Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30


report of the fearful destruction and
ln~calculablc loss OF life at Valparaiso.
At Coliua. Eatueo. Polipico and Tilti;.
RAILROAD stations. stores and dwellings,
have all been i"estr.Nn3 rho president
Of chile has ordered the Immediate
,onstr'letion Of provisional buildings of
"'3"' 'ii ~iie. IN "fd'i 10 house tho
Ni'l'"lN thSlh''is are now
''"iS VIC l%ltfNai ana telegraph
ESCAPED convict Commit Crime.
l.arat parties o. eonNieis who es-
gtr.d irnil tAr PRISONS in chile have
lt f committing ~robheries ANA other
Hnlts. huf tl. naiority Of mem have
, % captured and sunmariN dealt
fNita. IrWar4S nf nftx haN. hn.n puh-
iiciA siol.
The r.tsort.ue ar.iNal of the Chilea.,
f.at raa.l St- fn,9 MN N~alnar.isn
..hnr IL MA nm. SECRETARY Of Slatr
Root. helnai IL, srN, mo sifnafinn FOL-
ilnWin. vie. .lstAnn4las
Thc soldiers s1oi n unmher of Ia
9rua,s c.0unt rfnug ths de,d and rob
fiHs huilluss 4ra treir Nnai.s v4rr sus-
ipenOod from tebthone noles nm me
Ir,NGin. -rnn, f..l,rn. var,in, Il,
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heein. To i. |ciafei ,rho greatest
llalt or th. nsa44,r r.n4.s l,.,. No mn
sam I'm r-.hn.ts., .., 49,. ,,thnr;
tics have n,anui..I ~ sn,,i.1 COINS IA
uull dow. tntr,riu4, huiiIn.ys
In most of he sii.ats if * NOT safe
10 walk ON The pavement owing 10
failing debris. .santia~o resembles a
calnp. I'm. public soulrcs and nrin-
cinai venue az. rova,d with p,o-
4 r
carriages ana ears have been %rouuiSi-
toned tp sleep in. The might of August
Is WAS rendered dr.adful by flashing
lightning and pourin. rain. the clcc-
tric cable wires snappins MS the result
of the constant. strong earth shocks
which occurred an thai NIGHT. causing
he creates, c~oastcmation. which Was
hcisht"ned ly the pcaling of the fire
bells announcing tho breaking out of
ilres IN NailouS quarters of the city.
People in Terror.
Each earth shock WAS followed Inv
walls and PRAYERS from the p,onl, who
were kn..linr i'm the rain and p,,,d
Tho FIRST crest shock nstnd fnu, min
utes and tirty seconds Surh a long
shock had never occurred before I'm the
memory of any inhabitants of Santiago
II c,usad thn hniis ~ ,h. ch,,,chns ia
ring. pict--es swung from the wallis,
ana ther,. w,s +, rre,t hnnyiny n~otin,
of the ground. Exper,s saw the only
Thing which saved santiago from COM
plete ruin was tina, the motion was cir
cular. The principal shock was from
Valparaiso to Santiago and Merlpiilla,
WIN us ',eHlsr ~ lafnache. ne last
IVY" W'H'ioi'ed towns were destroyed
IS aiSo Wef" Culllota ana l-laillal.
Earthquake Was Predicted.
\ statement that the approach of the
%rthluak vas announced by the ma
VAL observatory at VALPARAISO two days
previous to lis occurrence Is CON
iirmod. IN news WAS published i'm
the chilean Press ON August Is. the
day before the earthquake oocurred.
Santiago is still practically isolated
tolcgraphically from all other parts of
chile. but an im%provised line to Los
Andes. connoctinc with I,uropean en-
lics. is working. No really DEFINITE
news has been received here from VAL
paiaiso except the governors official
report to the president.
The governor informed the president
he had caused the construction OF
sheds on Brain avenue in order to
shelter the homeless families. He esti-
mated the quantity of provisions ON
i.t .A., ~. 49,, 4. -.