Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-23

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At Lima there was not much damage
done, although the shocks lasted about 4
minutes. creating the utmost CONSERVATION
the inhabitants fleeing to the open pla-
"a. where they besought protection from
the Almighty. :laa
Admiral Turner with the frigate Pow
haitian, had left Lima with full cargo Of
provisions, and had arrived at africa to
succor the American seamen there and
the people also lie will also save the
effects ofthe Wateree The Kearsage had
also reached africa from Coquimbo with
provisions Two French men of war had
also left Lima to aid the inhabitants at
africa and other places on the coast who
are starving. The American Minister at
Lima was euergetically aiding to the ex-
tent Of his power in alleviating the dis.
tress The merchants and citizens of Ii
!
ma arc contributing by thousands of dol,
lars to equip and load vessels with CLOTH
ing. provisions, etc and the Government
is most energctically using all its means
to alleviate the distress entailcd by this
horrible catastrophe. The Congress of
Peru has unanimously passed resolution
giving to the President unlimited power
70 succor the inhabitants Of the southern
coast The President has issued proc
lamation and the Arch bishop = pastoral
calling upon the Peruvians for liberal con-
tributious, which have been nobly respop-
ded to. over milion of dollars having
teen raised. The business houses of Lima
having connections on the coast have
suffered immensely, one house, e,-that. ot
Gibbs and Son, losing over one million oi
dollars. a...
|. Nearly all the towns and villages in thc
mineral province of Huyanca have been
destroyed or reduced to shapcleas masses
The cities Of Puno and Cugco, however
=. were not dlmqged, The port Of Noleudc
where were stored the materials fol
building Mr., Megg's railway, was com
pletely destroyed pearly oil the tools
: rails aud provisions being ruined by thu
g earthquake and the next succeeding tida
wave.
At Calae the sea burst over the line o
{ houses skirting the shore at 10 O'clock a
night on the 18th, completed cutting
them of their contents The panic wal
t extreme. Several vessels eellided, bu
d no damage was then done. nearly all put
s ting to sea The next night fire brok
. out and 81 houses in the business poitiol
a Of the place were DESTROYED, entailing
! loss of q millions aud half dollars. N
) lives WeIe losb. lue Sbiuona isiahuo iei
: the earthquake and the wave, but not S
0 seriously so far as is now known. Tn
! cities of lea aud Pisco also suffered heaV
lily, 40 houses being overthrown and /
. lives lost in the former city,. Nearly a.
Of the population of Callao have fed t
.
j. Lima. "1'A 9 90
+; At Tquique the shock lasted over fcu
minutes, after which the wave came an
u DESTROYED about three fonrths Of the plac
!, with many lives, nearly all tie provision
and the coudensing machinery which sur
/ piled tho people with drinking water :
i Provisions and water have been sent thel
y from Valparaiso. One German house Q
If lqnique lost over Si00, 900 worth Of prol
n erty. H 'y2-.a'@ ' ,a'''' =.
r This steamer San Diego, bound froI
o Callao to Valparaiso, put into the port
y Chala, when, 90 the 18Th, she was seizec
q. n
$. was seized by The great wave, her chair
d snapped and the vessel to sea. 10 fe
le moments the wave returned toward tf
d shore, carrying the stamer with it, takin
70 her, with all her passengers, safely oy'
q a high cliff and leaving her safely insic
+ the chennel. The port of Chala was con
!, pletely covered with water. 1fFo' D.a
G, Over GOO people were drowned at Ar
"a puipa. The earthquake commenced q fc
70 minutes nearly every house in the atte
h noon, and in a few minutes nearly eveI
e house in the city was leyeled to the gronn
b The tower of the Santa Catalina churC
'g was the only thing left standing, and tn
y will have to be pulled down Nearly .
al the inmates Of the prisons and hoapta
dperished in the destruction of these bull
a, iugs The shocks continued At aitsi}9ltt9rcvpl interval
r nearly one hundred having occurred IN
ID days Tho city is one mass Of oonplc
be ruin The river has chpnged to thr
Is, colors. thus showing volonnic eruption
Id and Mount Mlsti was actually throwl'
u out lava. smoke and mud. The nv
n. emits sulphurous odor. and rocks ai
c Garth are constantly falling from the mcu
cd taius into the water. No one dares
nc near the city. the survivors living IL ten
as on the banks Of the river. Hundreds