The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-24

this terrible confusion. and hence there
were those who dallied 10 collect %valuRbles,
many of whom suffered for their temerity,
either by the sacrifice of their lives or
otherwise. As the rush for the hills con
tinued. and stones and materials OF all
kinds were falling, and houses and parts OF
these were crashing, numerous people were
struck down aud either killed OF danger
ously hurt.
out Mt sea the waters doomed for o rush
TO complete the destruction Of the city.
Lifted by the tremendous ~cOnvulsion, they
presented themselves in q huge wave from
forty to fifty feet in height, which came
storming into the bay. The march of this
monstrous wave was terrible, yet sublime
As 1t Numbered towards the shore, 1t
wrenched vessels from their moorings,
swapping the anchor chains asunder rs If
they had been bed-cords. With from TWEEN
tv to thirty men-of-war, merchant vessels,
corvettes, and smaller craft spinning aud
topplinp on it's crest, the mighty billow
then %precipitated itselfupon the mainland
Half of AFRICA and it's suburbs were sun
beneath the boiling flow of waters. The
rest Of it had already toppled to pieces
Not a buildmg-not even the humblost -
stood rs a monument. And five hundred
human lives were sacrificed in the wreck
wrought by the tortured earth and the an
pry sea. Among the public buildings lev
ollcd was the custom house, containing
. goods valued at a, 1000, 900. The United
States sture-ship Fredonia, with ~, SOC, 900
worth of naval stores ON board, was cap
sized and lost, with thirty Of her crew.
! The United States steamer Wateree was
carried half a mile inland. and, though not
| seriously injured lost to the service. Only
one man OF her crew was drowned. The
Peruvian corvette America was carried
about the same distance in shore, and is
considered also lost. She lost three Off
| GERS and thirty sailors and marines. The
American merchantmen Rosa Rivera, the
English ship Chanarcillo, and the French
bark Eduardo were lost. All these are only
specimen losses mentioned in the accounts.
The rising of the sea at Iquiquo destroyed
over six hundred persons, and ruined the
city. The custom house and its contents
we're levelled. The total losses were about
/ $4,000. OOO. including the custom house and
other public buildings. A German house
lost SlOO,O 600.
The towns Of Mosquequa, Socumba, lilo,
Pisaqua. Tamba, Meiia, Meieillones, Nasca,
Chala. Capam. Charpa, Guicachi, Cahn-
cera. Pullo. Champe, Antiquipa, and Bor-
acou, some on the coast and some miles
inlnnd-were more or less devastated. The
people of Tquiquo were deprived of fresh
water, having depended upon condensing
works near the town, which were swept
away. They were suffering, and supposed
10 he pCrishing in consequence. The dam
age at Chola was mostly from the water.
Many of the buildings were cracked by the
earthquake, but none Of them were thrown
down; and no lives were lost, "a far ms
] I.... III va.4N .1.Vs..Ra fsaH nuHuefnVRnl
by the water rushing over the place, as Mt
africa. The huge waves which returned
after the water receded swept away the
mole, custom house, aud many othor build
ings, and flooded the city back from the or
binary wnter-line q distance Of II thousand
feet. As the water receded, all the vessels
IN the harbOr were iTrcsistibly carried out,
and some were wrecked. The steamship
Santiago was affected rs well rs the rest,
hut az il had only Just arrived, and had
steam, the same prevented 1t being destroy
ed. The quakes were about twelve in mum
her. and lasted from three seconds 10 about
two minutes. The total loss was estimated
ut near 500, 600. At lilo, IA place Of five
hundred inhabitants, O a building was
left standing Those not shaken down
were washed away. About twenty casuali-
ties occurred. Ninita, an English sloop,
owed by n merchant Of Valparaiso, was
rendered n complete wreck. Two Other
vessels also shared the same fate, and then
crews were drowned. Islay is situated on
high ground; and although the quakos
reached il in great force, and caused dam
age, the flood was checked. and hence eE-
fected but comparatively triting injury.
The mole was destroyed, and several small
vessels swamped. The French ship Can
ton was grounded ior q short time. In the
city many walls were cracked, and some
were thrown down. A new gucbra, with a
running spring at the bottom Of il, was
opened at Guerreros, which is situated near
Islay. At Cobiin the sea receded, but no
material damage seems to have been done.
At Callao the water also receded, and came
pouring in, gutting the houses of their
contents. But few vessels we've injured,
and all betook themselves to the sea after
the first shock.
The Chinchn Islauds were the scene of
heartreHding calamaties. At first a hur-
ricane, subsequently an earthquake, and
finally, as u climax, an immense tidal wave
rose to the height Of the highest part of
the island The cities Of Tea and Ploco,
on the adjacent main land was roughly
handled at the same tue. In lea more
than forty houses were overthrown, and
some twelve lives lost.
The destruction of Arequipa-a city
numbering 10000 inhabitants, was, save
the destruction of africa, and Iquique on
the east, the most appalling scene present
ed by the earthquake in Peru. II is thus
described by m eye witness;
Al about four minutes past 3 p. M, last
Thursday, the 18th, a slight movement of
the earth was noticeable here by persons
who Glanced 10 be seated; there was no
rumbling. Ia about eight or ten seconds
more the movement became strong enough
Tor persons not seated to notice. The
movement gradually increased in strength
until, after about thirty seconds, pieces Of
timber began 10 fall from the houses. In
about q minute all were satisfied that a
great earthquake was at hand. Then be.
gan n terrible rumhling, similar 10 tn,
noise OF an avalanche - every one ran 4
the open spaces. IL seemed as ii thu
earth was about to open; the earth shool
and every structure swayed TO and fro from
north to south. IL seemed in my owl
house Us if the wallis were about to NEE
n smash US. In about three minutes TIA
! soil shook go that it was almost impossible
to hold ones feet. The strongest building
l began to cast off stones, brick, pieces {
WOOD, &c, and the weakest began to fall
1 almost all Of them level with the ground
In about fTe minutes from the first move
I ment the whole city was enyeloped in cloud
= of dust and darkness, and resounded wit
the crash Of falling buildings, There
not one house left standing in Arequipa
] The only church tower left il that Of SAINT
2 Catalina, but it, like the Cathedral, wi
have to be pulled down, Santa Doming
church is down to the ground The Portl
q de Flores is all down, as wen as the sul
rounding blocks, Nearly all the inmate
S of the prison and the hospitals persisted
, Many persons are known to have bee
e crushed to death in the streets. We al
4 now living in a tent on the river bank. n
e one dares 20 go town, as the shocks sti
nnnIlnmn 10 hung lnMn mLnI Lttln IL ln