The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Every Block of Buildings
in Chile'S Capital IS
Damaged.
CATHEDRAL UNHURT;
BARRACKS RUINED
Great Hill in Center of the
City COllapSeS and
Partially Dis
appears.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Aug. %
CONSERVATION still reigns in this city.
Business is completely suspended, and
the panic-striCken people are bivouacked
in the principal squares. An official
statement issued placed the dead at
fifty-fve. with hundreds wounded, some
OF whom viii die. Every block of
buildings in the town is more or less
damaged. while many are demolished.
The great cathedral is unscathed- Most
Of the public structures including the
military barracks and the churches are
thOWn down or have their walls ripped
and cracked. Soon after the first shock
the prisoners in the penitentiary mu-
TIMED. and for a time there was grave
danger that they would overcome their
guards and escape. Troops were sent
for. and after a battle In which a mum
Der Of convicts were hurt. the mutiny
was suppressed.
Precipitous Hill Disappears.
The Cerro santa Lucia. q PERCEPTIONS
hill almost in the very center of the
city collapsed, and has partially disap-
peared. Yawning assures mark and
seam It from side 10 side. All the
theaters are wrecked as are most Of
the schools. People are forbidden 10 en-
ter many Of the structures. which
threaten 10 topple over with every gust
of wind. The fires have All been eXtin-
guished The loss viii aggregate more
than 5000 600 here AT Valparaiso Il
will run nifty times that sum.
American astronomers az the observa-
tory of the Cerro Of san Cristobal say
the earthquake was due to a rising OF
the western Andes. Today there were
new tremblinEs. but of less violence.
The director Of the observatory, Mr.
Obrecht. says no more tremblngs are
probable.
Ouiuota and Limaehe we're partly de
s,roved 800 not a house remained in
Casa Blanca.
Plunged Into Terrifying Darkness.
Senior Gree. one of the refugees from
Valparaiso. relates that the first shock
in Valparaiso was very prolonged and
threw the entire city into fndescTibable
panic People crow ed the streets and
the squares, crying and lamentinE.
The FIRST shock also threw down a
number Of buildings. The second shock
was more severe and resulted I'm the
crumbling of most of the buildings in
the Almendral quarter.
Immediately after the second shock
the entire city was plunged into terri
Tying darkness. This, however, did not
last long. for the scene Of destruction
was soon lighted UP bT the fires which
broke out in this quarter, The light
from the flames. Senior Grez continues.
came as a welcome relief 10 the dark
ness.
The people were in an extreme state
OF terror. many believing that the end
OF the world had come.
Madame Mont. wife of Admiral Pedro
Mont who was reported killed, is alive
but her Injuries are serious.
Mass Celebrated in Streets.
One Of the Valparaiso refugees de-
cIares that Santiago has suffered moth
ing in comnarisou with the other towns
he traversed on his way.
After the panic had subsidized here
mas was celebrated in the open air.
fl being impossible 10 use the churches.
A merchant has received a telegram
saving that the town 0f africa has been
destroyed. Previous reports that build
In at Tllca had fallen have been con
nrmed The city han and the prison
are in ruins
The sea at Valparaiso remained calm
during the CatastrOpe