Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-10-02

rObberies committed among tho d6-
siroyed places. Bands of thieves.
mostly the muleteers ard the very 06-
securing Of humanity. having saved
their own lives BY running ID thc
mountains, have now returned 90 the
ruined towns to rob and piliage. They
ProWl around ruined houses oVerturn-
tchg stones and dOOrWayF, and pulling out
Irom uncer the dust and shattered
oulldngs many valuable goods. money,
pieces OF elegant furniture, trunks on
! CO. eIol1tp 9,et e. And they assemble in
/ crowds upon the seashore aud break
I open boxes, casks of Iiuuors. goods of
all kinds that are washed ashore from
/ The wrecks OF shIrs aud other vessels.
! Nor do they spare the dead. for I
have been told by an intelligent Peru
vian, formerly doing business in Isay.
but who has Just returHed here penui-
less, that these miserable. thieves viii
rifle a dead body Of every lhing upon
~; and hunting among the ruins for
valuables, they viii often drag out a
dead body, only to piifer it, aud cast DO
back among the fallen ruins In one
instance these Ladrones found an im-
mense case Of sarsaparilla washed
ashore from some ship, and they
drank every bottle Of it, imagining ID
20 be beer. Tha people who formerly
Inhabited these fallen towns-tbose
who we're fortunate enough TO escape
death from the earthquake or by the
ineomiugCf the sea~-aTe living Ia the
most abjee5 want and poverty Many
Of them are in tents, but By fer fha
greater number have neither clothmp.
nor shelter, nor feed Having but
minute to escape to the hills, they arc
now homeless, houseless. shelterlsss.
and without means of sustennnoe aud
many Of them must undoubtedly per-
ish. Some idsa of the suffering may
be had when we realize that in iho
city Of AEequipa al0ne, @ piece cen
tanning from 80, 600 to 100, 600 inhabi-
tauts, there is not one h0Qse Standing
literally not one stone upon anoth-
er. A Peruvian gentleman who was
"a africa has given me many horrible
details and incidents. He Bayss NNo
one who did not witness it can form
any idea Of lis horror" Groans aud
outcTies, fallen buildings and shivered
timbers, the air soflled with dust and
ashes, so chOked with the h1e dirt Of
the abode buildings, and 80 strong ah
electric smell ia the air, similar 60 the
strongest birthstone, that the only way
people could breathe, or escape at all
was BY each one throwing himself on
herself fiat on the ground and burying
the face fiat In the very earth which
groaned and opened around them.-
Parents crying for their children,
mothers screaming to their husbands,
and binding cloud Of dust aud brim
stone, aud the crash of tumbling hons
es, the rear Of the terrible in-uOming
sea. and the shrieks OF the wounded
dying in the falling ruins. In MOQua
the ground opened, and as it closed
again instantly, it caught the ill-fated
people, leaving them partly projected
from the earth. Here are 10 be seen
hands protruding, feet aud toes sticking
out above the earth. The top of the
head and even the whole head aud
neck Of some ofthe people, fDgeIs and
arms, with the bodies 20 which they
belong shut into the gaping earth r.
What horrible deaths must these have
been.
In africa, Mr. Bllinghurst q
prominent citizen, with hls wife and
Eve children, refused TO leave their
house, believing themselves safer boil
ted and barred within the building,
which was Uery strong one The
whole family perished, and the REL
mains are found buried IN the ruins
about them.
Iu Tamb0, a priest, or padre. as DE
is called, told tho affriRhted people not
nor to flee 10 the hills. He would 60
down to the sea, aud he had power 20
still the waters. The foolish people,
five hundred 10 number, believing iu
his omuipotence, gathered around him
in solemn procession, and followed
him to the sea but the voice Of q man
who took upon himself the attributes
Of the Almighty, was not Needed, aud
himself and 500 with him were drown
ed