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/ dashed literally 20 pieces on reef
| Nothing OF the vessel Ys5 saved, and the
| tEenty-seven men composing her Officers
and crew, together with Mrs. Dyer, ehe
! wife of the Lieutenant in com nand,
were all lost.
! The WateTee, more securely moored,
! dragged her anchors and was swept by
! the great tidal wave four hundred and
! hfty yards inland, abOuttWo miles north
% the ruined town. There she now lies,
! between the two hilIOcks of sand, Gpps-
I neatiy waiting for the waters to restore
| her to her accustomed element. IL will
| be Impossible to eXricRte her from her
tsitustion, aud the Admiral is hOpsful
only of saving her battery and stores.
Tie ship gss very slightly injured and
| lost only one man, q sSiloT.
The nited States steamers Kearsarge,
Nysck and Poghatau are at africa, en-
! deavOring 10 save something from the
Watesee. The KearsaTge was the first
| provistOned vessel TO arrive at AFRICA.
She came rom CoquimoO.
INCIDENTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT
CHAL1 A u CAL EZRA "A BRITISH YEs-
Sci WASHED OVER a CLIFF.
CoBIJA, August 81, 1855.
On the I6th Of August l was staying
in Valparaiso, where the air had lately
been 80 hot and oppressive that q vOl-
canic outbreak was generally sutIci-
patsd. TnSt same day Information
Reached Us that the sea had invaded
both COucepciUn and TOpre, Two ports in
the South of Chile, doing considerable
damage TO the stores and yelling houses
and OccSslOnIng seversl shipwreeks. To-
y ard evening of the l7Gh | left Nalps-
FsisU in the steamer Palt9, for CallaO.
o. the 10 C, about two O'Clock in the af-
ternOJn, We arrived in CaidsTa, and here
letters from up North came TO hand,
Whicn filed Us all with terror and con-
StsTnsti0s. The whole west coast, as fsr
~ Information was then reaching, had
experienced a terrific earthquake, and IN
many places had beeu submerged by the
sea Ilsiog above It's level. CObuz, Area,
Islar, MejiiUnes, IquIgue, Ilo, PiscO, Pts
aqua, the Chiuenas, aud Chala are said
GO have al! been more or less suffering.
fue brother of one OF our passengers
came OF board aad congratulated hIm
iOg being safe snd sound. HIS business
had been entirely destroyed. The Pacific
Steam Navigation .Company's steamer
Santiago has escaped destruction as by
. miracle. Sae was coming down frOin
CaliaO, and on the afternoon of the I3-E
found herself IN the port OF ChaIa,
vnence her captain writes IS follows:
de were safely anchored in the bay,
wAeI suddenly shock was felt which
made us ali bslieve we had got upon
rock. me passengers, terrified, came
GROWING around me and wanted 20
know wpat was the matter. The next
moment cur craft shook and twisted as il
II had been made OF india rubber, and
almost at the same time we were thrown
oil cur feet and fell to the deck. 1 was
just asking our agent 10 come along
with me and take glass of brandy and
water 10 reCompOse himself, when our
chains were snapped asunder like thin
WireJ and the reeedIBg water carried us
out 70 sea. We had sufficient steam up
% make an attempt ST escape, but the
next moment an enormous wave swept
u rssisueSsly towards the shore, aud
Jnrew us Clear over the cliff into the
channel beyOad. Not till then did we
succeed IL making cur escape, which
was lEuiy miraculous oue. AricS is IL
ruins, the waves cover Chala, small
part OF lquiqus only has been saved, aud
nobody Knows how far north the davSs-
tEU1h mGy reach, 80 no news has yet ar
rived rom Cail@o.
Having gone on shore ia Caldera, we
soon met refugees from the North,
among others German photographer
from africa, who had been there at the
time the catastrophe occurred and lost all
his Property. Tue town council Of Co
plapO was collecting provisions to suceOl
the sufferers, and the United States /
steamer Kearsarge was getting resdy to
procsed north. at Iquigue, where ali
the cOndensing machines had bsen de-
stroyed, great scarcity OF water was said
to be prevailing. Csldera slsO had ex-
pcTlenoed some heavy shocks Snd most
OF the inhabitants We're on their way TO I
the mountains. Nothing serious, how
ever, occurred. The German photo I
grapner relsisd the following:
On the afternoon OF the 18Th, shortly /.
atger O'Clock, was busy ag MY house (
developing s0iGe pictures, when several 4
shocks Of earthquake were felt in rapid |
succession. My Chilean assistant, sbar- /
.Bg The terror BeSrly all OF his country
men have of volcanic outbreaks, rushed .
into the street and / ARss about follow 7
ing him to induce him to return, when |
the earthquake became SO violent I
that a seusation akin to giddiGeSs |
Oyercame me. Having reached the /
street 7 felt the ground moving under me |
D. if had been snDat. From that time /
| remember bpt-AttIe. just recollect
the falling Of the church steaple at the
/ arrived on the market place. /
/ clam beEed up over the fast falling
houses, aud, the roaring waters behind
me, made straight for the mountains.
Il was the most perfect picture Of the (
Hood you csn imagine; my hair was fair
" standing on end. Every where la
I'd Il l. I
ing their little ones and wives without
-heir husbands. Everybody was glad to
escape safe and sound, for all around the
most irightfUl mulilatIons might be wit
lessed. On the mountains near the
,asst We spent wfetched and anxious
night, terrified by the ever recurring
ihscks OF earthquake, Of which we
counted more than thirty. Next morn
ug nothing wss TO be seen OF our DWELL
Bgs. The town wss one great heap OF
'uooish Tot . single street could be re
,8gnized All l saved out of my proper
v was y riding whip, which chance re-
lrned 20 nae. At the time OF departure
N board the Bdgiksh steamer, thirty
even dead bodies had been discovered.
Having taken 10 considerable amount
7 coal and as much water as We could to
.ssist tns people Ia Iquiq1e We again
zent to sea late in the evening. t'
AAENSZ LeS3SS AT IQuIaUE-THE
CoBIJA, August 81, 1s6S.
Early this morning We arrived 10 Co.
IL, " ere we met the Chilean war
lesme' Hovadongs. We have not vet ,
Trivod upon the scene of disaster, for .
quicue we passed in the night. Never ,
neless, we are in possession Of reliable
from that place, for several
( It's former Inhabitants eaue on board
nd the Chilean Commander went
litEer but yesterday, having taken up I
Dme provisions. Three fourth parts are !
J ruins, many lives lost, and hunger
nj thirst . neral. The loss OF one sin 4
lie German house (Giidmeister & Coz i
lni aat5 70 5000 In IqGique the !
lrthqusk0 tOok place seventeen min i
les past i've, lasting four minutes and .
senty seconds before il experienced the +
,ast interruption. After tbis the sea re. /
sded about thT5e-qaaTteTs of 3 mile, So i
: TO leavethe island facing the town en- !
rely dry. Ia this manner sn enormous :
ave vas formed, which presently ad- +
anced against the shore like wall. II !
'se 70 LIE height of fully sixty degrees, !
al came ia south westerly direction, 4
-eAk!nS down and scattering every :,
ing that came ia its way. n
EAVY ORDINANCE SWEPT INLAND or {
TIE ~ fohi5-sICK ENING SIG ats AMID q
ARIc4. August q, 1865 b
We have the effects OF the earthquake ?