The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-14

/ five inIthe afternoon, and In five min
utes nearly every house was leveled to
the ground. Nealy all the inmates OF
the prisons and hospitals perished In
the destruction of those buildings. Inc
shocks continued at intervals. Nearly
one hundred having occurred in three
days. The city is one mass OF complete
ruin. The river has changed to three
colors, showing volcanic eruptions, and
Mount Misi was actually throwing
out lava, smoke and quantities of
mud. The river emits sulphurous
odor, and rocks and earth are constant
Iy falling from the mountain crater.
No one dares go where the city was.
The people are living in tents on the
banks of the river Paucaripata. Hun
dreds of lives were lost by being crush
ed to death by the falling OF the houses
when the earthquake occurred.
From Guayaquil under dates OF
August 26th, we have brief accounts
of the earthquake In Ecuador. In the
CITY of Guayaquil but little damage
was done. The towns of Ibarra, the
capital of the Province of Imabura,
San Pablo, Atintaqui, and Imantid are
in ruins. a lake of water is now oc-
cacbi. The entire population of thoSe,
towns and of Oionalo periBhed, amount
lug to nearly $4,000 souls.
7 at Quito the earthquake commenced
at 20 minutes past A. NJ, August Ice,
and continued at intervals of few
hours up ITO last dates. Eighteen
churches and public buildings, and
many private dwellings are already in
ruins, and the people were living in
tents in the great squares. The towns
adjoining quito, Perucho, Pueltaro and
Cachiquarizo, have almost entirely dis
appeared with their Inhabitants. The
few left alive being Obliged to flee to
IN hn TaoaNf1nnRn aFiRfnOr fFnnn
the decomposing dead. The towns of
Pinicho and San Antonio, have also
disappeared. The number of deaths in
the City of Antonia are not known, but
large proportion of the wealthy in
habitants died from pestilence or dis
astsr.
AValparaiso letter of August 10, says
advices received from Talcahnano,
states that at 8 o'clock on the night of
the 14.h of August, three earthquakes
occurred. The second caused an inn
mense tidal wave which swept away
fully one half ofthe town, and rendered
the other half almost uninhabitable.
Four lives only were lost, the inhabi-
tants fleeing to the hills. AT Tome the
same occurred, but being higher little
damage was done. Cabila, the Mextl-
loves, islands, Pisagua, and all
the cities and towns in fact from Cape
Francisco, in Ecuador, to the Magel-
IAN oLEdllSf 6uhGEHO LlOAG VI 1Co6 4LOLA
the terrible visitation.
1t was thought at Quito that the vol
cano of ColopaXi was at work, but
nothing definite is stated to that effect.
Where africa once was not even tree
is left. The of Moquega, eight
leagues from Arequippa, was destroy
ed. Tacua, in the same neighborhood
lost go houses and $50 lives, mostly
children who were returning fEom
school. The town of Mejia was swept
away, only 20 out of 500 inhabitants
escaping.
The earth was opened in several pla-
ces on the plains and pampas, and
water has appeared, in some places
hot water WAS vomiting from the
chasms. All the habitations at Tito
were destroyed, and twenty lives lost.
Three vessels, with their crews were
also lost at Chincha Islands. There
was first hurricane, next an earth
quake and then the tidal wave. The
port of. Los Lomas has been united to
the Islands in the bay of Callaoby by
the action of the earthquake.
Over 100000 persons are without
shelter and bread. Commissions are
being formed. The ladies are making
clothes, and the government of Peru is
strRining its utmost to alleviate thedis-
fraES