The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-14

the mineral Provinces of Havana
were destroyed and reduced to shape
less masses. The cities of Pneuo and
lCasaco, however. were not destroyed.
] he post of MollendU, where were
stored materials for building Mr..
| Meiggs railway, was completely de
stroyed, nearly ali the tools, rails and
provisions being ruined by the earth
| quake and thss succeeding tidal wave.
| At Callao thessea burst over the line
of houses, skirting the shore, at ten
o'clock at night. on the 18th, COM
pletely quitting them of their conte nts.
| The panic was extreme. ESur vessels
/ collided, hut. no damage was then
done, nearly al putting t0lsea. Next
morning a fire broke out, and fifty
seven houses, in the business portion
OF the town, were destroyed, entailing
| loss OF nlIAi0n.and d half of dol
lars. No lNes lost
The Chincha Islands felt the earth
quake and wave, but not seriously, so
far as yet known. The cities of leila
and Pisco also suffered heavily, forty
houses being overthrown and twelve
lives lost at the former. Nearly all
the population Of Callao fed to Lima.
The steamer Santiago. bound from
Callao to 4alnaraiso, put into the
port of Chala, where, on the 18th, she
was seized by the great wave, her
chains snapped, and the vessel carried
Co sen sfn a.fewmoments the wave
eretufned to theA shore, carrying the
steamer with it, taking it, with all its
passengers, over a high cliff, and leav-
ing it inside the channel.
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covered BY water. At Igage. the
shock lasted over four minutes. after
which a wave came and destroyed
about three-duarters OF the place.
with many lives, with nearly all their
provisions and the condehsing ma
chinery which supplied the inhabi-
tahts with drinking water. Proyis-i
iouss aud dAwaterv have been sentthem
from Valparaiso. One German house
at Igage lost over 100000 worth of
property. Over 600 people were
drowned at ATequippa. The earth
quake e0mlneneeA at a few minutes
past five o'clock IN the evening, aud
in five minutes nearly every house
was leveled TO the ground.
The tower Of Santa Catilana Church
was the only thing left standing; that
will have to be pulled down. Nearly
all the inmates If the prisons and
hospitals perished IN the destruction
Of those buildings. The shocks con-
tinued at intervals, nearly one hun
dred haTipgr occurred in three days.
The scirE lis 6ne mass d pfcompiete ruin. |
The river has changed to three col
ors, showing volcanic eruptions; and |
Mount Misti was actively throwing |
out lava, <smpkes aud quantities of |
mud The-river enits a sulphur0us
odor, and rocks and earth ere con-
stantly falling from the mountains I
crater. No one dares go where the |
city was.
The people arc living in tents on
The banks efs tie Pancaripata River.
Hundreds Of lives we're fost by being |
crushed to death By falling houses
when the earthquake, occurred.
From Guayaqui1, under date of /
August 18th, we have brief accounts /
of the earthquake In Ecuador. In !
tAe city oe a aaayadhiH but little dam |
age was done. The towns of Ibowa, /
the capitol OF the province of Imabu-
IA, San Pehlo, Atimtagni, and Imou-
It'd are in ruins; Il lake of water is /
now occupying the site OF the town of
Cata aeoM. The entire population Of /
the Atovn of Otavalo perfshed, /
to nearly 10000 souls.
At Quito the. earthquake eommene-
ed at twenty minutes to l NJ, Aug.
10th, and continued at intervals OF a
few hours, rup to the last dates.
Eighteen churches aud public build
ings, and private dwellings arealready
In ruins, and the people were living /
ia tents in the great squares.g
The towns adjoining Quito, Peru
cho, Puellaro, and Cochiquargo, have
almost entiseiy-- disappeared with
their inhabitants, the few left alive /
being obliged to flee to escape the /
pestilenee arising from the decompos-
ing dead. !
The towns of Pimcho and San An
tonic have also disappeared. ~- /
The number Of dcaths in the city /
Of Quito is not known, but a large /
proportion Of the wealthy inhabitants I
had d'sa aientlie pestileace or dis
aster. I
A Valparaiso dispatch Of August
17tls says AAlvices have been receiv- |
at nine o'clock on the night Of the /
1Illl spl y u uSb lllIGG edTLDtl udhbS OC~
cured. The second caused an i'm /
mense tidal Yaye, which swept away
fully One half4the town. and'rendered I.
the other half almost uniahabitable, 1
-Four lives oBly Were1lost, the inhab- 4
itants fleeing to the hills. At Yorne /
the same occurred. but, being higher,
was little damage. The Port of Gonsti-
ceYen suffered from the wave, but +
net much damaged. Several small I
vessels were driven ashore and five |.
men drowned. The town of Con- I
cepeionf was also damaged ibye the I
same causes. /
CobJa, the Mexillon Islands, Pisa
qua, aud Al the cities and towns in
fact from Cape Francisco in Equa- +
dor to the Magellan Straits suffered /
more or less from the terrible vista
tion. 1t was thought at Quito that
the volcano Of Cot0paxi was at work, |
but nothing definite is stated to that /
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