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THE EARTHQUAKE.


THE EARTHQUAKE.
Additional EetaIIs Of fiAe Terrible Gen.
vuIsIons-Forty or Fifty ThOusana
Lives Lost sn EeuadOr[Ths Course of
Rivers AIfered-CeFpSes fsu1d Float
ing frGIn tAe Interior 10 fhe ocean.
Correspondence Of ths New York I5eTald.l
AsPINE ALL, September 2J-la p.m.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Com
panyis steamer Falcon, arrived at Pana-
ma yesterday from GusysquH and inter-
mediate ports. The news which she
brings Is important only ia so far as it
more than confirms the narrowing re-
ports already sent to the Herald OF the
frightful destruction of life and property
in the neighboring republic OF Ecuador,
by the earthquakes Of the 16th of Au-
gust last. The loss OF life, heretofore put
at from 25,000 to $4,000, which seemed
exaggerated, is now stated TO be over
40, 600. 1t is, In fact, impossible to make
q correct estimate of the number OF hu-
man beings who persisted on that fatal
occasion.
The sad catastrophe occurring in the
night swallowed up whole psse5ios, with
their slumbering populations, or laid the
towns q mass of shapeless ruins, with
their inhabitants buried beneath, and not
& soul left to assist In extricating the
crushed and mangled nortals buried in
the debris, but Ia whom life was not ex.
tinct. The heartless indians of the
neighborheod ealdly looked on the scene
OF ruin and suffering, but refused to as
sist in saving the few in whom life still
existed, and it was necessary to call the
troops to compel their assistance
OF Cotacachi, q place of over 65, 900 in
habitSnts, Ibarra with Is. .0e0, and Ottawa
10 Of 10G00-thres of the largest cities in
the north of EcGsdor-Iiterally nothing is
left butfuins; and OF the $4,000 human
beings who peopled these places, it is
feared over two-thirds have perished.
Besides these large cities, hardly town
or village in the northern part of the Re
public has escaped. The damage sus-
tanned by the city of Quito, as have
heretofore stated, is slight in comparison
to that of other cities in the north. Most
of the churches, converts and large pub
lie buildings are destroyed. It is stated
by Gusysquil paper that a large num-
Der of dead bodies have fioated down the
river Mira from the afflicted distriets to-
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OF over forty human beings have been
taken from the stream and inferred.
Heavy rains are reported from the in
terror of the Republic
The principal cities in Ecuador de-
stroyed August I6 were Ibsrra, 0lavalo
and Cotseaehi, sll in the province of I'M
bsbura. The first was the capital Of the
province.
IBARRA
is twenty-one lesgues from Quito, on q
beautiful plateau, 22l9 metres alJUve the
sea. Il was founded in 1906 by Don Mi
guel de Ibarra, President of the Quito
Council Of Audiences. Its streets were
broad and straight, the houses commo-
dious, built OF brick or Rdobes, thatehed,
and some were two stories In hight. It's
principal editiees were Parish church,
the Jesuits' college, the churches and
converts Of st. Domingo. La Merced, ST
st. Francis, the monastery of
the Conception, the government house
AID the hospital. 1t had, besides, q
beautiful cemetery. In 1858 IbaTra con-
tanned lS, 900 people. The estimated pop
nlation this year amounted to about 49,
coo, Of whom about 13, 900 lost their lives.
oTAvALO
lay east Of Ibarrs, in plain between the
Botsn and st. Sebastian rivulets. It had
a considerable number Of sewers, and
was very clean. OtavRlo was 3047 me-
tres above the, sea. It was founded by
the SpaDisrds in 1884, on the site OF
town found there ut the Conquest. 1t
was built like Ibarra. The site of the
city was highly picturesque, owing to the
beautiful private gardens, which were
bordered with mulberry trees, evergreen.
1t also had number of fine public build
ings In 1858 the population amounted
to 5000 this year Ii must have mum bered
l0,OOo, of whom about 1000 have per-
ished.
l ooTAoAeHI,
north Of OtAyolo, was city Of consider
able size, built like the above. The ma
iority Of the Inhabitants we're Indians of
pure white skin, well and handsomely
formed. The women were unusually
handsome. In 1857 the three cantons
the above cities contained
IS, 564 people, and OF these 1t Is calculated
that about 4S 900 were killed. The prov
fnee Of Imbabura was regarded as the
most fertile of the republic. It produced
cotton, sugar cane, oranges, Iemons,
granstes, plantains, the granadilla, 10
fruit unknown in Europe or North
Americsl and several others. The me-
rino was raised there, and its cattle pas
tares were excellent. There were two
large cotton factories moved by water
power. @ +
The following Is sketch of the vol
canoes supposed to have caused the con-
vulsion:
MOUNT coTAcAcHI
ia on the west side of the Andes range.
IL is almost conical ia shape, is covered
ali the year round with the purest SNOW.
It's hight Is $685. meters above the sea. !
On the southeast slope Is lake called
which appears to mark the
place where another summit csved In,
leaving the peak visible Ia the middle
Of the lake similar to an island. 1t is
situated sixteen miles southwest OF
Ibarra.
MOUNT IMBABURA
arises alone out OF plain and is separate !
from both spurs Of the Andes. Its shape |
e irregular and the top Is not always
snow-clad Its name means bIsck-fieh !
pond, because when an eruption of water |
takes place from this mountain large |
quantities Of little blsckfish are found |
IN the wster. The general opinion is !
that these fab grow in some internal |
pond, for all the little streams that flow |
rom the sides of the mountain are filled |
with them. Several great eruptions OF |
water have taken place, but none OF |
hem did any harm. Its hight Is 500 |
meters above the sea, and its situstion |
nine miles south-southeast Of Ibarra.
MOUNT PAsTO. sE
The eastern spur Of the Tulcsn, In the |
province Of Pasto, Is 1880 meters above |
.he sea. From this spur extend other |
,lusters, shaped like stirrups, along to
ward the desert of Moeoa.s They are |
.ough and low, seeming to lean on Mount |
3usitara. In Chimbalsn another spur |
sxtsnds north-northwest which COM /
1rises the volcano of Paste. 1t rises above 4
he others TO hight or 1000 meters over
he sea. Other little mountainsrun from /
Is side like TddH to Guaitara, while on |
he opposite side the volcano seems to /
'est onsthe table land OF Pasto. When |
passing along the western slope of the
Volcano . multitude of deep openings I
rom the town of Cessca, situate on q
ligh plateau that inclines toward the
'ayines Of the Gualtara, can be seen an
breach and ravine in the vol !
,ano, through which run dirty streams
,f water. This must have been caused |
~ the bursting Of some interior Iske.
Such lakes are probably formed by the