Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-23
HYDE PARK, VERMONT WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER o. 1863


by falling houses when the earthquake oc-
Cured. gIuEu ga.7g5 f0is'al7t sa (
From Guayaquil, under date Of Aug
26, VIC have bIief accounts Of the earth b
quake in Ecualor In Guayaqml but
little damage was done The town Of
[bsrra, the capital Of the province of I'm.
babara, San Pablo, Atuntaqui and Imam
tad, are in ruins. s.ae4 afsl''- a
s A lake of water now occupies the site
of the town of Aattacachi. The entire
population of those towns and of Ottawa
10 have perished, amounting to oinearly
10000. asaA} Z ~ f7
At Quito the earthquake commenced at
20 minutes past O'clock on the morning
of Aug l6, and continued at intervals of
an hour up to the last dates the 10Th
All the churches, pul1ic buildings and
private dwellings were already in ruins
and the people were lying in tents in the
great squares. The towns adjoining Quito
have now entirely disappeared, with their
ihabitants, the few left alive being obliged
to flee to escape the postilence arising
from decomposcd dead bodies. o'rhe towns
of Pincho and San Antonio have also dis
appeared. The number of deaths in tn c
city of Quito is not yet known, but.a large
proportion of the wealthy inhabitants
have died from either pestilcnccsor dis.
aster. aas#t h q -aFsae
/ A Valparaiso letter Of Aug l1th, says
adyiccs have been received from Talcahu-
auo, which state that at 8 o'clock on the
night of the l4th of Aug the earthquakes
occurred. The second caused an immense
tilal wave, which swept away fully one
half of the town and rendered the Other
half almost uninhabitablo. -Four lives
3 only we're lost, the inhabitants fleeing tc
to the hills. At Tome the same occurred
but being higher---littlc damage was
done. The port Of Constitution suffered
from the wave. but not much da mage wal
done. Several small vessels were driver
as hore aud five men drowned. The tow
OF Conception was also damaged 1by thu
same causes. 1t was thought at QUITE
that the volcano of Cotapaxi WAS at @orl
but nothing dcfnito is stated to tha
effect. v..e.r ersrfst H
Further accounts state that an Ameli
can ba'quo laden wltl gqano, name un
known, Was swallowed up completely ii
the harbor of africa, and nothing NOR
was seen of her. h FsA 'a's'',4
Terror, hunger and desolation 'rcigl
where africa once was. Notevcn a tire
is left. The town of Mejia was swept a
: way, only 20 out of its 500 iuhabitant
e escaping: the earth has opened in severa
D places onlthe plains and pumpas, and wa
q ter has appeared. and in some places ho
water was vomiting from new chasms.
! All the the inhabitants at lilo wer
destroyed and 90 lives lost. All the nj
trate works at lquique were destroyed. a
we'll as those in its suburbs, entallin
great loss Among the killed Was tb
u British Consul. Erraz .ara
The American ship Condor was lost a
Mtjillous, but the crew we're saved. le1g
T Four hundred tons of silver ore and a
q the expensive works of the Peruvian Nit
I, eral Company, owned in London, wer
% completely swept away.
, The port of LosLomas has been unite
: to the islands 10 the bay Of Callao by th
e action of the earthquake, lal gamT5r
" Over $4,000 persons are without she
: ter and bread. Commissions are beiD
formed and ladies are making clothes, an
n the 90 vernment of Peru is straiLing its u
of most to alleviate the distress. 1i.
!, Gen. Fitzpatrick left for home on I'll
IS 18th of Aug t'eJ = . % 9ae'