Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-20
REPORTS AT LONDON.
Valparaiso Damage Not as Great as
First Reported.

hEFOhxS IA A0NOSNs
VALPARAISO Damage Not as Great as
First Reported.
LONDON. August 2O.-The Chilean lega-
ton today received a cablegram message
| from Santiago, dated yesterday, reading
as follows:
ION the evening Of August 16 severe
earthquake was felt between Valparaiso
and Talca. The loss of life was not very
great The damage to property was con-
siderable at Valparaiso, but was less at
Santiago. Public order has been entirely
maintained. The authorities and private
persons are succoring the distressed peo-
pie. The foreign legations are lending aid.
The north has been wholly unanected by
the earthquake"
Private cable messages received by mem
bers of the Chilean legation tend to show
that Valparaiso did not suffer as much as
was at first supposed. The heaviest dam
age was confined to the eastern section of
the town, which included the poorer resi-
Dental district. The port and shipping at
Valparaiso apparently escaped damage.
A Liverpool firm today received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Santiago:
II do not think there has been any loss
of life or personal injuries among the Eng
| lish residents of Valparaiso. The police ar
rangements there are thoroughly efficient
Arrangements are in fair progress to sup
ply food to the needy. The fires and shocks
are apparently over"
Every Building Damaged.
LONDON. August 2O.-The Tarapaca and
Argentina Bank has received the following
cable dispatch from Valparaiso:
Every building here is damaged and
many of the principal business premises are
completely wrecked or burned. There have
been many casualties All the trains have
stopped running. The railroad line has
been destroyed in places. Martial law has
being done owing to the continuous small
shakes since the two severe shocks of
Thursday. We cannot get workmen to
clear away the debris from the premises
We could start business Monday, but
we are unable to find the other bank man.
ayers. Thousands are living in tents in
the squares and parks
American Girl Safe.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. August 20.-A cablegram
yesterday announced that Miss Agnes Ew
ing Brown of this city was safe at Santi
ago, Chile, where she passed through the
earthquake. Miss Brown went to Santiago
in May as a director of the normal schools
there, under the supervision of the Chilean
government Miss Brown was graduated
from the University of Michigan and holds
degrees from st. Mary's Academy of Notre
Dame, Indiana, and from the University of
south DdkOtd.
Connecticut Fire Companies Out of It.
Is HARTFORD, Conn.,, August 20.-Fire in
surance companies having their home Of
fees in this state are not losers by the
earthquakes in Chile, as none has written
risks there. The officials of the Connecti-
cut companies say that most of the British
companies carrying risks in South America
have clauses in their policies limiting liza
bilty of loss by earthquakes, total eXemp-
tion being the rule.
Electric Plant Escaped.
BERLIN, August 2O.-The German Over
sea Electrical Company today received a
cable message from the Chilean Electric
Street Railroad and Light Company at San
tiago announcing that Its power station
and other equipments had not been dam
aged, that the lighting Of the city had not
been interrupted, that the street cars reg
sumed running yesterday and that not any
of the company's employees were injured
by the earthquake.
The Center of the Disturbance.
NEW YORK, August 2O.-W. R. Grace
& Co. of this city today received a mes
sage from their agents in Valparaiso saying
that the center of the earthquake disturb
ance was in Valparaiso and the Aconcagua
valley and that business in Valparaiso has
been suspended for two weeks.
English Firms Escaped.
LONDON, August Private cable dispatches
continue to tell of destruction at VAL
paraiso, although the English firms appear
fortunately to have escaped having their
premises destroyed. The agent Of the
Rose-Innes Company reports that only the
walls of the building are cracked, while
the Hotel Ingle, opposite, is ruined. The
Transandean Railway Company is without
news of the fate of their lines, which ira
Nitrate Region Escaped.
BERLIN, August 2O-The Chilean consul
has cable dispatch from Iquique announc-
ing that the nitrate region has not been
affected by the earthquake, and that the
production of nitrate Is proceeding uninter-
ruptedly
Half Of City Destroyed.
PARIS, August 20.-A brief dispatch from
the French consul at Valparaiso. received at
the foreign Office this morning, says that
half that city was destroyed by the earth
quake and fires.
The post office here today announced that
teegraphic communication with Valpa-
raiso was open by way of the north.
The Church Missions. 4
NEW YORK, August 2O.--The general
board Of the Methodist Missionary Society
report that II mas large mission in San
tiago and smaller missions in Valpa-
raiso, lquique and Conception, but feel con-
ident that no serious damage has resulted
to these missions.
Two Towns Escaped.
LONDON. August 2O-The .Antafaeasta-
Bolivia Railway Company today received a
cable dispatch, saying that no damage
whatever had been done at Antofagasta or
Mejillones or to the railway, although a
shock at Mejilones lasted three minutes.
! GUATEMALAN MATTER SIFTED.
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