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WHOLE TOWN VANISHED
IN CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE
!iaiilai Said TO Have Disappeared
---0ulll0ta Destroyed.
TERRIBLE LOSS IN VALPARAISO
IuiliOta, Town Of 10000, ia Ruins
Bread Lines Formed in Vaipar-
aiSO-Watcr Scarcc-OfficiaI Es
innate Of Dead and 500 IHjvGcd.

VALPARAISO, Chile.-The Garth
quake shocks continue, some of them
being strong. There is now not
single structure in Valparaiso that
has escaped damage. Most of the
residences which remain standing
are SO badly damaged that they are
uninhabitabe. In the banking CEN
tre of the city few business houses
escaped destruction.
The troops are behaving splendid
~. Many locters are shot every day.
The people are still living in the
open. The ships in the harbOr are
rendering great assistance in the
work of relief. Provisions are
scarce and bread lines have been es-
tablishel. The water supply is small.
The officials estimate that there are
800 dead and 500 injured.
The second shock was even heavier
than the first.
Five minutes afterward fires start
cd in every direction, and Immediate
ly the whole town, which had been
momentarily in darkness, was illum-
mated with the splendor Of gigantic
flames. The firemen made a des-
perate fight, though there was. but
little water, as most OF the mains
had been broken by the earth tremor.
the Victoria Theatre (opera house,
and the Naval Club were utterly de.
stroyed by the earthquake, and the
National Theatre succumbed to
earthquake and fire. The Club de
Setiembre, the Church of La Merced,
the buildings Of the French Fathers,
the Navy Department Building, the
City Hall, and many other buildings
The destruction by fire, however, was
infinitely larger, and probably sixty
per cent. OF the commercial houses
were totally ruined. In Brazil ave-
nue. alone nearly thirty blocks Of
buildings from three to five stories
high were destroyed.
The grectest damage from the
earthquake occurred in the Provinces
Of Valparaiso and Aconcagua. The
town Of Abarca suffered severely.
Llailai is reported to have entire
IL disappeared, and Limache and
Hero Viejo have been almost total
ly wrecked. At Vina del Mar three
quarters of the houses are in ruins.
The losses in the country outside
Valparaiso are estimated at $50,000,-
600.
Slight earthquakes are continuing.
The people have not yet returned to
their homes, but are sleeping on the
S. rounding hills and in the streets
md squares. The fires have all been
eXtinguished.
More than 100 men taken in the
act Of committing robberies have
been shot.
Lima, Peru.-There was another
heavy earthquake shock at Valpar-
also.
According to the latest reports re-
ceived here from the scene of the
earthquake, the town OF Quillota
(situated about twenty-stx miles
from Valparaiso and having a pcpu-
latioa of 10000 has been complete
ly destroyed.
Santiago, Chile.-Vaiparaiso is de-
manding that cattle be sent in to
avoid the famine which the people
are menaced.
The population of Santiago was
thrown into a condition Of extreme
alarm in the night as result Of the
circulation of false news that the OBJ
servatory nad announced that sec
ond horrible catastrophe was immi-
nent People wo"ld not sleep in-
doors, aad large numbers spent tic
night on the streets and in squares.