The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
Details Of the late Terrible
Earthquake in South America.
TEN CITIES ANDsrowNs IN
RUHS1
FROM IO,OOO TO 5000
= .. ALIVES4LOST!
Millions Of Property Destroyed!

NEW YORK, July Mail adviccs
from Barranquilla,i i'll the Unitea States
of Columbia, bring additional accos,htsl
of the destructive earthquake st Gu
cilta, and the story of the catastrophe
is confirmed in all its details. A pri-
vate letter, dated Salszar, May %,
says, :" the number of dead is calcuIa-
ted at three-quarters of the entire
population. The few families which
are saved are now, on the outskirts of
what was the city, living OH W hat they
can procure; but they will soon be
obliged TO retire, as the piitrefaction
of the dead will not allow them to-
remain. Itis heart-rending to see the
wounded, who. can have no care, and
who caunOt remain long alive in their
present condition. Four hundred
mules were killed in the streets, and;'
as there is no one to remove them, the
stencil is becoming frightful. The
villages of San Cristobal, Parma, Gu
asimo, Capacho, San Antonio, Laba-
terra, San Juan de Urefia, Rosario and
San Cavetano arc completely destroy
| ed. The stOre-house of Puerto dc Los
Cachos was sacked and burned by the
! bandits.
Another letter says: issSuth was
|
single house remained standing, and
the monuments i'll the Cemetery, were,
| thrown down, and many OF them re-
moved 2 considerable distance from
| their origii nal sites9i in thirty secUnds
/ the city OF Cncuta was converted into
! a mountain of ruins, The horrible
! blow resulted in the death of more
| than ten thousand persons Ia addition
! to o-otherth usands who were seriou
I y.wounde6iand bruised. Great nG AZ
! bers Of hacicudass have been destroy
ed, and hundreds of houses in the
/ country overti.rown, leaving the peo-
! pie homeless and consigned te povcr-
| ty. Many of the trees were torn mp
from their roots, and snail hills were
! opened like melon. The cause OF
! Tie great catastrophe is, of course,
umknswn, and the precise place OF its
| first ianifcstatiOn. Some suppose that
the volcano, ,of Sohatera, which was in
! action in -lS4S, is again breaking out,
while others say that a new volcano
has appeared in the hills OF Giraclia.
1t is I thsBght that the Government
will appoint q Scientific Commission
to investigate into the nature of the
catastrophe. A private letter from
/ Bucaromauga, of May 24sh, 'says '1n
! Pieiecuestastiie Town Ii ala is Destroy
cd, and inn Pampiona the iCatheasa. Id
i'll ruins "A, Telegram from !fQn,
| AGuiilie PARA 10 President Perez, da-
;ea gsacarssta aiilca, N May-q 2fth,' skys:A
'+The earthquakes 1cconiihue.l in Last
night the Cathedral in, Ran,plona, fell.
There, is great alarm at the great G d{ de-- d-
vastatioA throughout the Valley or
! C1cuta..' "A dispatch to President
Perez from ChiOc0ta, May 24th, says:
1.-The population Of San j ose, Rosario
and San, CaetanO have disappeared.
The rest OF. the department. is in ruins.
There are more than 1000 Victims
A dispatch from Socorrc, dated. May
"a, says the situation is assuming u
grave aspect, and sickness and starya-
ton in Pamplona are increasing. A
| telegram from Chiqnimquira, of May
| %, says !: "a ." The e'shecks are repeating!
There were two last night and one to-
day. There is great alarm among the
people" Appeals for help were being
circulated through all the cities, Of Co.
| lombia, and most liberal responses
were being made. iss staui !c is.