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at Lima, there was not much da-
mage done, although, the shocks

| lasted some four minutes. p -
Admiral Turner, with the Rfrigate
Powhattan. left Lima with q faIl car
go Of provisions, and had arrived at
AFRICA to succor American seamen
there, and Inhabitants, also. He
will also save the effects of the Wa
teree. 80 q
The Kearsage had also, reached
africa, from Coquimbo, with provi-
sions.
A French man -of-war had also left
Lima to aid the Inhabitants of africa.
and other places on the coast, where
the people are starving.
American Minister Hovey, at Lima.
is energetically aiding to the extent
of his power, in alleviating the dis
tress. The merchants and citizens of
Lima are contributing by thousands
of dollars, to equip and load vessels
with clothing and provisions, and the
Government is most energetically
using all its means to alleviate the
distress entailed by the horrible
catastrophe. The Congress of Peru
has unanimously passed a resolution,
giving the President unlimited power
to succor the inhabitants of the
Southern coast.
The President has issued procla-
nation, and the Archbishop pas
toral letter, calling upon the Peru
vians for liberal contributions, which
have been readily responded to, over
81, 900, 900 having been raised.
The business houses Of Lima hav-
ing connection on the coast, have
suffered immensely--one house,
Gibbs & Son, losing over $1,000
600.
Nearly all the towns and villages
in the mineral provinces of Huanca,
have been destroyed and reduced to
shapeless masses.
From Guayaquil, under date of
August Goth, we have brief accounts
of the earthquake in Ecuador.
In the city of Guayaquil, little
damage was done. Ibarra, capital of
the province of Imbabura, San Pablo
and Alturtaqui are in ruins. The en-
tire population of those towns and of
Otovato persisted, amounting to near
ly 10000.
At Quito the earthquake COM
menced ut twenty minutes past l
o'clock a. M, August 16, and con-
tinued ut intervals for few hours.
UP to the last date, the 10Th, the
churches, public buildings and private
dwellings were already in ruins, and
the people living in tents in the great
squares.
The towns adjoining Quito, named
Verusho. Puellero and Cochuquanjo,
have almost entirely disappeared,
with their inhabitants.
A Valparaiso letter, dated August
II, says advices from Talquahano,
state that at 9 o'clock, on the night
of August IA, three earthquakes oc-
Cured. The second caused an i'm
mense tidal wave. which swept away
nearly one-half of the town, and rem
dered the other half almost unin-
habitable. Four lives only were
lost, the inhabitants fleeing to the
hills.
At Tome the same occurred; but,
being high, little damage was done.
Cobija, Merillones Island, Pissuua.
and all the cities and towns; in fact,
from Cape Francisco, in Ecuador, to
Magellan Straits, suffered more or
less from the terrible visitations of
the earthquake.
At Callao the sea burst over n line
of houses, skirting the shore, at 10
o'clock p. M, en- the 18th, complete
~ cutting them of their contents.
Several vessels collided. No damage
was then done, nearly all putting to
sea. The next night fire broke
out, and ffty-seven houses in the
business portion of the place were
destroyed, entailing q loss of q
81, 500. 900. MOI lives were lost.
The Chincha Islands felt the earth
quake and wave, but not seriously as
yet known. o.
The steamer Santiago, bound from
Callao to Valparaiso, put in port off
Chala, when, on the 18th, she was
seized by the great wave, her chains
snapped, and the vessel carried to
sea. In q few minutes the wave re-
turned towards shore, carrying the
steamer with it, and carrying it with
all her passengers safely over q high
cliff, leaving it safely inside the chan
mel, in the port Of Chala, completely
covered with water.
AT Caldera the wave and earth
quake completely destroyed every
thing, former dWellinps beino loft