The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-14
United States steamer Crushed md
another Carried Half n Mile
Inlnuu.

NEW YoYK, Sept. 12.-The Guiding
Star, from Aspinwall, brings the Even
ing Telegram the following:
On the 18th ult. a terrible earthquake
visited the cities along the coast OF Peru
| and Ecuador, whereby 80 600 lives were
lost and property valued at $3OO,OOO,OOO
destroyed.
i1Ar1mblin sound preceded the enrth-
quake, the sea was terribly agitated
and flooded the land for great distance.
Arequisn, city OF S5, 600 inhabitants,
passed away, scarcely vestige being
left. Only 1000 lives were lost here.
africa, a town of 25 600 inhabitants, was
also destroyed, leaving not house
standing. Five hundred persisted here,
A tidal wave, forty feet high, rolled
with terrific roar on the shore, carry
ing ships further on land than ever be-
fore known. The u. S. store ship FIRE.
donia capsiZed, and all on board were
lost. The Fredonia had on board one
million eight hundred thousand dollars
worth of naval stores. The vessel
was rolled over. and smashed to
to atoms. The U. s. steamer Wateree
was carried half n mile inland and lett
high. and dry. Only one sailor was
drowned. Owing TO the great distance
from the coast the vessel never can be
got afloat again.
The Pfussiun Corvette America was
also carried ashore, and thirty-three
from her drowned. The American
merchantmen Rosa Reverb. the Eng
lish ship Chancellor and the French
| bark Edwards was also lost. The
towns of Iquique, Moqueza, Lerinnba
and Pisaqua were all destroy. Over 600
perished at Iquique. The American
merchants loss here was heavy, and
nearly all were totally ruined.
The towns of Tgarra, San Pablo, At
nutagui and Imented are in ruins.
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| lake. The populations of the above
named towns were almost entirely de-
stroyed. Bamcho, Puellaro and Ca
chignRuis were also destroyed. The
dead are SO numerous that the sprVl-
wing inhabitants have been forced 10
fly from the stencil of the purifying
bodies.
Guayaquil the earthquake was felt
but no damage done.
Letters from Quito dated the 10Th, an
nuunce that earthquakes continue at
intervals of few hours. The Presi-
people to come forward and help the
sufferers.
NEW York. Sept. 1S.-Letters from
Lima, this afternoon, give additional
details OF the earthquake and its eff
fects.
The earthquake commenced at half
past five on the 18Th of August, extend
ing from Bolivia to the southern ports
| of Chill, on the coast, and over one
hundred miles inland. ThetOwns and
cities mentioned in the dispatches last
night were literally ruined, as all the
buildings which were not destroyed
were SO badly damaged as to require
demolition for prudential reasons.
| All the public editice5 in AFRICA were
destroyed, including the custom house,
which contained more than four mil
lion dollars worth of goods, all of
which were lost.
The loss OF the Fredonia and the land
in. OF tho Wateree ara described as fol-
lows: They were both at anchor in the
harbor of africa near each other. After
the first sshock had occurred on land
which created grea1 consLernallon on
both vessels, DIR. Dubois surgeon and
paymaster OF the Fredonia took boat
andWent on shore to enquire for the well
fare OF the friends and offer services of
the chip. In few moments after leav-
ing the vessel great upheayal of the
waters of the bay commenced, and the
Fredonia parting her chains was DASH
ed to pieces on "a reef, nothing of the
vessel was saved. Her officers and
crew, numbering 81, were lost; also,
Mrs. Dyer wife OF Lieut.. commanding.
The Wateree was more securely an
chored but dragged anchors and the
great tidal wave swept her $50 yards
inland about two miles north of the
ruin OF the town where she now lies be-
tween two hillocks of sand very slight
ly injured. 1t will be utterly impossi-
bic to extricate her. Only one sailor
was washed overheard and drowned.
The Peruvian crvitta, America,
shared the same fate as Wateree, but
lost officers and 80 men.
A letter from africa, dated August
%, says that two other vessels. the brig
Chanearicola and the bRrque Eduerado
l1r Errk, fiNef NO
men. The scene beggars description.
Railroad rails, cars, machinery, gun
carriages, household furniture, barrels,
dead animals and mutilRted corpSes
are lying about in confusion. The city
numbered 7,O00 Inhabitants, and its
multitudes stand helplessly beggared
on the beach. 800 lives were lost. A
conflagration burned all that was not
demolished by the earthquake, and
drunken rabble robbed and despoiled
what remained. The stencil Is sicken-
ing.
done, although the shocks lasted about
four minutes. Admiral Turner with the
frigate PoWhattan left Lima with a full
cargo of provisions, and had arrived at
africa 10 succor the American seamen
and Inhabitants. The Kearsage had ar
rived from Coquinba with provisions:
Two French Men-of-War also left Lii
ma to aid the Inhabitants at AFRICA and
other places along the coast who are
starving.
The American Minister, Mr.. Hovey,
at Lima, was energeticaLy aiding to
the extent of his power.
The merchants and citizens ofLima are
contributing by thousands of dollars to
equip and load vessels with clothing,
provisions, &c, and the government Is
most energetically using all its means
to alleviate the distress,
AT Callao the sea burst over the line
of houses skirting the shore, at To-
o'clock at night, completely cutting
them of their contents. The panic was
extreme. Fire broke out and 81 houses
in the business portion ofthe place were
destroyed. No lives were lost.
The Chincha Islands felt the earth
quake and wave, but not seriously as
| yet known.
The cities of lea and Pisca> also suff-
cred heavily, forty houses being over
thrown and twelve lives lost at the
former. Nearly all the population of
| CallaO fled to Lima. The port of Chall-
an was completely covered by water.
at Iquque the shock lasted over four
minutes, after which a wave came and
destroyed about three-quarters OF the
place, with many lives and nearly all
the provisions and the condeusing ma
chinery which supplied the Inhabitants
with drinking water. Provisions and
water have been sent them from Valpa-
riso.
Over six hundred persons We're
Il dPOw0ad at Ara0nfnna The earth