Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-09-23

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4 BY late California papers We get the follow
ing accounts Of the late frightful earthquake
in South America, which are copied from th,
Panama paper Of August 22d and goth:
The news which appears IN our columns to
day IL the most appalling and heartrending i
has ever been our painful lot 70 lay before oal
readers. Thousands upon thousands OF livea
called into eternity in an instant; whole cities
towns and villages swept away from the face
OF the earth as ii by magic; dozens of ships
with their crews whirled away from their an
lchorages like toys by the receding seq and then
swallowed npby mighty wave, or washed fai
away up into the heart oil the city.
A Callao letter Of August ed says:
The earthquake Of which we advised you by
last mail is probably the most dreadful and ter.
rife that ever occurred In the worlds history.
Certainly nothing approaching to the dire Gu.
tastrophe of the 18th instant has ever been re
corded on this continent noted for volcanic
eruptions.
| We have no intelligence further south than
Cohija, and from what we have ascertained,
tho shock there WINS much the same az we ex.
perienced in CalaO; the sen receded not more
than tifty yards and gradually returned to its
original level. At Iquique the town il com.
pletely swept away. Nothing but mass OF
ruins remains The loss of life must have been
very great; ut present no estimate can be- Civ
Gu; by next mail we may have full aud definite
Information.
The ports Of Mejilones. Pisagaa, africa. Ito
and Chnla have likewise shared the unfortu.
nate fate of lquique Arequipa. the second
city of the republie. is l-selsd to the ground !;
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wooden erectioos on the outskirts Of the city
The magnificent cathedral is mol completely
destroyed, but the towers are gone. and the
building 10 doubtlrss in very dangerous con.
dition. liable Ia full ut any moment. 20
Moqurqua. In the nrighborhuod of Ariqnipa,
IL likewise oyerthrown. Tacua escaped with
the loss of only sixty houses. IL Is reported
that in Tambo valley. just beyond the new port
of Mria, aud near 10 Isay "A small town was
swept away. and out of SUI inhabitasis only
~ managed 10 esrapc. III. ,@s5ts.s.l
From africa We have the most graphic pic.
turc OF the sad event. The Agent of the Pa.
eidc Steam Navigation Company, in his letter
10 the Manager. writes:
Into ether matters il 10 now uscless 10 enter
a. write under the shadow of ii great grief
AREA n" l"ng~r exists, Al about hye o'clock
Ia the aitrrnoon of the 18th We wrr. visited
With tTra'sndous "a rthq.ake. l had barriy
time Z" get III, wife aud ch!drrn into ,hc street
when the whole "f the walls of my house fell
fell Is hardly the word. as they WE'RE blown
out If they ~crr spit as mr.-at the same
tune The Earth opcnrd. probahl, two or iLrrc
inches and brlch~d out dusi. accompanied b,
terrible strhch as Of powder. the air Was
daFkTnrd and | could no, s~~ my wlir who
tsa ia. f. h..
II this bal lasted any tame w. mus, have been
sua,ca;rd. bal Ia about a couple III u1inutrs IL
ci~agrd. and collecting my h,,nsshuld gods Ia.
gelhrr. thea started f"r tlsr h,lis How w~
passed ihsolgA falling houses. where W. saw
ncsI struck d"an. sntnr s.oue dead. oth~rs
nIatmcd. - Ia tnr a mt sisTt. bu. n~Tcaiug
Prov iirncr was over tie W.. artssl..d .ss,r sad
aat as w~ll ne w~ could toward The billie "a 9TH
the earth shaking. making us staggrr as II wc
we're druuk. when "a grrai err w-uf up la
H-av-n The sra bad retired | harrirI on.
barely r~ach'as ia" ""tsA,r's al The l"sn whrn
lsuk~d bark aud sa~ ali The s~ssris IN the
b1! carried "ui irrcsIs;'alt ,o ga. pf..,abi, at
spssd ii len miles au hour. Ia irA min
u'"s the great outward currrn, stopped then
arose a tuiehty watr. s'.,uld judge al,"ut fifty
tr"i high. and came IA with fearful rush. car.
Ring every thing bclore it ,n ii. aal"l majesty:
s"s,'rissnrs tar n,ug ia circles but sl speeding
nn {" an inevitable doon. Means bale. thu wae..
passrd IN. struck the m"le into asnn4s az al.
lowed APP nay uiiirr 40 n giants m"aihiuI, aud
roaring "n swalhrs"d up tue tustoui h"use,
aud rush'ng dawn the sams street carried ~vr-
- thing b.f"rr II ~ ia irresistible c.lrsc The
rrnains at ms Dwelling h"usr disappeared tass.
cT .han The change IN a CnTisiulrr pan,.ani,nc !
IN! la'inchrs had l"ug STAGE disapp jared, and
my ruin was thus completed.
] st"sd brcathss. hz,kug nj the aw itl eight. |
thanking God lie had bern preserved {" unr |
and my Lowell nurs. but each SECOND was a lite.
time. I&"iking srawaTds. | ssw tie ships s;iIl /
hurr,ug "n |" thrir du,sn. aud Ia "A l.m min /
uics all was Completed Every vessel was eth.
rr ash"re ar buttum upwards The Peruvian |
war steamer America lost about -, hands The |
l.. = steamer Waterer escaped with the loss !
ut one life; with "a snail draft -, water she
was carried bodily an the top 1T the AGA and
landed about quarter of u nile inshnrc III III.
railway track. The L $. si"rrship Frsdoua |
was b"ti"m upwards: every s.'al .u bard per.
ishcd excepting the Captain. Surgeon aud |
Paymasirr. wh" were ou SHIRE ut the ti,,e) /
The British bark Chanarcillo. of Liverpool.
was l.i ing high mp on the beach, her rrnaiin
hull halt her crew persisted. An American
bark. laden with guano. was swallowed up and |
has n"i LETT yestige to tell her fate The last
ot the il.fatcd squadron. Peruv,au brig. was
plac.d."n the railway track, apparently with.
out losing rope ar spar. On what has since
happened it IL needless to dwell; for n.arI,
twn days we lay on the hills without covering
and without fo"d. in n constant state III alarm,