The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-03
pEs1RrcrIoS OF CHALA.

NJ the havoc continuing for about As minutes
At the moment the steamer was about 10 anchor,
after a shock which was felt very sensibly on
board, the sea receded, parting the chain Of the
vessel and of the Company's hulk at anchor in
the roadstead, and then returned at a height OF
about so feet, covering the rocks about the anch-
orage and in the harbor and sweeping up into the
town for the distance Of over 900 feet. The
Custom-hOuse, Steamship Agency, Mole and
everything within range swept away by three
successive seas preceded and followed by "a many
twelve shocks of earthquake, each lasting from
three seconds TO two minutes in duration. Great
credit is due 20 Mr.. Donaldson, the third officer,
and four of the of the Santiago, who, in
the midst Of the tempest, volunteered To save
three persons ON board of the hulk, VINO would
otherwise have perished. The steamer narrowly
escaped being either landed high and dry. or be-
ing engulphed by the receding Capt. King
fortunately equal 90 the occasion, and serious
danger resulted harrnlcssly 70 those on board.
Although not certain, no lives are presumed TO
have been lost Launches and everything ahOat
or within reach Of the sea was swept away.
The authorities Of the port and such persons as
were ahJat were compelled to proceed To Islay,
owing TO the impossibilty of returning again to
shore The estimated loss ut this port is s0,OOO-
DESTRUCTION OF IsLAY AND AREQUIPA.
Owing 10 the elevation Of the port, the damage
done by the not very great. The San
Luls. English bark. lying there loading wood,
suffered no damage. The French ship Canton,
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off with the return The mole IL nearly dee
troyed and several OF the launches. In the town
every stone cement wall is either demolished
entirely or badly shaken. Among other freaks
OF the earthquake entire quebrada has
opened at GuerTeros with running spring at the
bottom
From Arequipa there is no intelligence as the
telegraph was down. ArrierOs report the shock
n having been felt very severely on the Pampa.
the COralOn OF the Tambo de la Joya, in the
midst Of the desert, was demolished. The course
Of the earthquake was from south to north, yari-
cd with repeated shocks from west TO east, the
difference in time Of the occurrence between Islny
and Chala, distance l45 miles. about 10 min
utcs. The destruction was caused similarly TO
that in Chala, by three successive ssas.
DEsTErCTIOS NsLISDo AND ITO.
MalindO j. the depot OF supplies for the Arequi-
IA railway. Provisions. houses and property Of
every description were completely swept away.
1T IIO not a vestigc Of habitation Of any kind II
left, either at the port in the town, which
tanned population of 500 inhabitants.
What was not knocked down by the shock was
swept away by the flood, attended with loss of
% lives.
The NTaef.,, English sloop. belonging to -
Wellington of Valparaiso, II n total wreck The
GaDl5sfG, belonging to Gambeta Brothers, is also
totally lost, a. we'll as n schooner owned IN Pisi-
qua, and the entire crews perished. The losses
will reach TO more than 500 900, only part Of
the marine property being insured.
Destruction Of other Towns-Loss of Life
From the mining province of Juancavelion we
learn that all the cities in that department have
been DESTROYED. Cerro de Pasco is in ruins The
loss Of life and property in the mining regions is
reported very large. From Puno and Cuzco we
have no tidings yet, but il il feared that news
from these cities will he quite as sad as any vet
received, as the motion Of the earthquake seems to
Lave come from the direction of these places.
The loss of property by the earthquake is esti-
mated at three hundred million of dollars. The
house of Gibbs alone is SAID to have lost one mil
lion.
The L. ;. flagship Po,ch1tan with Admiral Tur-
ner on board, has sailed from CallaO for africa with
supplies and to render all assistance possible to
the sufferers The steamer Union had been load
ed with provisions, etc, and despatched from Cal
lao BY the Peruvian Government to render assist
ance to the destitute along the coast but, owing
to- some defect in her machinery, she obliged
To put back TO port.
We have to lament the death at africa of Charles
l.. Worm, manager OF the africa and Tacna rail-
road and at Iquique that of William f. Billing
hurst who, with half of his family, pershed in tho
ruins. Some members Of Mr.. Billingburst's fam
ily made their escape in boat which WAS carried
through the ruins of his dwelling by the sea DIR.
Bohemian also lost his life at lquique. At Pisa
qua the captain Of the British ship RdmehdDleha
was drowned while trying 10 board his vessel dur
ing the eruption. The British bark Dona Henri
eta WIS wrecked on the rocks at Junin all hands
MejilIOnes, all the crew saved.
The people Of Iquique said to be suffering
terribly Tor want of water. The neighbOrhoOd Is
entirely void Of fresh water and was solely depend
eut for supply upon the condensing works situa-
ted close to the sea, which were washed away
completely.
The shock appears to have extended along the
coast from Callao south TO Cobia and was felt with
about equal severity at these two points, while
nearly all OF the intermediate ports are left in
E.- suta fba sf.r IL
vet known /; but il Is believed to have carried de-
structiOn far up into the COrdilleras.
Earthquake in Ecuador-A Number of Git
les Destroyed-Thousand of Lives Lost.
Our Guaysquil correspondent, says the Star
and Herald, under da.e OF August the 26th, give
full particulars of the terrible ravages committed
in Ecuador by the earthquake. We translate the
following from this letter
On the 10th Of the present month there occur
red in the provinces Of Pichincha and Imbabura
tremendous earthquake, une4ualcd IN the history
Of Ecuador. The towns Of IbarTa, capital of the
Province Of Imbabura, san Pablo, Atuntaqui, I'm
antad, etc, are now in ruins. Where CotOcachi
u now n lake
In Ibarra, Otoyala and Cotocachi, almost the
entire population has perished. In Quito the
earthauakes and Its effects have been proportion
ately less, but the buildings are 80 much injured
that the slightest movement will throw them
down There arc already in ruins the church
and convent Of San Augustin, the two churches
of Sonora del Carmen, the towers OF the cathedral
and San Marcos, the college of San Luis, etc.
The towers of the other churches. the Government
palace, ,yand many private houses have been all
cracked, and are mOmentarily threatening 10 fall
to pieces. The towns adjoining Quito. az Peru
cho. PueIlaro and Cachiguanjo have almost
tirely disappeared. The number of deaths in
Quito have fortunately been very small, but in
the other towns il is calculated that less than
20, 900 have perished. The few who are left un-
injured in those places have been unable TO assist
those remaining alive dying under the ruins,
and have been Obliged to hy from the stencil Of
the dead bodies which commenced 10 putrify and
infect the atmosphere.
Letters from Quito bring dates to the 18th, up
to which time the earthquakes continued at inter
walls Of few hours.