The Lake County star., 1877-06-21
The Tidal Wave.

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Isssl @ tEsssd = e 90, ~ z
s4oelly TO the coast, slthcai 6faUS Sbw
oil yarapaca is twepty,tbrse 1ep&u(
thh8hd, and the vfll1Eee u PGx No
uIH and Calchopea. in the pS3fiqk,
are3 3pore or less inJupc. TIN pip-
z2DnN .frQpi southern u Ssifa
VIII be indehnately suspended. as All
facilities -tp- the way. of launches,
chutes, wharves, water condensers and
bpildi4gs Qfrall kinds have been swept
|SNhy. EhdkiG6tchcti mot faudl ldn1hA&e
TO shipping has been very great, and
was attended by very serious loss Of
AlrMohIXto Tie laSway was torn up
by the sea for 800 feet. and vt lilo the
railway was also injured The Cores
people were preparing Temporary for
uficatfons to repsl5 the threatened as-
sault Of the rebel ram Huascar at the
very moment when the roar Of the
earthquake was heard. The shocks
were very numerous and caused Inn
imense damage. \ The sea wsssuddenly
perceived to recede from the beach and
q wave nom ten u to fifteen. feet high
rolled up on shore, carrying all before
1t. ~ Eight times was repeated this as
sault of the ocean, and four miles Of
the embankmento of the railway melt
ed away like sand. Locomotives, cars
and rails were hurled about by the sea
like 10 many play things, and left in q
.tumbled mass of rubbish The United
States steamer Wateree stranded by
the wave OF 1858, was lifted bodily and
foated two miles north Of her old
position. A cable buoy was moved .
quarter Of a. mile nOrthwards. Mer.
chandise from the custom house and
stores WAS carried five miles distant.
The damage done was greater than The
calamity OF 1863. The earthquake
leveled the CustQm-house, railway
station, submarine cable ofJiCe, hotel,
British consulate, steamship agency,
and many private dwellings. The
people passed the night on the hills.
Thieves began to rob, when the troops
,9red upon them, killing and wound
iqpique, built. OF wood and ;,cane,
tumbled down at the, .hrst- onset.
Lamps were broken and burning oil
spreading over the debris started .
general confiagatipn, Three COM
panies of -firemen, were INSTANTLY at
their posts, although II was difflcult to
maintain an upright position, shock
following shock with dreadful reg
ularity. To procure water the two
best fire engines were stationed on the
beach,, Just then O cry arose, 1.-THE
seal the sea ~ and the waves rushed
In. the engines were carried out by the
refiux, and the fire continued unop-
posed. Three elements of destruction
were busy at one moment-tfire, water
and earthquake. The affrighted peo-
pie left the city to its fate, flying Into
the neighh0ring eminellces. The fire
destroyed q large portion Of the town,
the earthquake levied nearly all the rest
and water covers ths ruins which u
took out in re6uX. The water con-
densers along the shores are ruined, an
,irreparable loss for 1qulque, a. no pal
atable water Il found there. Nearly
4D0. .000, ,quintals Of nitrate at, Iquique
and the adjacent ports Of Molle and
Pisaaua We're destroyed A small loss
of life took place, probably ten persons
in all. Ceasting craft and small boats
In the hRrhOr were broken In pieces,
In Aria the robbery Of goods lying In
the streets was attempted, but guard
Of citizens took such severe measures
that the robberswere speedily checked.
Away upon the Pampas, eleven miles
from IqRiques TIE splendid nitrate es-
tablishment Of La Nueva Carolina was
eompletely destroyed. The sufierings
ofthe peOpleOf Iquique were Intense |;
the absence OF water ana idestructiOn
Of the principal stores, added't0 their
harish{pss It is estimated that the
damage doneto Iquique viii be nearly
four million soils. ii'F a,
Chanavaga n little .tewp at the
gpsnOn ieading9 deposit Known az
Pabillion de Plea, with 400 houses, has
two standing. Here the earthquake
was followed by, fire, There Were nd
fire engines In the town, and the sea
came II, and extinguished the flames,
but as It retired It carried offall that
remained OF the place. In one Of the
guano cuttings thirty Iaborers were
buried By falling earth Among the
shipping the havoc was, terrible. ,c
The earthquake was especially Sc.
we're at Chanavaga. The earth opened
fifteen metres In depth and the whole
surface OF the ground changed. At
least 28O people were killed. The bod
lee |! were fioalipg In the bay and 2 pes
At Hunallos, another, guano loading
station, the damage inflicted was fear.
ftii. All the houses were destroyed,
gtiano cuts have fallen In, and, as at
Pahellon, all loading must be suspend
ed for at least two, months, The wave
which succeeded the earthquake and
completed the work Of destruction was
nearly sixty feet In height. Many yes
sels were lost here, together With sew
efAl Of those on board. In short,
everything except. a, few huts at the
back OF the town has been destroyed.
.SSfsi Ii heigk !, drjS tw5 ikiisiSO % the
town was completely obliterated. The
guano shutes, wharves, launches, boats,
water-distilleries, railway station, l0-
comotivee, cars and furniture were all
swallowed up. Six persons were
At Leocopilla little or, nothing re-
MAINS or the town. The mine called
La Pena Blanca, four miles to the
southwark, sank In, smothering 200
workmen, of whom fofty-were Corn
ish miners. Cobijah, the principal
town on the Bolivian coast, has lost
of itshousens Fhe wave,
khirtyiSet high, swept a1osg tie ifnain
business streets and left It as level as
the desert. Wharves and launches
were ell carried out TO- SEQ. brtn ..i0.@i /,
As soon a. this lamehtable intelli-
gence reached Lima the government
chartered q steamer and organizing q
rSHSF sdkhmiSaaon, }losd6d 'tkek vessel
with provisions, clothing etc., togeth-
er with sc. 900 gallons Of water and dis
patched her on the 10th for the south.
One hundred thousand soils In silver
coin aIso formed part Of her cargo, to
rb0< distributed amongst the unfortu-
nate. A commission Of engineers ac-
compfeisd thefxPsdiq ton It has been
mend fHe r9b6ilding Of the ruined
towns on sites which may offer greater
security, more remote from the shore,
since this 10 the second instance of o
similar oalopity on the positions Actu-
ali Ss0cctpIeA. Sub b6cnp ptions aiV being
ma1e In 4&g.a spd GALLEY rforthe re-