The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-12

J vessels loading q, Pabellon dc Pici--
/ American ship Aida, lost.
| American ship John Bryce, dismasted.
German ship b. r. Gabian, lost.
| English bark Priuco Leopold. dismasted.
| English ship Prince Eugene, dismasted.
| English snip MaiIzerda, signify damaged
! English ship cosmopos, SALE.
American ship Uncle roby. safe
! Italian bark Silvia g., lost
| English bark Lady Bcllesn, lost.
I Norwegian ship Nram, damaged
| English bark r. A. Chapman, coming to ca'lao
! American ship ST. Joseph, damaged
| Italian bark Petro b., lost
| American ship Edith Troop sailed.
| English ship Fe!lc,a, badly damaged
+! swedish bark Gladam, coIded With KenIlworth Cas-
French ship Courier de Lima, badly damaged
| English bark Helen MarIiL sailed
| Norwegian bark Sommcrin, sailed.
| English bark Norman Castle damaged.
Peruvian ship Oracle sailed
| American bark MarJ Lee, sailed
English ship Prince umberlo badly damaged.
Amcrrcan snip CArrol,on. badly damaged.
Norwegian ship Drot L. sunk.
Norwegian ship Drot H.. the beach.
| Belgian ship Egmont Hoon, sailed.
English bark kenllworh Casse in collision With J.
| Nicaraguan schooner San Carlos, safe
English bark Coqumbo, safe; Launches all lost and
| rHE SHOCK ELSEWHERE.
Tho shock Of earthquake especially in
ices fifteen depth and the whole surface OF
the ground was changed AT least two hundred people
and pestilence seemed inevitable. small steamer,
tho Ballcsas, instantly despatched 10 quique for
assistance bull the condition OF that place was such that
much attention could not be gwen TO the demands OF the
afflicted. Sti, quantity OF water. the principal ne
csss!y, and some provisions were embarked, with
Few however, remained, the great majority takrg
the road TOR lquiguc eighteen Leagues distant.
hoping thera TO find relief and shelter. Poor
lquque has enough to occupy hcr attention in
prov .ding for her wants At Guanillos, an.
other guano loading station, the damage inflicted
was fearful All the guaDo cuts have fallen IN, and
here AS AZ Paoeon all loading must 30 suspended for
least two months II is rumored that the govern
Asnn al tn mad at Ifshn m
Apuera the north but the cass OF fertilizer TO be
obtained that LOCALITY IS SO poor as hardly to warrant
IT'S extraction. AT Guanlos the wave which succeeded
The earthquake and completed the work OF destruction
WAS nearly sixty feet In hoght.
SHIPPING LOST AT GrAxfLLos.
The following IS the report OF the shipping disasters
The North American ship Geneva, Captain McLoon,
has been TOTALLY lost. She sunk in fifteen fahoms Of
water. Crew saved The Geneva was loaded with
guano and ready for sea- shc was TO have sailed
the following morning, the lOtn inst
The English ship Avonmoor, Captain Corneld-total
loss The captains wife, three children, nurse and
steward were drowned Captain Corfcld was saved
though one OF his children was killed in hts arms Cap
tam Trick, OF the bark Arctic, board the Avon
moor a. the time and was unfortunately drowned
The English ship Conway Castle, Captain Pike, was
driven on shore and nIcd She was thrown back from
the shore by the rcccdlng wave and sunk In deep
water. Crew and effects saved
English ship Conference, Captain Williams, was to-
tally lost II ID said that she thrown on shore,
ana after was crushed under OF rock that
fell Crew saved In their boats
Ihe huik GABRIEL CustrO, owned by Garvln,
with all on board. but the number is unknown. I'm
fortunately Mrs. Garvin Is among the victims.
Norwegian bark Atlantic slightly damaged.
English ship William Leivett badly damaged.
English bark Arctic not damaged.
English bark ConqucYor, badly damaged.
English bark Samuel, badly damaged.
English bark Eliza Campbell, badly dumaged
English snip Duke OF Rothsay, damaged.
Norwegian ship Cleveland, slightly damaged.
Norwegian bark Uggau. damaged.
English ship Governor flIicy damaged.
Norwegian bark Goutoid, slightly damaged.
English SHIP Sir John Lawrence, damaged.
English ship King Colric slightly damaged.
German bark i.annarshagn, slightly damaged
American ship G. =. Sergeant, slightly damaged.
Norwegian bark Eliza aud aathilde slightly damaged
German ship Herschcl, badly damaged.
American ship Tneobado, slightly damaged.
American ship jeremiah Thompson badly damaged;
arrived in Cailao on the 18th.
Italian bark Galino Bonsignor very badly damaged.
Italian bark GIUSEPPE, slightly damaged
English bark Canuse did not sustain any damage
ON shore the Governors building, water condensers
tanks tho whari--n short everything, excepting few
hus at the back Of the town, has been destroyed.
Punta dc Lobos Two vessels went down, the Hayro
| and Shamrock; fourteen injured
MoRE DESTRUCTION.
Antofogasa, Menllones, rocoplIa and Cobija towns
on the coast Of Bolivia, met With the siort
| OF earthquake and tidal wavo at the same time and
| are in Identical condition with lquiquc and AREA.
At Anto;ogasia the atmosphere was illuminated by
red glare which supposed proceed from tho vol
capo OF San Pedro dc Atacana, few leagues IN the
Interior Tho completely swept the BUSH ness por.
ton OF the town during four hours The vessels in the
harbor stood out TO sea- and the steamer Amaxonas,
about TO commence dschargng when the movernea al
took place, had narrow escape from destruction.
| Several lives were lost
MejIlones was visited by tidal wave sx,y.nvc fee,
in height. twothrds Of the town completely obiiter-
| ated. Guano shoots, wharves, launches, boats,
water GIserics, railway station, locomotives, cars
and furniture all swallowed up by the unsuitable enemy
the ssa What fearful ailiance--the ocean and tie
| carthl Six people were drowned In Mejones. Al
chilled La Pcha Blanca four miles TO tho sou,hward.
| sank IN, smothering two hundred workincn oil whom
forty were Cornish miners CobJa, the principal town
In Raj u mo axf rhra nfnrrt ~ nf 40
houses The wave, thirty-hve feet high swept along
tho man business street and lef ~ as level the
desert Wharves and launches no longer exist Tho
church spire knocked over, and hero the in
yaded blessed ground the cemetery was entered and
almost q body saatchcr the water broke open the
graves and washed out The corpscs All Of these towns
are ia tho greatest distress; wafer IS wanted. Peru
must attend TO her own necessities Boliv,. can hardly
send help her suffering coast, difficult APP
proach from the interior over the vast despobsddo,
aud in hopes that Chni may have stretched 4
helping hand TO the unfortunate. Cnili has escaped
without injury-more fortunate than she was In 1865
The northern ports Of Peru suffered tc although
the sea was running remarkably high. Some sugar
wave, but the loss 10 upmportanI
AT LIMA AND cALtAo
The effects of the wave az Cailao detailed In my
letter oil the l2th inst Hero tho earthquake.
ribly manifest IN tho south, was barely iciL ON the
evening OF the 18th INST Lima aud Caliao were visited
/ by very severe shock lasting twenty-five seconds
and causing general alarm but little damage. Fears
were entertained that u might have been second
edition OF the southern disaster but kilograms from
| McIlcndo announced that NO repetition oil the
catastrophe had taken place. Nevertheless, no
/ frightened were the good people OF CaIlao
that they emigrsted almost es mosss 10 Lima and
Bcilavista, fearful lest their town might be cngued
by the that generally follows these COMMISSIONS
or nature, The captain OF the Pacific steam Naviga-
ton Company's steamer John Elder, vessel ncasur-
ing nearly -four ihousand tons, reports when
the 9Th, al haipsst eight r. NJ. being twenty three
miles west or Antoiagasta, coming north at full speed,
1 mis- ship WAS completely stopped by the shock oil tho
earthquake and renamed almost stationary tor i've
minutes, tho passengers believing that she had struck
/ rect soundings we're taken Immediately, but no
| bottom found al twenty iathoms
! MEASURES
As all this larncntabic intelligence reached
! the government the steamer Copapd, OF tho South
American unc vas chartered, and. organizing a reef
commission under the presidency OF the Minister Of
BcncAcencia loaded tho vesse. with provisions,
clothes. &C.. together with 10000 gallons OF water,
ana she was despatched the 10Th for the South,
where, doubtless, her stores Will prove TO 10
most opportunc. One hundred thousand soles
| In silver coin, rather o commonly now,
IN this paper money country, were sent down 70 be