
os Ss 4: world was There The
unfortunate dead 10 all staas OF consumptioo the
greater PORTION o. ,nem b1r rev .oo oe
the peonee aborere 70 remove the dead Those demons
worse than the devils dsmnedcommenced their work
with much hiliary az you ever saw school children
enter on pleasure excursion. The dead were pulled
about and pulled apart would pull apart tangled
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on limb Of some one buried under the others until the
limb wac pulled from the body Then they would have
another The dead actually separated with crow
bars and pick. Limbs heads and fragments were shovel
would have in snovelling gravel into a railway car.
Hundreds OF bodies but partially burned entirely naked
were tumbed into open carts and packed mp the ceme
Of bundle Of bulrush, and hundreds Of those
heartess wretenes commenting and joking on the scene
and all under the supervision Of The police have seen
within the past years here among these people many
things that 70 me very unpleasant But this Is so
horrifyug 10 the soul that cannot md language 70
Tweniy.two hundred bodies have been counted out
,rsly up The prevailing opinion s The number Of lives
loet viii reach twenty I'VE hundred. The count and
names collected date amount 10 some Fifteen hundred
MANY families have lost the entire female memberssix
seven. eight and nine from one family All those that
could 20, Dc ,sc.snzsr S ,0siT . are
yards square was eIcavasd, and into this they we're
laid or tumbed aud shoveed.
lne Ciofky tuat Weto w stsSuususo, ~ pnius
OF helping by their counsel otherwise the
congregatcn turned their whole attention 70 the saving
OF the saints and valuablee Of the church
was 90 much by what heard OF the lamen-
tation at the time Of the rs and what have seen since
that completely Frustrated. and can scarcely write
OF the AFFAIR The people are nov preudced against the
ruins, and calling STRONGLY en- the government 70 pull tho
remains the ground and purchase from the church the
land which Il Stood Many for raying and pulling
Il down under the impetus Of mob law The Archb shop
proposes hold high within the ruins IN behalf Of
the dead but IL meets with cold scorn generally.
Petitions are being put 10 circulation asking
% they call tbsm, and TO Immediately have
every church 10 the city inspected by . com