The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

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The Buenos Ayres Ssandard Of The 3Osh Of
November, gives further intelligence than
that reported By telegraph Of the late disss.
trous earthquake at Salta. On the 9th Of
October, at II O'Clock At night, when most Of
the inhabitants Of the doomed town Of Oran
had retired TO their houses, the iisst shock
was felt The greatest terror at once pre.
vailed, and the people rushed madly into the
streets; few had gone to bed, rs for hours be-
fore dull, rambling noise had been heard
in the distance, and all feared that il porten-
ded some unusual calamity. The shocks con.
tinued at intervals for nearly nine hours,
during which time forty distinct movements
of the earth we're felt. The pavement Of the
streets was split open-now here, nov there
and the houses fell in confused heaps Of
ruins. There is only one death to record,
that of Sr. Reeves, and some contusions to
other penons. Most of the inhabitanta
rushed out to the camp after the first shock
and saved their lives, bot the town of Oran
may be considered As totally destroyed.
The following Is the Official dispatch from
the Lieutenant Governor to the Government
Of Salia, announcing the dreadful catastro-
phe:
''ORAN, Oct. $3.50 .. m.
''SiR: write in eorrow and alarm to re-
quest that you will inform His Excellency
the Governor of the Province, that the town
Of Oran has disappeared, nothing remaining
,f "a k.,s- Il Il
menced at IL O'Clock last night, and continu-
ed until s o'clock this morning. Thirty
eight or forty shocks were felt in all, and il
is feared that more will follow. The unfor-
tunate inhabitants are on their knees implor-
ing the mercy of the Almighty. The loses
and injuries to persons are not yet known
accurately, but everything is being done to
discover if any persons have been crushed BY
the fallen houses, or are beneath them. His
Excellency the Governor must excuse me for
not sending him longer report, as l am busy
aiding the sufferers, and have only time Tor
this short note. God preserve you.
"HILARIoN CARAsco.
"To the Secretary General of the Provin.
cial Government.
"PS.-It ia now known to certainty that
only one person has been killed, son of the
late Don Miguel Reyes, and few others
slightly injured, all the rest of the inhabi-
tants being saved as il BY q miracle"
Private letters from Don Julio Aguirre to
his father, of the same date a. Mr.. Carasco's,
state that the whole town DISAPPEARED in ten
seconds, not stone remaining on q stone.
The inhabitants were huddled together with
out anything to shelter them from the burn
ing sun, and apprehensive of fresh
shocks every moment. There were two
persons killed. Don Aguirre had only LEFT
his dwelling few seconds when it tumbled
like a house Of cards. News has been re-.
ceived from Jujuy to the effect that the earth
quake was felt there with fearful violence,
and that volcano has burst forth in erup-
tion and it is feared that subterranean move.
ments may be expected along the whole line
of the Andes. The people Of Salta are max
ing the neblest efforts to relieve the suf.
ferers.
Some confusion seems to exist as to the
whereabouts Of the place at which this great
calamity has taken place, occasioncd chiefly
by the town called Oran. being siiuated near
Jujuy, which is on the Bolivian border, and
not in Salta, the province Immediately south
OF it. Oran is, or rather was, a small place
on the Vermeja, close to the borders Of Bo-
livia, within which, indeed, it is placed by
come authorities. the boundaries of the
South American Republics being extremely
unsettled. The chief trade was with Bolivia,
and the land about the town is beautifully
laid ont ard watered. The chief produce j.
cocoa,