Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-03
The Earthquake in south
America.


There WAS an earthquake on thl
18th, along the coast Of Peru an,
Ecuador, whereby 81 900 lives an,
$500, 600, 600 OF property were los,
4 rumbling sound preceded lh'
shock, aud tho sea was terribly agi
lalod, Arequipa City, with 35,OO'
Inhabitants, passed away, leaving
scarcely u ycslige flhe place, Roul
hundred lives were lost here. africa
10000 Inhabitants, was destroyed
not house leil standing 5000 por
ished here, There Was a tidal way,
forty feet high, carrying vessels
further ashore than ever befOr,
known.
The United States stOrcship, with
81 ,sOO, 900 worth of naval stores on
board, was oapsiEcd aud all hands
lost, Tho vessel rolled over aud
over, and smashed to atoms. The
United States steamer Watcress was
carried hall u mile in land, aud Is
hooclcssly high and dry-onc sailor
drowned.
The Peruvian corvette America
was carried ashore, losing 30 lives.
The American merchantmen Rosa
Rivera, the English ship Chancel.
lor and the French bark Edwards
were lost.
The towns Of Iquiquc, Moynequa,
Loccmba and Pcsuqua were all en-.
tircly destroyed, and over coo per.
sons pcrishcd at lnquiquo. Amcri.
can merchants lost heavily, but they
were nearly all insured.
Torons, Iborra, San Pablo, Atun-
loquo and Imatua are in ruins.
Where Cotocachi stood is now u
lake. Tho population Of the above
last named towns were almost en-
tirely lost. Panicho, Pucllsrds and
Cachequanqo were also destroyed.
The dead are 30 numerous that the
survivors are compelled to fly from
the stencil.
Letters from Lima give additional
details os tho great earthquake. II
commenced at halfpast 5, OH the
18th ult,, extending from Bolivia to
the southern parts Of Chilli, and over
Il hundred miles inland, destroying
the towns and cities mentioned last
night. The africa custom house
contained goods to the extent ofiour
millions dollars-all lost.
The Fredonia and Watcrec were
anchored at africa near each other.
After the first shock, boats were
dispatched from both vessels to look
after friends ashore. A few mo-
ments after leaving the vessels the
uphcaval of the waters Of the bay
The Frcdonia parted
her chains and was dashed to pieces
on the rocks, a total loss, together
her officers and crew, numbering
twenty seven, and Mrs. Doty, wife
Of the lieutenant commanding.
Tho Wateroo dragged her anchor,
and tho surging waves swept her
five hundred yards ashore, two
miles north of the now ruined town.
She lies between two hillocks of
sand, only slightly injured but it
will be utterly impossible to extri-
cate her. Her commander is, how
ever, hopeful of saving her battery
and stores. One sailor was washed |
overheard and drowned. Lieut..
Johnson was ashore at tho time,
md whilst carrying his wife in his
lrms to a place of safety, she was
struck by a portion of a failing
and instantly killed.
africa contained soven thousand
inhabitants. Three hundred lives
we're lost by this terrible calamity.
is muItitudes stand hopelessly beg
CARED amid tho ruins. A conlsgra-
ion buried neerlcy everything spar
~ the drunken rabble.
Little damage is reported at Lima.
The Powhatan had arrived at
africa with provisions.
The Peruvian Congress had given
he President unlimited power TO
uccor tho inhabitants along the
oast. Nearly all the towns and
,illages in the mining province of
Iuanco were destroyed. The port
If Molendo, at which place was stor-
ID Mr.. Meigs's railroad materials,
vas submerged and ruined. Puno
nd Cuzco were undamaged.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Neither
State nor Navy Departments has
'flicial reports of tho earthquake in
'outh America, though its occur
ence is fully confirmed by private
etters.
The crew ofthe Frcdonia consist
d of thirteen petty officers and
hands, mono of American
irth. I
At Juquois 600 people were
rowned by tidal wave. At Are
uipa, the tower of the Church of ]
'aint Cataline is the only cdifice :
nit. Nearly all the inmates of the i
ospitals and prisons perished. /
he course of tho River Chill is ,
hanged, and the river emits sui {
hurous smell. Mount Mistic is
ischarging lava and mud. c
No one dares TO 90 where the city $
'as. People living in tents. G
At Pancarphata hundreds were t
rushed by falling houses. G
AtArica an American bark, loaded /
'ifh guano, was swallowed. At 81
rcquin, $50 livos, mostly Of chill /
rem returning from school, were '
,st. 4
The town of Shegra was swept a
way, only $500 inhabitants eseap- :
". The nitre works, at Iquiqne I
ere destroyed. In
Loss at Iquique 100000. Mr.. /
cllinghurst, British Consul, was 4
illcd. The American bark Conder 9.
as lOst-her crew saved.
at the Chinca Islands there was r
rst hnrrieane, then an earth o