The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-14
TIDAL WAVE.
A Disa.troMs Uphenya, or the Sea Dcvas- tates TOwySA and Villages Om the
 SOuth Pacific Coast.

Di:a.src.s Uphenya, cr the sea Dcvas'
 south Pacific Coast.
 A tidal wave washed the state oi
 Guerro, in Mexico, and rose as high as
 the plaza at Acapulco, on the tenth.
 The following particulars of the tidal
 wave on the South Pacific have been
 received: Callao was visited on the
 morning of the tenth by q species of tidal
 wave. or, rather, a gradual upheaval ei the sea, which caused serious damage and exceeding alarm. The docks aud piers of Muelle Darsena were the prin- cipal sufferers, together with some stores along the shore line, which were com pletely carried away by the water. Yes sells were made fast lying alongside the outer dock. Walls were lifted fully eight feet high by the upheaval, but strange to say they were not damaged. Most of the steamers riding at anchor in the. bay shipped their cables, fearing further danger and some Of the larger vessels stood out toward the offing. The
 United States storeship Onward left her anchor, the officer in command evidently remembering the fate of her predecessor, the Fredonia, in the great tidal wave of Africa, in 1868. A quantity of merchan- disc, temporarily slowed on the docks from ships In discharge, was ruined by water. A water launch was torn from it's moorings. struck against the iron pillars of the dock bridge, and carried away several of them. On shore the greatest consternatien was apparent.
 MANY FAMILIES ARE FLYING
 (,- coXx ls. l. xt.. town. At ten o'clock in the morning, all danger seemed to have passed. The sea was still somewhat agitated, but was gradually assuming it's ordinary tran guilty, but the effect along the coast, as far as we can learn, has been severe. At Mollendo, three hundred feet of rail way, which runs along the shore, was destroyed by the wave. At Ilo, the town and railroad were also seriously damaged, although no loss of life is re- ported. Beyond Mollendo, the cable is interrupted, and much anxiety prevails as to the fate of Africa and Iquique. The steamer Santa Rosa left Africa on the evening of the ninth, and reports that when few moments under way ex- perienced shocks of an earthquake, and saw tidal wave coming in toward the shore. At Arequipa strong shock was felt, but the prefect telegraphs that no damage was inflicted on the city. From the south we can receive no further in telligence in time for transmission by this opportunity. From the fact of the cable not working we are led to believe that some great calamity may have be- fallen the southern perts. If this should have been the case, at the guano deposits of Pavilion de Plea and Guarillos, where from eighty to one hundred ships are loading, the catastrophe must have been immense. The Panama Star has the following additional intelligence, showing
 THE EXTENT OF DEVASTATION.
 The steamer John Elder arrived at Callao from Valparaiso on the thir- teenth, and by her we have news that destructive tidal wave was reported as having been experienced at Caliao and ports to the north thereof, and was known to have extended as far south as the boundary of Chili, but how much farther south was Lot known as commu- nication by cable has been interrupted. The Elder reports the most complete destruction of Antofagasta, Iquique, Africa, Tambo, De Moro, Pabellor de Pico and Ilo. Although severe shocks of earthquake were felt, they caused but little damage. The destruction of life and property was owing to the frightful upheaval and ingress of the sea. A gen. tleman who arrived by the Trujillo in- forms us that the hourishing town of Ignique, the principal port of nitrate shipments, is left as complete ruin as it was after the frightful earthquake and inundation of 1868. At Africa the sea ran over the town to hill back of the church, and destroyed much valuable property. The wreck of the United States steamer Wateree, which was car ried inland couple ofmiles by the tidal wave of 1868, was again foated and car ried mile or two up the coast. The lower part of Autofagasta, which is part of the celebrated Caracloes mining dis trict, in Bolivia, is reported completely destroyed. The smelting and other works were nearly all swept away. The shipping at Paballen de Plea and the guano deposits suffered severely, and nearly half dozen fine vessels are re, ported ashore and complete wrecks. The sea in some places is statedto have risen sixty feet. With the meager and un- satisfactory reports that have reached us it is impossible to orm any fair estimate ot the results of this terrible visitation, but, making all due allowances for exag- gerated statements, we cannot but be- lieve that the destruction of life and property has been enormous. Whether the tidal wave extended further south than Autoiagasta. and with what results, it is impossible to know. We may at any moment receive further particulars by way of Valparasaiso and the transan- dine telegraph and Brazilian cables to Europe. Between six and eight hun dred lives are said to have been lost.