The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-08
A TIDAL WAVE.
Cities Laid in Rims and Vessels Wrecked.-Be-
tween Six and Eight Hundred Lives Lest and
Much Property Destroyed.

PANAMA. May 2f,-On the 10th OF
May tidal wave washed the State OF
Guerro in Mexico, and rose as high as
the plaza at Acapulco.
The following particulars of the
tidal wave on tn South Pacific Coast
have been received: Callao was visit
ed oD the morning of the 10th by a
species of tidal wave, or. rather a grad
ual upheavel of the sea, which caused
serious dauage and exceeding alarm.
The docks and piers of MIelle Darsena
were the principal sufferers, together
with some stores along the shore line,
which were completely carried away
by the water. Vessels made fast aud
lying alongside the outer walls of the
dock were lifted fully eight feet by the
upheaval, bat, 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 toward the offing. The United
States store ship, Onward, left her an
chorage. the officer to command evi
dentiy remembering the fate of her
predecessor. the Fredonia, in the great
tidal wave at africa in 1868. 4 quani-
ity OF merchandise, temporarily slowed
on the docks from ships in discharge,
was ruined by the water. A water
launch torn from its moorings struck
against the iron pillars of dock bridge,
and carried away several of them. On
one shore the greatest CONSERVATION
was apparent, many families flying for
safety to the high grounds back of the
town. AT 10 o'clock in the morning
all danger seemed to have passed. The
sea was still somewhat agitated, but
was resuming gradually its ordinary
tranquility. but the effect along the
coast, as far as we can learn, has been
severe. At Mollendo. 800 feet of the
railway which runs along the shore
was destroyed by the wave. At lilo the
town and railway we're also seriously
damaged, although no loss of life is re-
ported. Beyond MollendO the cable
is interrupted, and much anxiety pre-
walls as to the fate of africa and Iqui
que. The steamer Santa Rosa left
africa on the evening of the 9th, and
reports that when a few moments un
der way she experienced the shock of
an earthquake, and saw a tidal wave
setting in toward shore. At Arevuipa
a strong shock was felt, but the Prefect
telegraphs that no damage was done in
the city. From the south We can re
ceive no further intelligence 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 such a case, at the guano deposits of
Pabillon de Plea and Guirellos, where
from eighty to one hundred ships are
loading, the catastrophe must have
been immense.
The Panama Star has the following
intelligence, showiLg z the ex
tent of the devastation: '"The steamer
John Elder arrived at Callao from Val
parison on the 18th, and by her we have
news that the destructive tidal wave
reported as having been experienced at
Callao and at the ports of the north
thereof, was known to have extended
as lar south as the northern boundary
OF Chill, but how much further south