, 1869-09-28
PERU.
Extraordinary Earthquake and
Pnntc-Thc Prediction of fsro1.
4. n Lar, EHr,lE

PERU.
Extraordinary Earthquake and
Fnntc-Thc Prediction of E'ro1.
Esalb Almost Fulfilled.
Lima "a ugu'' ., cSv,s.,s.as"os Of II. s<s York
The correspondent Of Il, :Saetonas writing from
Ian1aan On 1hs als 'sy,; 1ne pIedtctioas q taa
tension q tic tnhat'itan. Of thta place aud tsa
eth, Ioth: and llth mt During taese thfee day.,
the nrst he.3es oE hhocks would occur tic larger
humber Of ths population left tho ctr. for greater
stcur1ty upon thc open noa elevated ad,acent
rla'bA Nothing. however, occurred on either OF
these days. s1'l the fearA Of out citizens belnx
thereby quoted, they returned to tho city on
he he peop,s " @sre as sTIe y :. 'es o
r10c 1h0ck. which u descyihed - being almost
equal IN force 10 the earthquake OF last rear,
inferior shocks followed a short Intervals lurog
the n!Rhf- Lpon the Ont symptona Of earth
ibg day. Here the occurrence OF those earth.
aaakcs y texar'1cd ~ confirmation Of tho tneo-
Oh the ruth in plsc0 pt between The STU andlfth,
a. predicted. A. Arcqn!ua, d.s,snt auout thlrsf
rafsanstes ~ we're @ eSrene1eesi % tbs % Sane niShs
l9dh). causing a1tsehe terror 70 the IuhAbtanis,
Who teot .sioxe ,9 TUG pai:!s eaua5cs These
uEd nearly Of the rafnr force a tho.e OF issa
un the 1sih inataut a ssyere ehork was felt at
IslapacA. 10 tue interior; 20 snusequaot adrses
soth. Tho CITY aud seaport Of Ia!av atso suffered
quake on the u!ghi Of the 2ptli. compelling ttA
Ieop;c 70 tAko refuge inlann. A gentleman
nqE 19 1ns s5 . IasDa to{ @s m
~ trembling with fear-Eesulttn4 from 4 ire
met dous eaxtaquale which occurred oa The night
ot the 2tth, nj .p:9a. follows, by olhers which
continued fhf6HHh night
Ceascd up to the time Of writing. Every person
here ,lseada rrpcti:lon Of the icrrih1e calamity
as only preliminary 10 the Ereat couvustons
1ugnosticast hy Faib, to iake pta-e on the 5,.a
of September Or ist OF hsh Of October next. Faib
only zone daJs earlier. aLd these late movements
nav cut,scti the people here to place Implicit tsith
M Z, 's ss 0ea,
the Inhabitants Of TIE CITY. almost without excep.
ton. hass ten their houses aud cncamped in the
Ihe seusspondsns q = nms 1easna! .r,:ss
ned. write these lines nader the shadow Of
4aL calamity. between ION and II O'Clock on thc
night Of the 9tltt nc wcre subjected 10 uost ter
rcc shock Of earthquake, by f4E the most violent
uied ty most tremendous and tef1nr-luzpirlo9 1nb.
tcrraneous Eu1nbllnes snd nolses, saca as cannot
a1senrt to descrte, and which can on!y be
sWiG SNeSs nossa. assosnpaaisa s IS easta ss
| quake npon carthqaakc, continued through
une. All lie ineaniants Who possess ihs neans
hare leff the city for the nc!ghfor,nE vhlcyA IN
rhich 10 await the result Of these extraordinary
| pie we're much lniensi1ed By the predictions OF
Fzlh, and pointed more particularly To the probs-
o!l,I q the suoane1sioa Of the ci.yo tidal waxes
when the great catastrophe, fotetold Gy the Ger
man astronomer, Is expected to take pl8ce Forty
shocks occurred within p hours on the 1871 aud
The snaans of'he earth continued Up to the t.esr
x passenger, who came up on the steamer ra.
elnc, Rtves thc following graphic account OF the
l"At about 1ok O'CLOCK. on the night Of the eoth.
IS wAA engaged at billiards, Witn friend, n the
botel, re euddcniy heard : most fearful auh,c..
| raneous noise, compared With which the nlIng Of
soul % IN he Building Immediately ] Sasaes for tic
whai to do, The axful sensation belng entirely
new TO INC. The anock followed within four q
rse xeconfs rocking the hoasc q aud fr,, es Il Il
Of those few, moments-to re the most
tss cushion % one q e o,e
then back aEaln to the middle, where they ~.
,aainet, nea15 Fl aippary moving ony ser1 slightly,
consequent upon the lr,t ahocka These could nos
| have had a duration at more than thirty seconds
o n1t as sad als sss
ny why to the p!axa, nr The alreda Hundreds Of
petrle we're running IN the zane dttcctton--nen
l xa.rS !. In hst fsian sl0w, ~ f.ir,i1r t ennaA[
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us M ~ ~ ,,nrs.n, ~ ~ ni
tnrtrT fhst 1esrfnl nirht u keena correct recor
. ~. lar t,aF hnsfrnciI IN tYtr, with Il! EnFe
N nrn;f thr steamrr m the ,aT fnrto4trc for Il
u Ens,h Tnora fonr,I thr ar,.ncs NM horrora
~" ,r.r,n1s nichf ~ Ttrn. mi neen r,,ar,.et
~ | sna.H'r scs1s snd rno rron}e cnnn,1v eJsr1nr
. Ti's rnor Enmsn meuttonetl MAS aflef Sa11t car,
y fnr mi ,sss III e11 IN recoycr Tnis nav besn q
Il srn"1ierrc ~ i sccon,I raie csftSounke. anI
t1t,1 i anil, nefer witntss one Of y vur,r Or uu
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