Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-09-24

bishop a;pastotal letter, calling upoa Peyuyiansf
liberal contributions, which. have been ,nobly ne.
sponded to--over 81, ,0O0, 600 having been raised
The business houses Of Lima, having connection
on the coast have suffered immensely 0ne H6nse;;
Gibbs& Il Son, losing over 81 O00,000 9d Nearly al
the towns and villages in the mineral pfoviDes'ot
Huanea were destroyed, and reduced to shapaless
masses. The cities Of Psno and Cuseo9 vers Pot
damaged. Y The port Of Mallerdo, where were
stored the materials for building Dr.. Mesigg 3 fa
way, was completely destroyed, nearly oil the took
rails and provisions bein9ruiDed blythe earthquaks
and succeeding tidal wave .i:.!fGq s.t g.if sg4:S
wave, but not seriously as yet knSHn. The cities
Of Ica aud Pisco also suffered heavly, forty houses
being ovefthrown and twelvelives lost at the fora
mer.. Nearly all the population sof CalDs fed 70
LAMA. The steamer Santiago; bound from Galloa
Yalpa, put into, the port Of Chada, whepi on the
18th, she was seized BY . great wave, her chains alnls
snapped, and Che vessel carried to sea Ia q, &EI
moments the wave returned towards the shore taf
rying The steamer with is and takiag 4, With Sl
the passengers; safely over high cliff md leaving
it safely inside the channel saiassIa ,bae4
The port Of Chala was completely covered With
water. At Caldera wave and earthquake CON:
pietely destroyed everything, former dwellings, be:
INK 1eft heap Of rubbish No traces Of Che streets
are to be- seen. The mbsbtapts fed 10 theIouD
tains, bnti imany were drowned Or killed. Thirty
seven bodies had been discovered 9t Last adyi@s
al, ,lquique the shock lasted four minutes aftel
fourths Of the place, with many lives, nearly ai
Interpretations and the cendeasing machinery which
supplied the inhabitants with drinking water. Pro
visions and water had been sent there from Valpa
raiso. One German house at Iq1iqne lost 9oVel
800, 900 worth Of property, -,
| Over 600 people were drowned at One Quita.
The earthquake commenced b few minutes pas,
P. NJ, and in five minutes esesyihouse in the dty
was levelled to the ground. l..,li Pas. ii + sea
The tower of Santa Cotena Church is the only
thing left standing, and that will have to be pulled
down. Nearly all the inmates Of prisons and hos
pitals perished in the destruction of those build
ings: Shocks occurred atintervals Nearly one
hundred heavings occurred in three days The
city is q complete mass Of gruins! The river has
changed. Mount MIST is actually throwing out
lava, smoke and quantities of mud The lver
emits a sulpharous odor, and rocks and earth are
constantly falling from the mountain crater No
one dares to 60 where the city was The survivors
are living in tents on the banks of the river Pan
carhata. Hundreds Of lives we're lost by. falling
From Guyaqu under date Of August gust 25 ve have AZ,
brief accounts Of the earthquake In Ecuador. In
the city Of Guyaiuil little damage was done iYhs
towns of Ibara, the capital of the provinces Of
Imbabuno, San Pablo and lAlcantpqM are 2l id
ruins The entire population Of these towns and
of Qtovato perished, amounting to nearly 31.000i
At Quito, the earthquake commenced at 1.20 A:
M, August l6, and continued at intervslsaf few
hours up to latest dates the last the 10th. daS
5e The churches, pnbie buildings and private dwell
lings were already in ruins, and the people were
living in tents ip the great square, Towns adioil-
ing Quito named Verueho, P. slfaro and Afchu-
duahgo-had almost entirely disappeared with
their inhabitants, the few left alive being obliged
to flee to escape the pestieHcs arising from decom.
posing dead bodies; The towns Of iyinicho and
San Antonio had also disappeared The number
of deaths in the city Of Quinto Quito p was not
yet known. 4 large proportion of the wealthy In
habitants died from pestilence or Disaster -
A Valparaiso letter, Of August II, says that ID
vices received from Talbahuare state that, at 8
o'clock on the ,uight Of August "A, three earth
Quakes occurred. .t,.il
The second caused an immense tidal wave, which
swept away fully half of the town, ,and render
ed the other half almost uiinhabtablei Only four
lives were lost, the inhabitants fleeing to the hiiis
At Tome the same occurred, but being higher, but
little damage was done. The port Of Constitncin
suffered from wave, but was not much damaged
Several small vessels were driven ashore, and five
men drowned. The town Of Conception was also
damaged by the same causes rGobIs, Meri1ones
Islands, Pisaqua and all cities and towns, in fact,
from Cape Francisco, in Ecuador, to Magellan
Straits suffered more or less.