Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-23

TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES IN so.
...... AMERICA.


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Correspondence from South America to
the New York HERALD" gives accounts of
fearful earthquakes which occurred on the
10Th ultimo, and destroyed several lar. e
cities in the southern portion of Peru
The shock, Il Havana dispatch says only
lasted 5 minutes, but 10 that time from
% 900 to so 900 persons were killed -
but terrible as this statement is, that of
the :" "Herald's' correspondent is worse.
He says: an7a
"A rumbIiog sound preceded the earth
oak and was suecoe led by rocking
motion of the earth which warned the
Inhabitants Of their danger. All along
the southern coast the sea was terribly
agitated. causing the ships to drag their
anchors and fooding the land for some
distance The wiIdness of this scene of
destruction has never been cqn4led. g
Arequlpa, city Of 80 00Oinhabitauts
Its houses built soiidiy of granite, has
passed away, scarcely a vestige being left.
The strength of the houses being so greet
as to resist the shock for time, many 'f
the people were cuablcd to escape. bu'
four hundred are said to have. pcrished il
the rui,.s. b laa 'f
The town of africa, containing | 2 00C
iuha bitonts, was ulso destroyed, lejyiue
not house standing. Here, as efore
the strength of the houses gave many o.
the people time to escape, 800 only being
engaIphed aud killed in the ruins The
water rose to such aaheight that tid,
wave 10 feet high rolled with terrif
roll and rosistless fury upon the ships ii
the harbor and precipitated them Oh tn,
main land. far ieyond any poiut ever be
fore reached by sea- The T. S storeshil
Fredonia wss capsized, and all on boart
were lost. The Fredonia had on boar.
81 500 o00 worth of naval s.ores lb'
loss of property between africa and Taci'
is estimated at $l4 600 900 The vesse
was rolled over and smashed to atoms b,
the advun,ing tidal waves and all OF
board we're thus drowned before SIZE wa
released from the mighty grasp of the sea
The United States steamer Wateree wa
clrried half mile inland and left higl
and dry, only one sailor of her crew be
ing drowned. The Injuries to the vesse
were comparatively slight, but from tn
great distance she was carried inland i
will be impossible to ever get her afOa
again. gdaI aag s.
The Peruvian corvette America was ais
carried ashore, in the same position as tn
Wateree. Her loss was three officers an
thirty sailors and marines The Amer
c.u merehantman Rosa Rivera, the Eng
lish ship Chancellor and the French ba
4 que Eduardo we're all lost. aadat 81
$ The towns Of lqpique, Moquegua. L'
cumha and peqqiaea werealsoutterly de
troyed Over 300 persons were browne
in the destruction OF lquque. aGd man
persous later were pe'ishipg for want
water The government estimates Il
damage done to cities and private prope
2 ~ at three hundred millions Of dollar
, The totalnumher of lives lost by tn
e sho king event has Deen estimated at or
y 5000 l.ls a ai-2p di-
Money and aid have already been di
patched to the scene Of tie calamity, 81
a subscription has been opened III Lin
while citizens arc engaged in bakit
bread aud scnding It free 70 the ruin'
people, American merchants doing bus
n ness in this section have lost hcavil
most of them ieing totally ruined.
10 addition to the fearful calamili
above reported. intelligence has been
ceiyea Of even d more fearful sncce ssi'
Of shocks III Ecu,dor. Oh the 18th ul
10 the proyipccs Of Pachincba and y
/. tb,rana, o trenendous earthquake, uneq
n n alol 10 the history Of Ecuador. occurrt
,r;, lThs towns Of Ibasra. capital Of the p'
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