The New York herald., 1878-02-26
THE EARTHQUAKE IN PERU.

FuIrHER DETAILS OF THE DESTRUCTION BY
h THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE ON THE SOUTH
AMERICAN coAsr-Loss OF LIPE-ExTENr OF
FELT-IN THE INTERIOR.
From the Callao South Pacific Times an go and 81
The Inhabitants Of this port greatly startled
Oh Sunday morning, the 27th inst, by the alarming
rumor that the sea had risen in the night and mum
dated great part OF the town Although not quite
bad as stated the rumor dsvold OF truth, for
fearfully heavy surf, which began TO roll In about
half.past three A. NJ had made sad havoc before
daylight The wall built In front OF that side Of the
English Railway station facing the
petely destroyed This wall had been previously
damaged by the inroads of the sea, and Is n
tended 10 reparit the weather would per-
mt tor which purpose stones and tools Of various
descriptions had been deposited the eghborhood,
all Of which were swept away; and though portion
OF the wall SSH remains upright. there every
probability Of its speedily suffering the same fate.
HAVOC CAUSED wArsR.
The English Railway station comp etsly inun-
dated and ali traffic between Calao and Santa Rosa
suspended. Many OF the company's wagons we're up
by the torce Of the breakers which broke still
continue 10 break along the whole exleut oil beacn
from beyond the slaughter house TO the Punta. Tho
arsenal IL also inundated, the water reaching TO
the Plaza del Muee and causing incaiculabis Amage.
fering considerably And the general alarm among tho
Inhabitants is indescrbabe. The Oldest Inhabitants
Of Coa0 state that they have never thing to
compare with the scenes OF sunday and yesterday.
The sea is covered with floating debris; al every
moment immense waves OF thrty ana iorty ieet hign
break over INC mole aud along the whole coast line,
spreading havoc aud destruction
DESTRUCTION OF wHARvEs.
The water exends as tar MS the unclaimed ground,
and has begun 10 inundate the rransaudiue railway
SUFFERED by the ues Dar.sn Most Of tho a WOODEN
structures inside the mole, built for the the
poses have been swept away or brokeu up. Tue walls
OF the dock ~ The south west have been severely
damaged many Of tho huge blocks and copines nav.
ing been dislodged aud carried pwuy. mo de-
post built Tor The Engish company at the extremity
OF the west wall has been destroyed by tho iorcs OF
The waves, aud all the coal deposited there, amount
Ing, we believe TO Two usand tons has sappeared
The waves break on the dock walls a. every instant
and we believe tho merchandise deposited there has
bsen com pletey ruined. Yesterday the wheat mole,
the Chuc'n'o mole, .he properly Of .ns naeil. DAr.
scna and Others were partially destroyed ana their
tnbsrs are uow floating about the bay.
AEIGGs MOLE.
In the opposite direction--ihat h. toward the
isughter housethe destruction OF properly 10 i'm
mense. The mole known Meggs' Mole Is do
stroyed The various timber yards, coal deposits and
bathing establish ments have been greatly damage cd.
Tue water has entered the slaughter house, notwth-
standing The formidable breaEwatsr constructed In
Ths vessels in the Darsena have, far suffered
any damage OF importance, although their posnion 10
critical Ioere have been no casualties among the
the Shipping IN the bay.
rhs railroad OF the Muella Darsens, run ming from
the dock 70 o.; onncu.o c ia. been eSmps.ey under,
engaged IN removing all the portable machinery
from IT,
LOSS LIFE.
Four persons were yesterday morning swept OF th Q
walls OF The dock close 10 the landing place Tor
ol.wars boats. Two were drowned ana two sayei
TWO workmen were carried OF tho dock wall by q
heavy wave and lost.
Three men were carried on TO the sand bank kpo
as the Whale's Back.
A Ohinamau gathering mussels on the Island OF San
Lorenzo was swept away by nigh wave and per-
ished.
OUTSIDE THE BAY
A. one O'Clock In the day ther0 was broken water
with surf thirty eet high extencing from the po t
across the oay to Inc Island OF San Lorenzo. ger
Majesty's steamship Osprey LETT her anchorage OF
m, 20 & i've SooSx yes'eraay morning. anS
around the island OF San Lorenzo fully six teet. This
extraordinary agitation OF the is w some attrib
utcd 10 y serious earthquake In the South; others
think 1t due ~ lunar inhuences but these ara
conjectufes, having NO truthful foundation. The
movement appears 10 10 entirely from the north, Tor
The Mar Bravo Is comparatively quiet Many OF the
Inhabitants OF Csao have taken refuge Luna, lear
repetition OF the recent caIaciys IN tue south
although tuers Is apparently Nc nned Tor any such
apprehension II is " present utterly Impossible to
wriIe tue surf still continues It's work VI
since Monday, Tue 2sth inst tue sea has become
comparatively cain again. although IL continued 70
worry rough tnrous sh0ut the day Tuesday. Work
has been Resumed IN the buy aud the docks, and
workmen are now busty engaged In clearing away the
debris oDstructng the Mueie Darsena. The damage
tue utlsr place considerable sho uld lear
10 venture estimate OF u, but tori aley, there
the walls, otherwise the consequences would have
been stili mere DISASTROUS The obstruction of prop
erIy along mo whole coast from the Slaughter
house 70 the Punta has been very serious.
LATER ADvicEs
The following cablsgram was received ut the Lima
Cable Agency on The 2sth inst:--
IQuIQuE, Jan. 29 1873.
In lQuQue. nothing now up 70 Inis moment Tho
sea co"siuues very rough In Pisagus Is also very
rougn.
Tho condenser has been broken to pieces the rail.
way mole is almost totally destroyed; The Office Is
gradually giving away: the entire station inundated
Rad iu oil stones and debris. Traffic ID suspe uded
Tue water extends beyond ihs rails III the direction OF
Inc hills considerable quantity Of coal salt
petre lost.
Our correspondent in IquQue sends the following
description Of the earthQuak VIII ch occurred that
port on Inc evening OF Tue 25d INST -
A terrific shock VI earthquake was felt hare last
night (23d inst) Ut about i've minutes 10 eisht Tue
uLduiation Oeiuy from north TO south, and accom-
panied by peculiar subterraneous sound. Fortu.
nately, there have been no accidents Although the
shock severe enough 10 throw the whole town
into state Oi constsrnaIion and alarm, Il was not
comparable with that oi The 9.n OF May, either
tensity or duration.
NOW 1T BEGAN
II began with . slow movement gradually increas.
ing until II assumed vertical form, ~ u checked by
opposing CURRENTS; II then decln IN force the
same manner IN wncn II began. IL lasted most
one minute anu thirty seconds The shocks have
continued follow each other at very snort inter-
walls up 10 the time write. Since the nrst
I'll six O'Clock TINS morning We nave counted more
than iorty. From one O'clock IN the morning
t!ii sunrise the movements been SO conlin-
uous much stronger than those felt mmedi iateIy
after the earthquake The sea has rsmai ned per-
iectly quiet. The low tide which followed the EARN.
quake inspired little apprehension the iull tide
but luckily ou Iears have DOT been reslizcd upd tnis
terrible auxiliary, which more than once nas como
upon Us 10 increase the horrors vi earthq uake,
appeared on this occasion, II anything calmer than
usual
The prisoners Of the Carcel madc an attempt to
escape, but were prevented by the police.
There have beeu some andsiILes on the railroads,
The lines are beng cleared AZ rapidly possible aud
IL Is thought traffic Will remain long
PROM THE
The following news from the Interior has come by
telegraph
La Noria-rhe earthquake has very severe Bevc.
raj houses we're shaken down, and n 10
was crushed to death by the rains
Pazo dc AlinOnte-fhe earthquake has been severe.
There accidents.
saltpetre orks OF the North-Earthauake very strong
Lasted minutes No accidents
Pisagu"-Eaun very severe; a. eight
sea agitsteu. lnh abitants greatly alarmed Earth
quake lasted two minutes.
Psbelon We know nothing yet.
FRANCES B HE,,EMAN'S WILL