The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-08-23
Chile is SHAKEN UP
Severe Earthquake Visits the
Country South of Us
DAMAGE is HARD TO ESTIMATE
Gable Communications Is Cut Off
North American Continent Shaken,
Seismograph at Washington Show
cd Swaying Of the Earth Of q
Quarter Of an Inch.

Washington, Special-The North
American continent was shaken all
night by an earthquake which is re-
, ported to have wrought destruction
On the west coast of South America.
The selsmeograph at the weather bu-
reau here gives a clear record of the
earth's tremors. The instrument
shows that at $50 o'clcock the earth
swayed a quarter of an inch. The
quake began at 7 20 and continued
for four hours.
Reports from VALPARAISO, Chile,
say the earthquake there did great
damage, and it is believed that hun
dreds of the city;s inhabitants are
buried beneath the ruins of the razed
buildings.
The Associated Press correspon-
| dent at Buenos Ayres cables that it
is feared the town of Los Andes, in
] the province of Aconcague, has been
destroyed. At the same time he
points out that Buenos Ayres has no
direct communication with the dis
turbed district.
No official information has reached
| Washington from Chile, and while
positive information is lacking, New
York officials of cable companies hav-
Ing connection in South America ex-
press the opinion that the first reports
Of the earthquake were exaggerated.
A Hamburg firm is alleged to have
received dispatch stating that mum.
erous districts in Chile had been par
TALLY destroyed, that VALPARAISO had
been practically demolished, that
many ships had been lost, and that
over a hundred persons had been
killed and many hundred injured
This dispatch however, is not well
authenticated.
Valparaiso is a fortified seaport OF
Chile and the most important com.
mercial town Of the western coast OF
South America. 1t has a population
Of about 10000. 1t is the capital
of the province Of the same name
and is situated on large bay in the
west of Santiago, rs miles west-north.
west of Santiago, with which it is
connected by rail.
The Bay of Valparaiso, which j.
we'll sheltered on three sides, il
bounded by ranges of hills rising from
1000 to LOO feet high, on the slopes
of which a considerable portion Of
the city of Valparaiso is built. Or
the south side of the bay are the
spacious suburbs Of Nuevo Malecor
and Gran Avenida, from which pass
out one Of the finest thoroughfare:
of Valparaiso, the Avenida de la:
Delicias. The lower central section
Of the city is constituted by the AL
mendral, having regular and attrac
tive streets and containing the prin
cipal business houses, the park, tn
Plaza Victoria and the Nationa
Theatre.
Many Killed Elsewhere in Chile.
Buenos Ayres, By Cable-The news
papers publish kilograms from Men
doza (which is an entry port for tn
trade between Buenos Ayres ant
Chile, with which it communicated
by the mountain passes of Upspalla
ia and Portillo) to the effect tha
many houses in the Los Andes dis
trict were destroyed by the earth
quake and that there has been larg
number Of casualties. The interrup
ton of all means of communication
with Chile causes communication wit
Chile causes much anxiety. Man,
rumors Of disaster are afloat.