Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-08-24

wailing and praying in the streets,
while the fire bells throughout the
city were ringing out alarms.
The earthquake lasted three and a
half minutes. All telegraph and tele-
phone lines were interrupted for some
time and as yet there is no news re-
garding the extent of the damage done
in the province. In Santiago several
persons were killed or injured.
A few fires broke out, but these
were promptly extinguished by heavy
showers after the earthquake.
Practically half the population rests
in the squares of the city. The seis-
mograph was rendered useless by the
violence of the shocks.
A Modern City.
Valparaiso which has recently been
destroyed by earthquakes. for long
time was only a small village, exposed
to the attacks of Corsairs. In 1878,
when it had a population of but $50
souls, it was rillaged by Drake, and
again in 1894 by Sir Richard Haw-
lkins.
Valparaiso is a fortified seaport of
Chile, and the most important COM
mercial town of the west coast OF
South America.
1t has population of about 15O,-
600.
1t is the capital of the province Of
that name and is situated on a large
bay in the Pacific ocean, rs miles west
of Santiago, with which it is connected
by rail.
The bay of Valparaiso, which is we'll
sheltered on three sides, is bounded
by ranges of hills rising to from 1000
to 1900 feet high. on the slopes of
which a considerable portion of the
city of Valparaiso is built.
On the south side of the bay are the
spacious suburbs of Neuvo, Maelcon
and Gran Avenida from which pass
out on the finest thoroughfares of the
city the Avenida de las Delicias. The
; lower central section of the city is con-
stituted by tho Almendral having
regular and attractive streets and
, containing the principal business
houses, the Plaza Victoria and the Ma
tional theater.
To the northwest of this section, in
the quarter of the city known as the
Puerto, in which are situated the
greater number of public buildings
and the vast warehouses which line
the quays and docks. In this portion
Of the city, however, narrow and
4 crooked streets are still a feature, but
the newer sections of the city have
an attractive modern appearance, the
buildings being massively built.
The city has various academic and
collegiate institutions, a naval school
> school for marines, museum Of natura
history, photographic bureau, etc. ant
l. its industrial establishments comprise
3 foundries. railroad and machine shops
e sugar refineries, large bottling works
d and factories of all kinds. Elevators
5 connect the lower parts of the cit,
with the villa section on the heights
u The port of Valparaiso is the terminus
L of many important lines of steamer
for Europe via the straits of magellan
e and Panama, and is the center of Tn
e South American coasting service.
Us contains a numerous foreign colony
E. composed chiefly of British, German
"a and French merchants. There is
n custom house wharf alongside o
e. which steamers of any tonnage ca
lie moor, but most of the loading is don
er by lighters from a quay surrounding
rs the town. The harbor is defended b.
r modern, we'll mounted batteries. Sc
ic we're storms and a tidal wave at Va
paraiso June 30, 1899, wrecked the raj
I'd road and did great damage to tn
rs city.