Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

7hlTty-twO Thousand Lives Lost.
Sd 900, coo Property . cs.roycd

nd flooded the lana ioI Sfest etstsLSs. hih.
iipa. o city Of $1,000 inhabitants passed
aaay-scsrcely vcstige being let. only |
lour hundred lives were lost here. Atica, |
a town Of 1900 Inhabitants was also de-
stroyed, leaving not house standing. Five
hundred persisted here. A tidal wave, forty |
fee, high, rolled with terrific roar on the
shore, carrying ships farther on land than
ever before known. The I. 5 store-ship
Fredcnia was capsized and ali on board lost.
I Fredonia had & S00,000 worth of naval
stores. The vessel rolled over and was
smashed 20 ATONE. The L. s steamer Weteree
was carried half mile inland aad lett high
and dry. Only one sailor was drowned.
O1inc To the great distance which she was
e4rTiti. she can never get ailost again. The
Peruvian corvette America was also carried
r ore. and thirty three rersous droweed
| \ "a American meIthantman d al English
| ship and q French hafque were also lest
| Inc towns OF lquque, Maqu.ga, sefsm1a
and Pisagua were all utterly destroyed
over six hundred person perished N iqaique.
1 Tbe towns Of IpsIra, San Pueblo, Atunlsqai.
| ard Imantall, are in ruins. " here Calsc :
eli formerly stood there Is now iaEe Tic
populations OF the above named towns were
| simoet entirely destroyed. Three other
towns were also destroyed. The dead were
40 numerous that The surviving inhablisntc
were forced to ~ from The steLch Of the
muir Tying bodies. Ia Guayequil the taEiL-
quake was felt but no damaee done
Letters from Quito. dated August 10Th,
announce that The earthquakes continue oil
| -p,ervals of u few hours. The President
has issued proclaim, ton TO the people to
come forward and help the sufferers
A letter from Lima. Peru. gives addition
al details Of the earthquake and it's effects.
The earthquake commenced at nine O'Clock
| - 1,l. ~ Irar Rt.
iyia 10 The southern ports oil Chill, and
over 100 miles Of inland towns ard cities
mentioned in the description Of las, night
were totally destroyed, as oil buildings
which were not destroyed were so badly
damaged as 10 require demolition for pru-
dentlsl reasops. All the public edifices in
africa were destroyed, including the Gus
tom House, which contained more than
6. 0Co COO worth OF goods, all Of which are
Lost. Fredona and the Landing o.!
Na;erec were both ri anchor in the Ear-
Dor Of africa The Fredonia dashed about
at the mercy f the sea and was finally
dashed 10 pieces on the ieef. Nothing Of
the vessel was savei her officers and a
crew OF 81 were lost, also Mrs. Dyer, wife
i. OF Lieut. commanding The vessel had on
board million dollars worth of naval
stores, all totally lost The Wateree was
| more securely anchored. but dragged loose
the anchor and great t1al wave swept
her 42O yards inland about two miles
north Of jamestown. She now lies be
, tween two hllocks Of sand, seriously il
jured and il will probably be impossible TO
rx,rca,e her, ard Admiral Turner is only
hopeful Il slyipg her battery and stores.
Only one sail was washed overboaT! and
drowned, bu, johnson Of the Watcrree uas
ashore al The time and while carving j 3
, wife ia his Grrle IL o place oi rateiy she
was struck ~ rollun ni i.llne hffsa-
ipg and killed
, a letter FROM A,ica Ga;oo Aug III, says
that two ether vessels tie brig CEercarico'l
| and barque Edward are @!so high and dry,
, the former losing eight men. The scene
begrars DESCRIPTION. Railroad rails, car
. machinery. gun carriages, household iarni-
, iure, barrels, dead animals, and mutla,ed
corpses are lying about in great confusion.
fhe city numbered 1000 Inhabitants and
5000 lives were lost. a conh4gration
burned nearly all that WAS not demolished
by the earthquake. At Lima there was
not much damage done though the
SHOCK lasted about four MINUTES, creating
The utmost CONSERVATION, the inhabitants
fleeing to the open plaza, where they sough.
protection from the Almighty. Tue Amer
, lean Minister, Hovey, al Lima, was ener-
ctically aiding 10 the extent OF his power.
The merchants and citizens OF Lima are
contributing by thousands of dollars to
equip and load vessels with provisions, &c,
and the government is most energeticaiy
usirc all its means to alleviate the distress
cntaled by the horrible catastrophe. The
Con rcss of Peru unanimously passed res
buttons giving the President unlimited pow
J er To euccur Inhabitants Of the southern
coasts he President has issued a proclaim
J at.no, and the Archbishop n pastoral. call
ing on tie poruyians Tor liberal contribu-
tons which have been robly responded 10 :.
ever one million dollars have been raised,
a Business houses OF Lin having connection
on the coast suffered Immensely, one ho use
that Gibbs * Co, lusrE more than q mills
ion dollars worth OF property, neal all
town aud village in the mineral province Of
lluaura was DESTROYED and reduced to a
shapctss mass. The cities of Puero and
Cuzso, however, were net damaged. The
port OF Mallendo, where ere stored the me-
terials for building ilr. Meigcs' railway, was
completely destroyed, nearly all OF the rails
J and provisions being ruined by the earth
quake and succeeding tidal wave. AT Callao
the sea burst over the line Of houses skirt
ing the shore, completely cutting them OF
them OF their contents. The panic was ex-
IRENE. The next morning . fire b-ok. out
and 81 houses in the business portion were
1
lives were lost The cities of leila and Pisco
also suffered heavily, 40 houses being over
thrown aud II lives lost at the former. The
steamer Santiago while in the port of Chala
was seized by the great tidal wave and
carried with all the passengers safely
over high cliff, leaving it inside of the
channel. The port of Chala was completely
covered by water at Iquiquc. About three
quarters of the place is destroyed, with
many lives. and nearly all of the condensing
and provision machinery which supplied
the inhabitants with drinking water and.
provisions. One German house at Valparai
go lost over 100000 worth of property.
| Over 800 people were drowned at Arqu
pa in five minutes. Nearly every house
was evelled to the gro6hd The tower OF
Santa Cetala Church was the only thing lett
standing, and that will have 10 pulled down.
| Nearly all the inmates OF the prison and
hospital persisted in the distraction OF those
buildings. Shocks continued at interva
100 having occurred in days. The city is
one mass of complete ruins.
From Guayaquil under date of Aug, &c h,
brief accounts are received of an earth.
quake In Equsdor. in the city Of Guaya-
quill but little damage was done.
The town of lbana, the capital of the
province of Imabars, San Pueblo, Acin-
tapui. and Imanta, are in ruins.
A lake of water is now occupying
site OF the town of Catachi. The entire
population Of these towns and of Otayalo
persisted, amounting to nearly $4,000 souls
At Quito the earthquake commenced at1:20
A. NJ Aug. 16. and continued at intervals
Of q lew hours up TO the last dates Eighteen
churches. public buildings and private dwel.-
inas are already in ruins. The towns ad-
joining Quito. remcho, P0jlow and Cach:-
quargo, have almost entirely disappeared
with their inhabitants, the ew lei. alive be-
ing obliged 10 fee to escape pesiilence
arising from the decomposition o. the dead
The towns OF Perucho and San Antonio also
disappeared
A Valparaiso dispatch Aug of II says ad
vices from Talcahuala state on the night of
Aug. IA three earthquakes occurred, The
second caused an immense tidal wave which
swept away fully oue-half Of the town and
rendered the other half almost uninhabita-
bic; tour lives only lost, the Inhabitants
fleeing to the hills. Aud Of Tome the same
occurred, but the buildings being higher,
little was done. Port Cons,icieun suffered