The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-18

o. vAsch Thousands wsss And with ssnphsns OIL or
hsssssns, bursting scattered ths oeutsuss Ne null
titsds below. You will ask whore we're Ne nss en-.
gnss al this timsf There n Santiago But 70
continus: Many had already escaped; sons few wore
saved BY The supeshuman Efforts II thoss ron the out
sds nut ssoa The mass Of shriekug victims before the
Aoss haA become compact that no strength Of man
was able 70 break t, snd In the snsss were actu
ally torn from their sockets.
he struggle within must have been fearful since those
who were saved dragged out completely Naked and
many have since disd Now followed tho most terrific
scene mortal eye has witnessed. In brief half
Aour mon the breaking out OF the nre The whole interior
or the church lake Il fame rising far above the
beads Of the shrekug sufferers, while the hundreds Of
bediss massed immovably together burned like many
blscks Of wood. lfN EEfX
Through the lurd flames arms could be seen extended
m snppcaton, mothers folding their daughters 70 their
burning breasts, and, while the hsish light painted up
dssored fsatures loud above tho roar Of the crack
ling rafters and rushing flames rose the oomminsed
shrisks Of over two thossasd victims !, Dante, In
his widest vsions never dreamed Of such he'll rs this
Had the roof fallen In now what suffering had been
spared The Ore reached the DOORS Effort after effort
was made 70 break tho compact bus still living
Strong, robust we're struggling TO extrcate
thesslvss but in vain; and all this within few feet
OF hundreds Of speoatos Trees In the plaza were cut
down and thrust in the burning Aeads but It TOO
late. Tho smaller branches almost Immediately re-
duced to ashes when the body q tho was with
drawn those branches taken bold Of remained In the vic
TINS hands.
will seem scarcely credse that any yet lived andyet
% u was. moment MORE however, and all was over.
Amid the flames bsckened heads might DO swayipg
TO and fro, then falling from ne shoulders. The mass
near the door was now immovabe in death, ana hun.
eds Of tho ooaback statues retained ther kneeling
age
IIast The ROOF fsli in with crash ike mighty ,hnn.
DER The gorgeous bery still stood, and, wrapped in
flames, made the around bright ns MONDAY and
then, with DUH sodden sound the mammoth bells fell
from their high places. IN rn ea,rsa es
scENs OUTSIDE TEE usuAn
The scene without tho church bafles all descrip-
ton. Every house far and crowded with the
dying snd the dead 10 hour from the breaking out
of the flames all was over or two thousand beautiful
Of Santiago there remained but hdeous mass OF
reeking and carbonized corpses and single family
In the city but was len 70 mourn some lost one.
Very many Of tho oorpsss were found with only
the head and burned; but the clothes In most
burned II impossible 70 recognize Them
dare not tell you Of the witnessed that night
and at daylight the following morning. No pom can
describe the father the mother or brother searching
among the blackened thousands for some one single
sign that the fearful corpse before them oil that re
manned 70 them Of that chershed sDrm which but few
short hours before the object " ths love and fond
idoIatry.- What pen portray 10 you father who
bad os his young wife and Eve lovely daughters search
ing and In vaiu for them tell you Of the naggard
features OF widowed mother too happy bad the flames
but spared only enough Of her chsEbsd child that she
might know hers bathe Its backened limbs In hot
scaldng tearss 5000
Yet these and other such have Witnessed and,
though days have passed. my eyes oil with tell
you their story; and must live long years before
memory reproduces the awful scene my blood will
10 grow cold at lis remembrance my heart refuse its
tear Of tribute TO unquestnably the most awful tragedy
in ancient modern history. Others there have been
whore more have persisted BIT under such heart.
renlng circumstance In one Of the largest and most
cultivated capitals Of South America two thousand Of It's
ovelsst burned death and that in presence
OF their fathers husbands brothers, poweress
them.
DO you require statistics? Let give you but a single
one: 1t will suffce One hundred aud ffty cayfoads Of
uecoosised ceyes re, ne Oh ana 1oth, carried to
ne ceDss~y The beauty and the wealth and proud
awful cortege.
..r LIFE SANTIAGO
Santiago, as have often told you in conversation
in letters Is unlike any city in the world In this that
here all the wealthy families OF the republic reside and
you may readily imagine In city where there Is
little immigration, these families or less con
nected All well known each other, and, in word
form one large family. The blow has thus struck home
to the heart Of every
sHLra AGAINST CLERGY.
reaction has taken place here against the clergy.
Public opinion demanded at the conversion Of
church site into public square. This has been and Is
violently opposed by tas clergy and their formidable
party. The fanaticism OF these and ito manifold abuses
among which 10 considered foremost the late disaster
the subject Of conversation In every circle The papers
full OF the biterest svecilyes both sides OF this
question. Thousands Of dollars offered rebuild the
temple. and force is threatened II II be attempted Ac
cusations Of the vest conduct brought against the
clergy. In my next viii give you the continuation OF
this awful drama Terrible been the lesson Chile
will profit By u. We may hope for more iberaty and
less faustcism. From the still smoking Of
Compana may Jet rise The bright light OF religious
liberty.
put must coaa Ths recital has cost ma mora Than