Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-01
A CITY WIPED OUT.
Destruction Ol q South A,nar,c, ., rr.,,,
by Fart hNU0kc ., uvn,. 0nnn...s.


ny Earthquake In Ten Seconds.
The Buenos Ayres Standard of 3()tl,
November gives further intelligence
than that reported by telerronh ~ tie
late disastrous earthquake at Snlto. On
tho 22d of October, ut II O'Clock p NJ
wilen most OF the inhabitants of the
doomed town of Oran had retired to
their houses, the first shock was felt.
Tho greatest terror at once prevailed.
and the people rushed madly into the
streets; few had gone to bed. az for
hours before dull, rumbling noise had
been heard in the distance. and all
feared that it portended some unusual
catastrophe. The shocks Continued at
intervals for nearly nine hours, during
which time forty distinct movementso /
the earth were felt. The pavements of
the street were split open-now here.
now there-and the houses fell in con-
fused heaps of ruins. There is only
one death to record, that of Sr. Reeves.
anu some COMMISSIONS to other persons.
Most OF the inhabitants rushed out to
the camp after tho first shock and SO
saved their lives, but the town of Oran
may be considered as totally destroyed.
The following is the official despatch
from the Lieutenant Governor to the
government of Salta, announcing the
dreadful catastrophe:
Dram, October q, $50 P. M.-Srn:
write in sorrow and alarm to request
that you will inform his excellency the
Governor of the Province that the town
OF Gran has disappeared, nothing re.
naming OF it but ruins. The earth
quake shocks commenced at II O'Clock
last night, and continued until 8 o'clock
s shts morning ,nn g.. Ihi1ty-eight or forty
that more will follow. The unfortunate
inhabitants are on their knees implor-
ing the mercy Of the Almighty. The
losses 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 not send
ing him longer report, as I am busy
aiding the sufferers, and have only time
for this short note. God preserve you.
HILARION CARAsCO.
10 the Secretary General of the Pro-
vincial Government.
P. 8. It is now known to certainty
that only one person has been killed,
q son of tho late Don Miguel Reyes,
and a few others slightly Injured, ali
the rest of the inhabitants being saved
as by miracle.
Private letters from Don Julio Aguir-
re to his father, of the same date as
MIR. Carasco's, state that the whole
town disappeared in ten seconds, not a
stone remaining on a stone. The in
habitants were huddled together with.
out anything to shelter them from the
burning rays of the sun, and apprehen-
slve OF fresh shocks every moment.
There were two persons killed. Don
Aguirre had only left his dwelling a
few seconds when it tumbled like q
house of cards. News has been re-
ceived from Jujuy to the effect
that the earthquake was felt
there with fearful violence, and that q
volcano has burst forth in eruptions,
and it is feared that subterranean move.
ments may be expected along the whole
line of the Andes. The people of Salta
are making the noblest efforts to relieve
the sufferers.
Some confusion seems to exist as to
the whereabouts OF the place at which
this great calamity has taken place,
occasioned chiefly by the town called
Oran being situated in. Jujuy, 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 Boil
via, within which, indeed, it is placed
by some authorities, the boundaries Of
the South American republics being OK.
tremely unsettled. The chief trade
was with Bolivia, and the land about
the town is beautifully laid out and
watered. The chief produce is cocoa.