The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-15

hundred lives were lost. A conflagratjor
burned nearly all that was not demolished
| by the earthquake, and drunken rabble
robbed and despoiled what remained
| Heavy cannon were carried way up from
the island battery, and now lie buried in
the sand on shore. The stencil is sicken-
ing.
At Lima there was not much damage
done, although the shocks lasted some four
minutes, creating the utmost CONSERVATION
among the inhabitants, who fled to the open
plains, where they besought protection from
the Almighty.
Admiral Turner, with the frigate Powha-
tan, left Lima with full cargo of provi-
sions, and had arrived at africa to succor
American seamen there, and inhabitants
also. He will also save the effects of the
Wateree.
The Kearsarge had also reached africa
from Coquimbo with provisions.
A French man-of-war had also left Lima
to aid the inhabitants at africa and other
places on the coast, where the people are
starving.
American Minister Hovey, at Lima, is
energetically aiding to the extent of his
power in alternating the distress The mer-
chants and citizens Of Lima are contributing
by thousands of dollars to equip and load
vessels with clothing and provisions, and
the Government is most theoretically using
all its means to alleviate the distress en-
tailed by the horrible catastrophe. The
Congress of Peru has unanimously passed
resolution giving the President unlimited
power to succor the inhabitants of the
southern coast. 81. g.srea
The President has issued proclamation,
and the Archbishop pastoral letter, call
ing upon the Peruvians for liberal contri-
buttons, which have been readily responded
to, over q million Of dollars having been
| raised.
! The business houses of Lima having con-
| nection on the coast have suffered i'm
mensely, one house Gibbs s. Sony losing
| over million of dollars. ", -
| Nearly all the towns and villages in the
mineral province of Huanca have been
| destroyed and reduced to shapeless masses.
The cities of Puno and Cuzco were not
damaged. The port of Mollendo, where
are stored the materials for building Mr..
Meiggs's railway, were completely destroy
ed, nearly all the tools, rails, and provi-
sions being ruined by the earthquake and
the succeeding tidal waves. +
New YORK, September l3.-From Quay
aquil, under date of August 26, we have
brief accounts Of the earthquake IL
Ecuador.
In the city Of Guaysquil little damage
was done. 1barra, capital of the province
of Imbabura, San Pablo, and Alturtaqui,
are in ruins. The entire population Of
those towns and of Otovato persisted,
amounting to nearly 10000.
At Quito the earthquake commenced al
twenty minutes past ! o'clock A. NJ, Au-
gust 18th, and continued at intervals for 8
few hours. Up to the last date, the 18th,
the churches, public buildings, and private
dwellings, were already in ruins, and the
people living in tents in the great squares.
The towns adjoining Quito, named We
rusho, Puelloro, and Cochuquanjo, have
almost entirely disappeared with their in
habitants. Few were left alive, being
obliged to fee to escape the pestilence
arising from the dead bodies. The towns
| of Vinicho and San Antonio have also dis
| appeared. The number Of deaths in the
| city Of Onto is not yet known. A large
number Of wealthy inhabitants died from
pestilence or disaster.
A Valparaiso letter, dated August II, say
advices from Talquahano state that at 9
o'clock on the night Of August 18th three
| EARTHQUAKES occurred. The second caused
/ IN immense tidal wave, which swept away
! T. Early one-half of the town and rendered
The other half almost uninhabitable. Foul
! lives only we're lost, the inhabitants fleeing
! to the hills.
| At Tome the same occurred, but, being
| high, little damage was done. The port OF
| Constituent suffered from the wave but
was not much damaged. Several small
vessels were driven ashore and five men
drowned The town of Conception was also
damaged bv the same cause. Cobija, Me-
! rillones Islands, Pisaqua, and all the cities
and towns, in fact, from Cape Francisco, IL
Ecuador, to Magellan Straits, suffered moro
| or less from the terrible visitations Of the
| earthquake. ..
At Callao the sea burst over line Of
| houses skirting the shore at 10 o'clock ?
! VI. on the 18th, completely cutting them OF
their contents. Several vessels collided
! No damage was then done, nearly all put
ting to sea. The next nj ght fire broke
J out, and ffty-seven houses in the business
portion of the place we're destroyed, entail
ing loss of million and half dollars
| No lives were lost. The Chincha Islands
felt the earthquake and wave, but not Sc
riously as yet known.
The cities of lea and Pisco also suffered
heavily, forty houses being overthrow and
twelve lives lost at the former place. Nearly
all the population of Callao fled to Lima.
The steamer Santiago, bound from Callac
to Valparaiso, put in port off Chala, when
on the 18th, she was seized by the great
wave, her chains snapped, and the vesse
carried to sea. In few minutes the wave
returned towards shore, carrying the
steamer with it, and carrying it with al
her passengers safely over high cliff
leaving it safely inside the channel in the
port of Chala, completely covered with
| water.
At Caldera the wave and earthquake com
pletely destroyed everything, former dwell
ings being left heaps of rubbish. No traces
of streets are to be seen. The inhabitanti
| fed to the mountains, but many were
drowned or killed. Thirty-seven dead
bodies had been discovered at last advices
| At Inquois the shock lasted four minutes
after which the wave came and destroyed
about three quarters of the place, with
many lives, nearly all the provisions, and
the condensing machinery which supplied
| the inhabitants with drinking water.
Provisions and water have been sent
there from Valparaiso. One German house
at Iquiaue lost over $500, 600 worth Of pro-
| perty. Over six hundred people were
! drowned. At Arequipa the earthquake
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