Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-22

NEW YORK FEB 22.-Aiv'c,s l1lm lima,
j III, III The 9Th uI .janul,y, slate hat CaIlln
has tr-m visited h., a,nui,Hr iidni Isr. U l'1e
mnruiup Of tie - w.ro a., I'D rec, d,i It
wa- ,.n;.,d that Tie b i.l- ,n. u,a-ilug crat
uiou. shYr~ w,;lr Il high and dry, .Ld hen the
wave reiutntj II passed with immcuse i"lrr
over tl;e walls OF The NlutIle Dnseua. rushing
VI, over thr newly mrtc ':r"i'r: ''W'r'is the
station VI the Oc,y4 Ii: r al III '!!stif C: oi
three humlrr.1 i''"I. Garry my ~ iyth.ng before
il. L.unchss the numerals hl'le cane huts
built On the usplaualr, aud many enclosures
around the cove and lumber yards, a., were
completely destroyed. lhu sivc walls Of
the Mnee Dlrscuu, 10 front Of the Eogish
railway station, were tnrn away and III The sta
ton itself trau ut freight cars WAS wrecked.
Tho surf was tremendously high. Great alarm
exists amongst the people oil Gallao and AZ it
generally happens in cases of this description M
emigration 10 the higher grounds Of EallagiBta
is i'm min ,nt No loss of life is rcport:d There
was severe shock Of earthquake 10 the south
OF Peru 90 the 24th. Considerable damage
was done 10 property. but 40 loss OF life Is re
ported.
A correspondent wri,ag the next day notes
the drowning Of five men, Two OF whom were
With the dock. Hundreds of people witnessed
the drowning, but no assistance could be given.
The sea was very violent in which Ships rolled
fearfully and the decks of the Peruvian man OF
war Hecscar were repeatedly swept by the
waves. The outer line of the mole wall which
is the chief protection OF tho Muelle Dlr5ona
on west dock has suffered severely. The eight
ton blocks of concrete of which the coping was
formed have been Knocked out of place
and strewed here and there as if they had been
mere playthings. The main walls. it is feared,
arc undermined andwill require heavy expense
to repair. The iron bridge connecting the shore
with the dock has stood we'll, but it may 60 at
any moment. All over tho trestle tho heavy
concrete blocks are displaced and broken,
and the tracks torn up and rendered en-
tirely unserviceable. Coal and goods
trucks. which were standing on them,
were overturned and scattered 10 differ
ent directions. A large amount Of goods was
destroyed. Several OF the vessels in the dock
broke their moorings, but were again made
fast before they could get entirely adritt. Al.
most all the old wooden moles have been swept
away. All the forts fronting on the sea have
suffered more or less. The Ayacucho battery
is almost washed away, the sea having broken
into and washed away the greater part OF tho
Glacis. A number of private persons have
suffered considerably but the chief loss will fall
on the Muelle Darsena Company. the second
heaviest being undoubtedly tho English Rail
road Company.
From letter dated Boscas, Del Poro. Feb.
4, 1878 We learn that on Jan 81. at 2 .. m,
an armed band went on board the American
schooner Sunbeam, Capt. Kain at Port Simon,
and took forcble possession. The Capt. was
on shore at the time. but the officer in
charge demonstrated with them and told them
that the U. s. Government would regard their
action as piracy, when they replied that they
did not care what the U. s. Government said
or did. At 2:2O a. m. Feb. 1st, another de-
tachmenJ arrived on board and Immediately
gave orders to proceed to sea, but when inform:
ed that the captain was not on board. an armed
squad was sent to find him, which they did, he
being in the company of the United States
Consul. The guard seized him and compelled
him to 90 on board. When there he was
forced to getunder weigh on peril of being shot.
This he did and proceeded with about forty of
these people on board to Booasdeltoro, whence
tho leaders have arrived at Colon.