Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-18

war steamers, are high and dry the FIRE.
doDia UNITED States Steamship was lost
with all hands but two, while. the brig
Chanarcillo lost eight Eleu, Toe launch
of tie Ameriea was iOss, with lorty-two
lives, while the United States steam er
Wateree lost but one, Railroad rails,
cars, machinery, gun carriages, house
hold furnitule e, baby linen, chests and bar
Tels, dead animals and mutilated cOrpses
were lying about in chaotic disorder. The
stencil wss sickeDing. Here also the
first and most fatal shock took place
shortly after five, and was speedily sue
ceeded by the rising of the sea, which
oversteppsd its accustomed limits by at
least fifty feet. More than three hun-
dred lives have been lost. gacna and
Arequipa also, the latter a town of the
interior, numbering upwards of fsrty
thousand inhAbitsnts, have been terri
bly, visited. The shocks are even now
continuing, though feebiy. To tho
earthquake was soon added a general
conf sgrstion, aad what the fury of the
elements spared was destroyed by the
drunken and iafuriated rabble, who
broke open every store aud liquor keg.
A town after having been sacked does
not present o spectacle nearly so harri-
bic as the one before us; yet few aIw.
ers were stilI bIossOming in half-buried
garden, that bore witness to the care its
forIder owners had bestowed upon it.
Everything had fallen as it had been
left. could not help bsing deeply
impressed by what 1 saw. Letters,
checks and merchandise lay scattered
every where, the intoxicated guards pro-
tecting property but indifferentIy. AS
far north as Information reaches Tushes
the destruction. Its extent cannot be
Judged till We arrive at Callao.
ACCOUNT BY AN EYE WITNESS AT ARE
QUIPA.
AEEoUIPA, August IS, 1888.
At about four minutes past PM, last
Thursday, q slight movement of the earth
was noticeable here by persons who
ehanced to be seste I there was no rum
bling In about eight to ten seconds
more the movement became strong
enough for persons not seated to notice
This movement gradually increased in
strength uudl, after about thirty seconds,
pieces Of timber began to fall from the
houses. In about minute all were sat
isfied that a great earthquake was at
hand. Then began terrible rumbling,
similar to the noise of an avalanche.
seemed as if the earth was about to opea.
The earth shook and every structure
swsyed to and fro from north to south.
It seemed in my own house as il the
walls Were about to meet and smother
us. III about three minutes the soil
shook so that it was almost impossible to
hold ones feet. The strongest buildings
began thea to cast off stones, bricks, pieces
of wood, etc., and the weakest began to
fall, almost ali Of them level with the
ground. In about five minutes from the
first movement the whole city was en-
veloped in clouds of dust and darkness,
snd resounded with the crash Of falling
buildings. There Is not one house lett
in Arequipa. The only church |
tower left Is that of Santa Catalina, but |
il like the cathedral will have to be pulled !
down. Santa Do.aingo church is down !
to the ground. The Portal de Flores is |
ali dewn, as we'll as all the surrounding |
blocks. Nearly al tle inmates of the |
prison and hospitals perished. Many |
persons are known 20 have been crushed |
TO death In the streets.
We are now living ia q tent on the /
river bank. No one dares go to town, as |
the shocks still continue to bring down |
what little is left standing. They occur |
81 luOeTFhls OF nHlI du hOuI eaC1s his !
evening some of the shocks have been |
very violent. s far tnere have been |
about seventy-siX shocks up to eight |
p N. The river Pauoarpate has changed |
10 three eOlors, which makes US believe |
that the volcanoes are ct work. Every |
thing is confusion, and the cries aud |
that we hear are heartrend-
ing. Thus the work of the ArequipenOs
Tor three hundred years has been de-
strcyed in few minutes; it will take
i've hundred years to 90 the same work
over. The debris of the Jesuit's Church |
was buried to q distance of one hundred
yards,
The picture presented by our desoiste
,ity is sad indeed. God grant that our
ears be not realized, for Mount Misti is
vomiting lava, clouds Of smoke and guam
ibe5 OF mud, and darkness hides its
from our view. We hear the
constant noise OF falling ROCKS and earth,
md the river is impossible, owing to its
)lack color and stiiDhQrOus odor