Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-25

power. The merchants ana clIlLeHs vi LII
ma are contributing by thousands OF dol
/ lars TO equip and load vessels with cloth
1 ing. provisions. &c, and the Government
/ is most eneTgetically using all ITS means 10
I alleviate the distress entailed by the hor-
rible catastrophe.
The Congress Of Peru unanimously pass
"a n res ,luiion giving the President unlim-
tied mower To succor the inhabitants OF the
southern coast The President has issued
a proclamation and the Archbishop pas
toTal. calling on Peruvians for liberal con-
tFiLutions. which has been nobly respond
ed to. Over a million dollars has been
raised. The business houses OF Lima hav-
inc connections on the coast suffered I'M
mensely one house, that Of Gibbs X Son,
Iosino over n million dollars. Nearly all
the towns and villages III the mineral prov
iuces of Puno were destroyed and reduced
To- shapeless masses. The cities of Puno
and Casca, however, were not damaged.
+ The port Of AIilendO, where were stored
, materials for building Mr. AIeigs' railway,
! was completely destroyed, nearly all the
tools. rails and provisions being ruined 10y
the earthquake and the succeeding tidal
waves.
At Callan the sea burst over the line OF
houses skirting the shore, at 10 o'clock at
night on the 18th, completely cutting them
/ of their contents. The panic was extreme.
! Four vessels collided, but no damage was
I then done, nearly all putting to sea next
morning.
/ 4 fire broke ont and fifty-seven houses
/ in tie business portion were destroyed. en-
I taiIing loss of a million and half dollars.
No lives lost.
/ At AIequipa. the earthquake commenced
a few minutes past five in the afternoon,
Il.
was levelled to the ground. The tower OF
Santa Catalina Church was the only thing
! left standing. That will have to be pulled
down. Nearly all the inmates of the prs
ons and hospitals persisted in the destruc-
ton of those buildings. The shock con-
tinued at intervals, nearly one hundred
having occurred iii three days. The city Is
one mass of complete ruin. The river
changed to three colors, and Mount Mesti
was actively throwing out lava, smoke, and
quantities of mud. The river emits sui
plurous olOr, aud rocks and earth are con-
stlutly falling from the mountains crater.
No one dare 90 where the city was. The
~ oplc are living in tents on the banks of
the river POUceoripata. Hundreds of lives
were lost by being crushed to death 10y the
falling of houses when the quake occurred.
From GUayaquil under date OF August
2Gih. we have brief accounts of the earth
quake in Ecuador In the city of Quay
auquil hut little damage WIS done.
The towns Of Ibarra. the capital of the
Province Of Imbaburu, San Pablo. Atimlo-
uui. and Imautid are in ruins. A lake of
water is now occupying the site of the
/ town of Catacochi. The entire population
+ of these towns and of Attavalo persisted.
amounting to nearly thirty thousand souls.
! At Aiquio the same quake commenced at
30 minutes tn / A. NJ, August 10th, and
continued at intervals of few hours up TO
last dates Eighteen churches and public
buildings and large number of private
dwellings are already in ruins, and the peo-
pie were living in tents in the great square.
The towns adjoining Onto, Perucho,
Pellaroo, and Cachiquarg have almost en-
tielv disappeared, with their inhabitants,
The few left alive being obliged to flee to
escape the pcstilence arising from the de-
composing dead The towns sof PIN
Cho and san Artonco have also disap-
peared The number OF deaths III the city
OF Quito is not known, but a large proper
ton OF the wealthy inhabitants had 4 ed
( from tho pestilence or disaster.
! Valparaiso dispatch OF August 18th,
saws that advices have been received from
Talacahuana which state that at 9 O'Clock
on the night of the l4th Of August three
y earthquakes occurred The second caused
an immense tidal wave which swept away
fully one-hai OF the town, and rendered
Z the other half almost uninhabitable. -Four
I lives only were lost The inhabitants were
I fleeing to the hills. At Tome the same
thing occurred, but being high,., little
damage was done The port of COsticuin
suffered from the wave, but was not much
( damaged. several small vessels were dliv-
cu ashore aud fivs men drowned. The
town of Conception was also damaged by
the same causes CobJa, Mexillons Islands,
PisaguG, and all the cities and towns in
fact from Cape Francisco, in Ecuador to
the Magellan Straits suffered more or less
f,o,P t1e terrible visitation. 1t was thought
ct Qri.l that the volcano Of Cotopayi was
at NCIl, but nothing definite is stated to
that ,df35t.
Li,1IT Other accounts state that an
American bark laden with guano. name
unknown, was swallowed up completely in
the haTbOr Of AREA. and nothing more
was seen OF her. Terror, hunger and des-
olation reign where africa once was. Not
even n tree is left. The town of Moquega,
nine leagues from ATequipa, was destroyed.
IUcua, in the same neig1borhoOd. lost
sixty houses and one hundred and fifty
hives. mostly children. who were returning
from school. The town of Meiia was
SWEPT away, only twenty out Of five humid
red inhabitants escaping. The earth has
opened several places on the plains pam
pass and water has appeared, IN some places
hot water vomltl ( from the chaSm.
Particulars IT the Burning of the North
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