The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-14

the shore, carrying the steamer with 1t, taking
IL with all its passengers safely over high
cliff and leaving it safely inside in the chan
mel The port of Chill was completely covered
by water.
after which the wave came and destroyed
| about three quarters of the. place with many
lives, nearly all the provisions and the con-
densing machinery which supplied the inhabi-
house lost over 100000 worth of property.
Over 800 hundred people were drowned at
Arequipa. The earthquake commenced few
minutes past 5 in the afternoon, and in five
minutes nearly every house in the city was
levelled to the ground. The tower o. Santa
Catalina Church was the only thine left stand
ing, and that will have to be palled down.
Nearly all the inmates of the prisons and hos
pitfalls persisted in the destruction of those
buildings The shocks continued at intervals,
nearly one hundred having occurred in three
days. The city is one mass of complete rum:
The river has changed to three colors, thus
showing volcanic eruptions and Mount Mlstl
was actively throwing out lava. smoke aud
quantities of mud. The river emits sulphur
Gus odor and rocks and earth are constartiy
falling from the mountain crater. NO one
dares to go where the city was, the Survivors
living in tents on the banks OF the river Pa
nearpota Hundreds of lives were lost by be-
ing crushed to death by falling houses when
the earthquake occurred. -..tss
From GuayaquiI, under date OF Aug. 26th,
we have briefs accounts of earthquakes in Ec
quador In the city of Guayaquil but little
damage was done. The towns of Ibarra the
capitol of the Province of Imbabury, San Pa
BILE, at Umtaqui, and Simantad are in ruins.
A lake of water IS now occupying the site of
the town of Calacachi. The entire populations
of those towns have persisted, amounting to
nearly 10000. ~ ill iaHlleatl 1st sa- ..-..a1
AT Quinto the earthquake commenced at
twenty minutes past in the morning, Aug.
10th, and continued at intervals OF a few hours
to last dates OF the 10Th. All the churches,
public buildings and private residences are as
ready ia ruins, and the people were living in
tents ia the great square. Tbs towns adioin-
ing Qinto namsd Penc' o Puerilai and Cachi-
quarjo, have almost entirely disappeared with
their inhabitants, the few left alive being
Obliged to lice to escape the peSnlence arising
from the oecomposIng bodies The towns OF
Pinicho aid San Antonio have also disap-
peared. The number of deaths in the city of
Onto is not yet known, but large proportion
of the wealthy inhabitants had died from pes
thence or disaster. sE- .-H- ntsEf-r1sssr 80
!. A Valparaiso letter of the 18th says advices
have been received from Talcahuano which
state that at 8 O'Clock, ON the night of the
14th, three earthquakes occurred. The second
caused an immense tidal wave, which swept
away fully Que half the town and rendered the
other half almost unhabitable. Only four lives
were lost The inhabitants are fleeing to the
hills tiras a1r -rEril rsssf 20 Y.se I,aifei -rsi
At Tome the same occurred, but being high
or little damage was done The port of Con-
stItutOn suffered from the wave but not much
damage, several small vessels were driven
ashore and five men were drowned
The town of Conception was also damaged
by the same causes Cobija, the Mexillones Is
lands, Pisoqua and all tie cities and towns in
fact from Cape Francisco in Ecuado to the Ma
gellan Straits, suffered more or less from the
terrible visitations. r.s.t .le.r. 4. -. = .re. w
1t was thought at Quito that the volcano of
Cotapiaxi was at work, but nothing definite to
that effect is stated. r@ 81