Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-14

II lives lost at the former. Nearly all the
population of Callas fled to Lima.
The port of Chala was completely covered
by water.
At Iquique the shock lasted over four
minutes, alter which wave came andIde-
stroyed about three quarters of the place,
with many lives and nearly all the provis-
ions, and condensing the machinery which
supplied the inhabitants with drinking
| water. Provisions and water have been
sent them from Valparaiso. Over six hun
dred people were drowned. sls'F5E =
liz AT Arvue the earthquake commemorate
few minutes past five in the evening, andin
few minutes nearly every house was lev
eled to the ground, Nearly all'the inmates
OF prisons and hospitals perished in tie
destruction of these buildings.
r. SHOCKS continued at intervals, nearly
one hundred having occurred in three days.
The river has changed to three coIors,
Showing volcanic eruptions, and Mount
Misti was actively throwing out lava,
smoke and quantities, of mud. The river
emits sulphurOus odor and rocks and
earth are constantly falling from the noun
Itain's clater.- No one dares to go where
the city was. People are living in tents
on the banks of the river Passcaripata.
Hundreds of lives were lost by being
1crushed to death by falling houses when
the earthquake occurred.
From Guyaquil,r under date of August
|
quake in Ecuador. In the city of Guys-
quill but little damage was done. The
towns of lbarra, the capital OF the Province
OF Imabura, San Pablo and Atimtaqui are
in ruins. A lake of water is now oceu-
lpying the site of the town of Catacachi.
1.-The el tire populations of these towns and
of Atamalo persisted. They will amount
to nearly 10000 souls.
iAtQuito the earthquake commenced at
twenty minutes TO one A. NJ. Auguat 10th,
and continued at intervals of few hours.
Up to the last dates Is churches and pub
lie buildings and private dwellings are al
ready in ruins, and people were living in
tents in the great squares. The towns adj
Joining Quito, Peruch, Puellaro and Cachi-
quarizo have almost entirely disappeared
with their Inhabitants, the few left alive
being obliged to flee to escape the pesti-
lence arising from the decomposing dead.
The towns of Pinicho and San Antonio
talso disappeared. n1 g9gr sassrC0
The number of deaths in the city of
Q tito is not known, but large proportion
OF wealthy inhabitants had died from pesti-
lence or disaster. n-- I'1-llt .5ldL
A Valparaiso letter of August 9TH, says
advices received from Taleahaana states
that at 9 O'Clock on the night of the 18th of
August three earthquakes occurred. The
second caused an Immense tidal wave,
which swept away fully one-half of the
town, and rendered the other half almost
unlnnaDltaDle. -Four lives only were LOST,
the Inhabitants fleeing to the hills.
( At Toms the same occurred, but being
higher little damage was done,
CabIa, the MeXillower Islands, Pisagua
and all the cities and towns in fact from
Cape Francisco, in Ecuador, to the Migolan
Straits, suffered more or less from the ter
rible visitation. 1t was thought at Quito
that the volcano of Copaxi was at work,
but nothing definite is stated to that effect.
Where africa once was not even a tree is
left. .... sf.a i.5
The towns of Moquega, Gleanges, from
Arquia, were destroyed. i IL. -.--
Tacqa, in the same neighborhood, lost so
houses and $50 lives, mostly children, who
were returning from school.
The town OF Mejia was swept away, only
twenty out of five hundred inhabitants es-
Gaping.
The earth has opened in several places on
the plains and pampas, and water has ap-
peared in some places; hot water vomiting
from the new chasms.
All the babitations at Tito were de-
stroyed and twenty lives lost. Three ves-
sells, with their crews, were also lost
AT Chinca Islands there was first a hur-
ricane, and next an earthquake. and then
the tidal wave. The port of Los Lamas
had been united to the Islands in the Bay
OF Callao. 'v f't-ste 1900
By the action of the earthquake over
100000 persons are without shelter and
bread. Commissions are being formed,
ladies are making clothes and the Govern
ment of Peru is straining its utmost to al
leviate distress. 7s adl .T strr>