The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06

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!, AN EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.
A-a : Tidal ~ S;:;:.,w which Destroys
The following particulars of the tidal
wave on the South Pacific coast have been
received: 4''e@s ? : aa'-'T-.
\ s. Callao was visited on the morning of
the 10th Of May by aspecies Of tidal
wave, or rather gradual ppheaval of the
sea, which caused serious damage and ex
ceeding alarm. The docks and piers of
Muelle Darsena were the principal suf-
ferers, together. with some stores along
the shore line, which were completely car
ried away by the water. Vessels made
Hast and lying alongside the outer walls
Iofthe dock were lifted fully eight feet
by the upheaval, but, strange to say, were.
not damaged. Most Of the steamers
riding at anchor in the bay slipped their
cables, fearing further danger, and some
of the larger vessels stood out towards
the offing.. The United States store-ship
Onward " left her anchorage, the officer
in command evidently remembering the
fate of her predecessor, the "FredOnia,'
in the great tidal wave ut Aaica in 1868.
A quantity of merchandise, temporarily
stored on the docks from ships in dis .
charge, was ruined by the water. A
water launch, torn from its moorings,
struck against the iron pillars of the dock
bridge and carried away several of them.
On the shore the greatest CONSERVATION
was apparent, many families flying for
safety to the high ground back Of the
| city.
At 10 o'clock in the morning all dan
ger seemed to have passed. The sea was
still womewhat agitated, but lesuming
gradually its ordinary tranquility; but
the effect along the coast as far as we can
learn has been severe. At Mallendo 800
feet of railway which runs along the shore
was destroyed by the wave. At lilo the
town and railway were also seriously
damaged, although no loss of life is re-
ported. The steamer Santa Rosa left Ari-
ca on the evening of the 9th, and reports
that when few moments under way ex-
perienced shock of all earthquake, and
saw tidal wave setting in toward to
shore. At Arequipa strong shock was
felt, but the project 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. The fact of the cable not
working leads us to- believe that some
great calamity may have befallen the
southern ports. In suchcase,. at the guano
deposits of Pabillon de. Plea and Guar1l-
los, where from eighty to one hundred
ships are loading, the catastrophe must
have been immense. ' -
l. 4 ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. IS,
The Panama Star has the following adj
ditional intelligence showing; the extent
of the devastation: The steamer John
Elder arrived at Callao. from, Valparaiso
on the 18th. BY her we have news that
the destructive tidal wave. reported as hav-
| ing been experienced, at Callao and ports
to the north thereof was, known to have
extended as tar south as the northern
boundary Of Chill, but how much further
south was not known, as communication
by cable had been interrupted. The
Elder reports the almost complete de
struction of Antofagasta, Iquiqui, africa,
Tambode Marc, Pabellon, de Plea, and lilo.
Although severe shocks of earthquake
were felt, they caused but little damage.
The destruction of life and property was
owing entirely to the frightful upheaval
and ingress OF the sea.
| A gentleman who arrived by the Trux
lilo informs us that the fourishing town
of Iquiqui, the principal port for nitrate
as it was after the frighful earthquake
and inundation of 1868.
At africa the sea washed over the hill
back of the church, and destroyed much
valuable property. The wreck Of the
United States steamer Wateree, which was
carried inland a couple Of miles by the
tidal-wave of 1876, was again floated, and
carried mile or two farther up the coast.
The lower part of Antopagasta, which is
part of the celebrated Caracoles, mining
district in Bolivia, is reported completely
destroyed. The smelling and other
works near the shore were all swept away.
. The shipping at Pabellon de Plea and
the guano deposits suffered severely, and
some half dozen fine vessels are reported
ashore and complete wrecks. #
The sea in some places is stated to have
risen over sixty feet. 2a. Aa ,'
With the meagre and unsatisfactory re-
ports that have reached us it is impossible
, to form any fair estimate of the result OF
, this terrible visitation. But making all
due allowance for exaggerated statements
: we cannot but believe that the destruction
t of life and property has been enormous
. Whether the tidal wave extended further
' south than Antopagasta and with what
r resultit is impossible to know. We may
a at any moment receive further particu
J, lars by way of Valparaiso and the trans
;, Andine telegraph and Brazilian cables tt
q Europe. Between 600 and 800 lives ar,