Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-21
SOUTH AMERICAN EsayHalAs
Farther Account. 0E the AYn;
ling Gala misyia Chilli, Peru,
nnG E,candor.
Two Hundred aud Fifty Cities and
Villages Destroyed.
Loss or 10000 ia 10000 Lirss,
aMd $500 DOC, 900 or Pro-
HE psrfy.
The recent tcrrib. earthquake in South
America seem, to have ranged from Fort

The recent terrible earthquake in South
America seem, to have ranged from Fort
Conception, OF tbs southern cost Of chill.
~ 30 Qiite. thc capital OF Ecuador, Jus,
below tac equator. Tao length OF coast
Ina affect "a by the severe shocks is cst-
sn1,ci a! abou. 3,o90 miles. The extreme
afstsncs tom the SEA coast into tho inter
s4r, whcre ITO shocks were .clt, IL no.
&sawa bat IL is supposed thai the dcvas
tston extended 80 the cast Il the Cordl.
ieras, psrl, Ecuador, net Chill arc known
= havs hsen the nvlacipal sufferers from
tasse er,a. eetsslropasa No a9giceS haze
b,en tsr,ivsd from Bolivia ard the trken-
uae rspuhlic. Manners Who had arrived
a. no Peruvian ports reported hat tho YES
ecs 10 whish they rode were rocked W
isaria. uneuls'lous far ont at Sea.
raz rAsruRrAKr ~ ciau.
4 dismal prenonition OF the ear hquihe
IA Chil, was heard by. the innab taais of
TaicaAuanc, Conception bay, o. no nisa
OF the 18th ult. This was low 5oan from
the south. The earth trcmbled slign,ly,
aud then all was still. The next day passed
without disturbance, bat, early in the
evening Of the l4th. the moan was again
heard, and again died away and lef. the
coast unruilisd, save by the wrath Of the
the ocean waves. In half an hour after
wards tabout . z. NJ, tho noise arose
again, and approached, increasing in vol
um., Ike ,husaer rolling along the ground
Al the moment when the unseen tempest
seemed assu. to hurst upon the town, All
earthquake rwaysd tho buildings aaA sent
the people Keeling and shrieking into the
streets. As the whole population gained
the sab.rhs and He'd toward the mountains,
tbs sea receded away from tho slope OF the
na.s.ted shore, piling itself up lnfo vast
wall Of waters Then it came rolling back,
and the hundreds of human beings who
paused in their flight saw tho habi,atiors
they had quilted engulphed in An instan,
" The unnatural tide. Half the town was
earned away, and the remaining buildings
were almos, uninhabitable. Four lives
weF. lost: the property wrecked and dam.
aged waa valued at $500, 900. Tome. an
other port on the Chilian coast. was visited
to = similar manner; but the town, bsnr
situated at greater altitude above the
shore than that o. Talcahuano. did not suf
fer as great damage Tho port OF Conssi.
tuccn suffered slightly. Severa. vessels
were driven on shore. but the buildings
were ne: much Injured A heavo sea swept
toward Valparaiso. but did no harm.
TUE xAwrnc JAKE IN rsgr.
The sab.crancan shock which started
Chlh on the l2th inst, and lef. that coun.
t-J undi ,turbed on the following day arose
IA the al ernoon OF the 18th, and shook the
foundations Of Peru. At > r. NJ the same
prSdig.cus sounl thas stunned the ears Of
'he people OF raicshu ON the southern sea
snore OF Peru. Thence il swep. north
ward, aroasing within few seconds. tho
entire western population Of the repuhl;c =,
sense Of coming danger.
The inhabitants OF cities and sovns co,,.
pretending what the sornd presa,ea "a.
stated their houses just before the ground
beneath thor feet began to SWAY. Then
whi!e the shock increased in violen q. dis
trsssful cries arose. Walls Of buildiars
grated harshly; windows crashed: pave.
msnts burst and fang their stones in the
air; chinneys icA; towers topp,sd and
dsscsnded in ruins, lower edi6ose. ne,
strong enough to withstand the increasing
violence Of the shocks, came crashing
dowa. The noise Of falling stone, the
shouts Of men, the piteous cries Of women
and the plants Of little children sounded
above ira dull grumble Of the tortured
earth. Clouds Of dust blinded and choked
fae eewiidered throng who sought an exit
from the calos arouni them. And from
time to sina tho agonixing means of ,nose
who haa eeen struck down by the falling
rhns toll TIA. all nal no. escaped ana
that dea'h larSed in the cracking morter Of
ersry hanging wall. A writer from Africa.
on the ssaceast, says:
The hour was that when BIZ custom nest
OF the inhabitants had Just closed their
iabors and were at Their homes. The
instant the startling indications of an
earthquake we're felt, there was a general
sush for uncovered spaces, which were
reached BY many uninjursd; bu. not by
all. The streets became . scene Of terror.
All the houses in the city trembled like
person affected with the ague. Then they
sargsd. and some of,hem fell to psices with
crash After crash. At this juncturs, when
~ eadalatisns we're active, The earth
ese IN several places IL !eng end almest