New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-04
THE BURNING OF IQUIQUE.
TwENTY-FoUR BLOCKS DEsIRolED-riIE CITY in
IIAMES rOR TFN mOuRs.

FLAMES FOR TN HOURS.
PANAMA, Oct. 21.-A letter dated Lima, Oct
49, gives the following detailed account OF the burning
Of Iauoue city on the southern coast Of Peru: "Jhe
greatest material calamity suffered by Peru since the
fearful earthquake of Js6s occurred in Iquique on
Wednesday morning last the 9Th OF this month. Planes
were discovered issuing from the house oceupby the
German Club, only few squares distant from the sea-
and before the doors 81 the burning dwelling were
opeped the light breeze from the southwest wac scatter
Ing destruction and ruin throughout the devoted
city The fire wa lrst noticed at O'Clock in the morn
Ing aud before noon threefourth- Of Idque had van
ished In smoke TWentylOur blocks Of houses stores
banks &C., were consumed. Iququo was built almost
entirely ~ wood the sidewalks arc even constructed Of
the same material; the ground il npregnaed with nj
trate by pouring water from the ocean on the burning
blocks little good was DONE tho sal. water falling 10
the earth only sergcd 10 lindle the FIRE hidden by the
saltpeter. Consequently INC n4hlcs SVEN NE n!Lr
cane the city. From tac terrible velocity IN mo
progress of the fro littlc could be saved; me
houses fell Like pasteboard palaces before the
force OF the conhagrslion but, 50 thoroughly dis
Injuries are reported The damage done IS immense
s5OoOOO0 viii not covert In iluique no Insurance
conli be obtained from the very nature VI the ground
and the OF the materials used for building pur-
poses Hence oil Is dead oss b The pTiapn aS eh t
books and cash Of which were saVed the Town
House, the Ioniene ana 6onnprclil b Stna,
Soylpaiicn Company the Market place, the fayorite
t 81 thc Str and IN fact the principal building,
Of Tho TOWN. Cu, house, the railway Offices the
London and lIc xico Bank, together With the tglOPeU
vian Bunk, escaped owing Ia ti.r position az regarded
The wind Many families hOuselcss and deprived OF
obtaining the barcst necessities of life. Bat
40 had tho reached Lama than the President
s.nt telegram nstruciing the IsancO Agency fur
uish the authorities in the port with $1,000 for the aey
alton of the suffering people. .
Gen Prado called ts principal adherents TO his house
and raised "A like amount which alrO rernitt,d. Hr.
Gibbs the American Munster, collected ~ 900 from his
fellow conntrymen Lima, he subscihng CONSIDER
allie sum and this was likewise plArrd 10 the credit OF
the rUurd Otcr efforts being made 10 rafsc relief
One ~ Inc mos, painful features ~ the ni-or IS that
many merchants had taken advantage Of the reduc ed
t1r;f established by the CustcHi-iouse, and had
| DISPATCHED "a large amount ot merchandise,
nearly all Of which ~ destroyed The kilograms
received here. aud the hurried dispatches written from
1iqne 10 Lima not sufficient to give us clear idea
of the real damage done The bOiegas, or warehouses,
in which large quantities ~ nitrate were slowed close 10
the sea we.e hut many deposits Of COAL costly
article in IqrIoun were smoietlng at last .ad
yces g1oicr aiae ~ affairs can hardly he gued
business stgnant two years past. and now
The merchants find themselves absolutely ban upt ilr
liabilities, owing to the disaster being vastly IN excess
nf IN