, 1875-07-05
Moro than 10000 Persons Killed in
tho City Of Cucnta Alone.
Total Disappearance of tho Entire popu-
1ation Of Three Towns.
starvation and Pestilence Hard Upon the
Heels Of the Great Calamity,
Numerous Dealhs by Drowning In All Parls o'
Tho united States


THE SOUTH AMERICAN HORROR.
NEw YonR. July 4.-a1afl adylccn from Bnr-
ranCnilla, United 8tatos OF Colombia, bring Ad-
dItional accounts Of tho destructive earthquake
at Cucnta. Tho atory Of the cataatrophe ia con-
nrmed Ia ali its horrible details. A private lot
ter. dated Batazar, HAY 81, says tho uumber Of
the load ts calculated at
THRER-QUAnrERs or THE ENrrnR POPULATION.
Tho few families whicl, ara saved arc now Oh tho
outakrtH Of vllat was Tho city, living on what
they can procuro, but thny will soon he obliged
to retire. ms tue qualification Of tho dcad will not
allow lhom to remain. 1t ia hoarttend'ug TO SEQ
tho wounded, who can havo no caro-. aud who
canuot remain long alive In their ptesent condi.
ton.
Four hundred rnuies wezc killed III tho streets,
and, ~ there ia no one to rsmoyo them, tho
stench ia becoming fsigllttuf.
VILLAGES DESTROYED.
Tho vil'sges Of sau Cststoea' Tarlna, ausss-
UroAa, rosario, and San Cayotano, are COM
pletc1y destroyed. Tho storohouss Of Puerto do
Los Caahos was sacked snl burned by haudita.
ANOTHER LETTER
savB that snc1l WAS tho violence OF tho shock
thnt not siuglo house renamed Btauding, and
monuments in the cemetcry were thrown down
and many Of them removed considerable dia-
tAucn from, tlloir original sto III thirty seconds
tho City OF Cucuta was converted into mouu-
tain OF rntns The horrlbfa blow resulted in
TIE DEATH OF MORE THAN ID, 10Q PERSONS,
ia addition, - other thousands who wore hori-
ously wounded and bruised. Grcat numbers Of
hacendas have boon destroyed aud hundreds OF
louses in tho country overthrown. 1carng tho
peorio homeless aud consigned to poverty.
Many OF tho trees woro torn up by tho roots and
small hIlls wofo opened ltho melon. Tho cause
Of tho great catastrophe H. of COURSE uuknown,
aud the precise place Ut its frat manifestation.
Some anppoae TINT tho volcano OF gohateEs,
which wAa In action III 184S, iB again breaking
ont, whi}a others Say thht
a NEW VOLCANO
has appeared in tho bills OF Qiracha. II Ia
thought the Government will appoint scicu-
tifio Commission to Investigate tho nature OF the
catsatrope. A private 1ettor from Ducarananga,
Of May a. saya: 't1n rIedocuosta tho Town
Hail Is destroyed, and in PamplonA
The Cathedral ia In ruins" Il tole-
gram from tlle Hon. 4. Qullco Para to proeilopt
Perez, dated Ducaramapga, May q. says; Tho
earthquakes continue Lust night the Cathedral
In pamplenA foil. Great alarm prevails There
ia great devastation throughout the Valley Of
Cucutn. 4 dispatch to President Poroz. from
Chinacota, May "a, sayH,
ANNIH1LATED.
"1ho poputtsion Of 8au Jose, Rosario, aud
San Cayetauo have disappeared. Tho sest Of
the department u in E,lIns. There havo been
moro than 1000 v,ctimss." A dispatch from
socorro. dated May "a, says tho situation Ia az-
6unl!ng Grayo aspect, and sickness aud atnrva-
tion In pamplona are increasing. 4 telegram
from chtquinqusra, ol May 20, says: "fhe
shocks arc repeating. two last night and oue to-
day. There Ia great alarm among tho people.
Appeals for hslp wore being circulated through
Ill citiss Of Colombia, and most liberal sesponssa
Woro being mRlo."