The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-19
SANTIAGO LAID WASTE.
Many Other Towns and Cities Also Suf-
fer Heavily.

is officially announced that part Of the
city of Valparaiso has been destroyed
by earthquake and that several build
ings are on fire.
Quillota, Province of Valparaiso,
twenty-six miles from the city of Val
paraiso, and other towns have been de.
stroyed.
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 in jured. A few fires broke
guished by heavy showers after the
earthquake.
Practically half of the population
passed. the night in the squares or ave-
nues of the city.
The seismograph was rendered useless
by the violence of the shocks.
A dispatch received from La Paz
says that reports received there show
that earthquake shocks continue at Val
paraiso, where panic prevails.
Fire Is Spreading Rapidly.
The, fire originated in the plaza de
Orden and is spreading rapidly to the
northern portion of the city
The dispatch adds that it is officially
confirmed from La Serena, Chile, that
much damage was done at Valparaiso,
and that many persons were killed or
injured.
A storm is reported in the bay of Val
paraiso.
The disturbances were felt even in
Tacna, tho northermost province of
Chile.
Loud subterranenn rumblings were
heard at La Serena.
The villages of nlapel, 13o miles
northwest OF Santiago, and Vallenar,
about 800 miles north of the capital
each having population of about 5000,
were destroyed.
Tho earthquake shocks severely felt
throughout the region of Valparaiso,
Chile, Thursday night were followed
Friday by series of earth tremors that !
continued at intervals throughout the
day. The first intelligence to this eff
in the Associated Press dispatch from
Galveston, Tex, where the cable OPP
orator had been in recent communica-
tion with the cable operator at Val |
paraiso. The latter added that pumer- !
GUS buildings had been destroyed and |
expressed the belief that many fatali- |
ties had occurred, although anything
like a definite estimate of the dead was
The second series of quakes was re.
corded by the seismograph in the Gov
ernment observatory at Baldwin, Kan,
a pronounced shock being timed at 1927 !
o clock Friday morning.
The latest report OF loss Of life and |
is consistent with advices re-
ceived by cable companies and business
houses here.
Other Sources Of News.
Seth R. Abrams, manager or the West
Coast division of the South American
trade of the American Trading COM
oany, said that his firm had been ad-
rised thet severe earthquake had
wrought destruction in Valparaiso, and
hat parts of the city were in flames.
Manager Robertson of the Central
md South American Telegraph COM
oany said that he was not in position
TO give out the reports that his com
oany has received from their agents at
y alparalso and other points along the
Jhilian coast.
81 can tell you that there has been
fearful earthquake" he said, "and
parts of the city are on fire What re-
'orts have. been received up TO date
Ire in the form of messages to private
Individuals IN this city, and we are
lot permitted to give these to the pub
lc. Our operators there are so busy
md the confusion is so great that we
'annot expect them to make a full re-
,ort upon conditions there for some
ime to come. Communication was re.
stored by our operators in Chile yes
.erday, and now our wire is WORKING
perfectly. Beyond Valparaiso, however,
md through the inland districts, there
8 not wire up. No word has yet been
:eption OF Iquique. We cannot tell
what the extent of the earthquake is.
lor at what time we will be able to re,
tore communication with the in
erior"
ALI Business Suspended.
Early today. the company received
his message from it's representatives
Il Valparaiso.
"People demoralized; all business
houses closed: No prospect of an early
.estoration Of the lines to Santiago or
3uenos Ayres.'
The company's office, which is al
asst night. Its night business Came
trough the Western Union 's Broad
street oface as usual. Manager Keen of
he Western Union Office said early in
he evening that nothing In the way of
ietails Of the earthquake had come
through to any one. Many private
messages we're received bearing the
Jingle word Hsafe,' but nothing that
vould give line on the extent Of the
disaster.
Early today FIRE underwriters here
lad no good information as to whether
here were any. large FIRE losses at Val.
,aralso. The insurance at Valparaiso |
s in local and foreign insurance com
''antes. None Of it is written by the
American companies, and there is no
means of knowing here how heavily
involved in losses any of the companies
ire.
1t is, Of course, thought possible that
ONE OF the foreign companies that have
lad losses at San Francisco may also
AVE large commitments at Valparaiso.
,.ut this IS, Of course, merely supposi,
ION.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
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