Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-18
City Said to be Burning
and Hundreds of
Lives Lost.
OTHER PLACES SUFFER
Generalization of Telegraph
Lines Retards Efforts to
Get News.

Santiago de Chile, Aug. t6.-(Delay-
ed in Transmission.) "A fearful earth
quake visited this city. Awful conster-
nation prevails here.
SHOCKS CONTINUE.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 18.-Seismic dis
turbances on the Chilean side of the
Andes continue. A telegram from the
chief official of the telegraph company
at Tacna states Valparaiso is in flames
and the earthquake continues.
BUILDINGS FALL in STREETS.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 1s.-Heavy earth
quake shocks occurred at Valparaiso
at intervals during Thursday night and
damaged a number of buildings, some
of them falling into the streets and
rendering traffic dangerous.
Troops were called out and SHOT all
piIlagers. Many persons were killed
by falling walls.
The survivors are camped' on the
hills and open spaces. A number
of people also sought refuge on board
vessels in the harbor of Valparaiso.
NEARBY TOWNS DESTROYED.
Vina Delmar, three miles from Val |
paraiso, with a population of 10000; |
OuiIpque, province of Valparaiso, pop |
ulation of 1900; Limache. 25 miles |
from Valparaiso, population of 1000, |
are reported TO be in ruins.
Wire Service DenoraIized.
New York. Aug. lS-The South |
American Telegraph company reports
the situation in Valparaiso similar to |
that which occurred in San Francisco |
Their manager reports all places of |
business have been closad and the de- |
livery and operating staf much demor- :
allied. No messengers have reported |
for duty. Many people left the city.
Shake ContinuinGs
New York, Aug. 1S.-Wessell. DuvaI !
& Co, which does a large business in
South America. has just received the
following from Valparaiso:
THE town is nearly destroyed. Par
ticulars later when the shakes cease"
The dispatch was timed 1855 a. NJ,
but it is not known whether it was filed
yesterday morning or this morning.
Half City Destroyed.
Berlin, Aug. 1S.-According to a tele
gram received by a bank here from
half the city. from the AL
to Gale Bellavista. containing
private and business houses and ware
houses, has been destroyed.
Damages ships In HarbOr.
New York, Aug. 1S.-The Kosmos
company today received =
dispatch from Valparaiso announcing
three of it's steamers lying in the har-
bor of Valparaiso were damaged.
Business Resumed.
London. Aug. 1S.-A private cable
gram this afternoon from Valparaiso
says fire continues in the business
quarter but is declining, and that bus
mess is being resumed.
Gable Working.
Galveston, Tex, Aug. 1S.-Managers
Of the cable company reports the cable
to Valparaiso this morning,
but there is no communication via the
land lines to Santiago, De Chile or
Buenos Ayres.
One City Not Harmed.
Bremen, Aug. 1S.-.A private tele-
gram received here from aquique, Chile,
states the city was unharmed by the
Tidal Wave i'm Sandwich Islands.
Honolulu. Aug. 1S.-Wireless reports
from the Islands of Hawaii, Maui. and
Hito, report tidal wave, the general
height of which was fiSe feet In the
enclosed bay at Maalasa Island of
Maui, it carried away the wharf and
The phenomenon was
by an unprecedently heavy
surf.
Details StiH Few.
New York, Aug. 1S.-Except for a
few private messages regarding the
in Chile and damage in
little direct news has been
received. Early reports from different
points stated the earthquake resulted
in great loss of life and damage to
Confirmation. however, is
generally lacking. The Associated
Press correspondents at Buenos Ayres