The Republican journal., 1877-06-14
Great South American EARTHQUAKES.

WAVES. Ne lOWllS OF AFRICA, lqulQul,
Punta, Delabos, pabellon de Plea, Chan
avaya, Hunanillos, Tocapilla, Cabija, Me-
jill0nes de Bolivia, AutotOgasta and Cha
varal are nearly all destroyed. About
600 lives were lost The destruction of
property is estimated at S20,00O,OO0 and
is confined mostly to the coast The ship
ping of guano from the southern deposits
will be Indefinitely suspended. as all tacil-
ties i'll the way of launches, wharves, Wa
tcr-condensers and buildings of all kinds
are swept away.
DISASTERS TO SHIPPING.
The destruction Of shipping was very
great. The subjoined list gives particu-
lars of the shipping at Pabellon de Plea
Lost American ship Olida, German
ship E. F. Gaban, English bark Lady
Belleau and Italian banks Silvia b. and
Pietro b.
Badly damaged French ship Courier
de Lima, English ships Prince Umberto
and Felicia and American ship Carolton.
Damaged English bark Norham Cas-
tie, American ship st. Joseph, Norwegian
ship Niram and English ship Mallzerda.
Dismasted American ship John Bryce,
L
ship Prince Eugene.
Sunk Norwegian ship Prof First.
On the beach Norwegian ship Drote-
rand, I'd, safe, English ship Cosmopolitan
and American bark Uncle Toby.
Following is the report Of the shipping
disasters at Huanillos Ship Geneva,
Capt. McLoon, totally lost. She sank in
fifteen tathoms; crew saved. The Geneva
was loaded with guano and ready for sea.
She was to sail the following morning, the
10th. The English ship Avon Moor was
a total loss. The captains wife and three
children, nurse, carpenter and steward
were drowned. Capt. Garfield was saved,
though one Of his children was killed in
his arms. Capt. Treck of the bark Arctic
was on board the Avon Moor at the time
and was drowned. The crew were saved
on spars and planks. The English ship
Conway Castle was driven ashore and
filled. She was thrown back from the
shore by receding waves and sank in deep
water. The crew and effects were saved.
The English ship Conference was totally
lost. 1t is said that she was thrown on
shore and soon after crushed under a mass
OF rock that fell. The crew We're saved
in a boat. The bark Gabrielle Castro
sunk with all on board; number is un-
known. The Norwegian bark Atlantic
was slightly damaged. The English ship
William Lowell was badly damaged. The
English bark Arctic was not damaged,
but Capt. Treck of that vessel was drown
ed on board the Avon Moor. The Eng
lish ships Conqueror, Tillery, Samuel,
Eliza Campbell and Duke of Rothesay
We're damaged. The Norwegian ships
Cleveland and Ugglau We're damaged,
The American ship Resolute was slightly
damaged. The American ship O. +. Sar-
gent was slightly damaged; also the
American ship Theobald. The American
ship jeremiah Thompson was badly dam
aged. She arrived at Callao the 10th.
Ten other foreign ships We're damaged
and on shore.
The Governors building, water conden-
scrs, tanks, wharf, and everything eX-
ccpt few huts back of the town were
destroyed.
At Panta de Lobos, two vessels We're
lost, the Havre (French) and Shamrock
(English). Fourteen ships. more or less,
were injured. The loading fleet, or at
least survivors, must come back to Calla0
for the repairs they require Already two
vessels have arrived bringing some OF the
Wretched victims of the disaster who are
properly cared for by the authorities.
ON THE COAST OF BOLIVIA.
1t is thought the losses are greater than
in 1868, and the effects upon Peruvian af-
fairs will be particularly dis9 .trous. An
tnt.irnst, MnNil1nnnc 'Ennnlillo and ia
blZa, towns on the coast of Bolivia, met
with the same misfortune by the earth
quake and tidal wave at the same time
and are in an identical condition with
lquiqui and africa.
At -Antotagasta the atmosphere was H.
Illuminated by red glare, supposed to
proceed from the volcano of San Pedro
de Atcama, four leagues in the interior.
The sea completely swept the business
portion OF the town during the -four hours.
The vessels in the harbor stood out, and
the steamer Amazonas, which was about
to commence dlscharging when the move
ment took place, had a narrow escape
from destruction. Several lives We're lost
MeXllones was visited by Il tidal wave
% feet in height. TWo-thirds Of the town
was completely 0bliterated. GuanoShoots,
WhalNes, launches boats, water distiller-
les, railway station locomotives, cars and
furniture were all swallowed up by the
set. At MeXiltones six persons We're
droN ned
At Focapilla little or nothing remains
of the town. \ mine four miles to the
southwark sank in, snothering 200 work
men, 10 of whom We're Cornish miners
COblio, the principal town on the Bo-
lyian coast, lost three tourths of its
houses. The wave "a feet high swept
along the main business street and left it
us level us 4 desert, and Wharves and
launches We're all carried out to sea. The
church spirt was knocked over and the
cemetery suffered All of these towns are
in the greatest distress. Water is wanted
The condensers being on the very sea-
shore We're the first objects overwhelmed
10y the waves. Peru must attend to her
own sufferers.
The Panama Herald says that from the
interior Of Bolivia it is more than difficult
to send supplies to the coast, and we are
hopeful that Chill may have stretched Il
helping hand to the unfortunate. Chill
has escaped without injury The north
ern ports of Peru were damaged but lit
tie, although the sea was running re-
markably high. On the evening Of the
nth Lima and Callao were visited by Il
severe shock of earthquake lasting TWEEN
ty-tWo seconds and causing a general
alarm, but little damage was done. Fears
were entertained that it might have been
the second edition of the southern disas-
ter, but a telegram from Molendo an
nounccd that no repetition of the catas-
trophe had taken place. The people Of
Callao were so frightened that they emil
grated almost en- masSe to Lima and Bel
layista, fearing the town would be en-
quilted by the wave that generally follows
these commissions Of nature.
The Government of Lima chartered the
steamer Copapco and organizing a relief
Commission under the Presidency of Min
listers of Beneficencia. loaded a vessel with
provisions, clothes, etc, and some 5000
gallons of water, and despatched her on
the 10th for the South; 100000 sOlcs in
silver coin were also sent to be distributed