Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-23
IS ALMOST
DESTROYED
MESSAGES FROM VALPARAISO
SAY THAT FIRES ARE STILL
RAGING THERE
SUFFER MORE SHOCKS
Looters Are Slain BY score-Troops
Who Rule Over Ruins Shooting
Down the Thieves-lnhabitants Re-
main Terrified at Shocks.

Down the Thieves-lnhabItants Re
main Terrified at Shocks.
New York, Aug. ga cable mes
sage received from Valparaiso by way
of Lima, Peru, by W. R. Grace & Co.,
Today read as follows: "City is al
most annihilated and fires are still
ravaging."
Shocks Continue.
London, Aug. PA Valparaiso ca
blegram filed last last night says that
slight shocks continue and that furth-
or large fires have occurred there.
Report From Hicks.
Washington, Aug 22.-The state de-
partment received the following today
from American Minister Hicks, dated
Santiago, Chile, Aug 21: Anxiety
over the earthquake decreases al
though mild shocks still continue. Fin
ancial and business conditions are ser
ious. The destruction Of Valparaiso
produces a fear of panic. Subscrip-
tions are being raised for relief suf-
ferers''
Quake at Berlin.
shock was felt here today at Zarborze,
Upper Silesia. The walls Of number
of houses were cracked.
Every Structure Damaged.
Valparaiso, Aug. 22.-Earthquake
shocks, some of them severe, continue.
Not single structure in Valparaiso
has escaped damage. Most of the resi-
dences which remain standing are so
badly damaged they are uninhabitable.
The city practically is annihilated.
It is impossible to estimate the dam
age to property. In the banking CEN
ter Of the city few business houses es-
caped destruction.
The number Of deaths is now placed
at fully 1900, though official figures
are unobtainable.
Martial law prevails, the troops be-
having splendidly. The people have
not yet returned to their homes, but
are sleeping on the surrounding hills
and in the streets and squares. The
fires have all been extinguished.
One Hundred Looters Are Shot Down.
More than 100 men taken in the act
of committing robberies have been
shot.
The authorities Of Valparaiso have
taken over the feeding of the people
and provisions are being brought in
from places that were not destroyed.
The greatest damage occurred in the
provinces Of Valparaiso and Aconca-
qua. The town of Abarca suffered Sc.
verely. Llai Llai is reported to have
entirely disappeared, and Limache and
Hero Viejo have been almost totally
Az Io1 Mo- !,
ters of the houses are in ruins.
Blow Affects Entire Country.
The interior towns of Limache, Quill.
lotta, and Llaillai have also been al.
most reduced to ruins by earthquakes
and fires. Immense damage was done
at Talca, Curico, and numberless 9th.
er villages.
Fresh Panic at Santiago.
Santiago, Chile, Aug 22.-The popu.
lation of Santiago was thrown into a
condition of extreme alarm last night
as a result of the circulation of false
news that the observatory had an
nounced a second horrible catastrophe
to be imminent. People would not
sleep indoors, and large numbers
spent the night on the streets and in
the squares.
The alarm originated from some per
sons declaring they had seen the black
flag, the sign of danger, flying from the
observatory, which Is situated on San
Cristobal hill. The shrieking of steam
sirens announcing danger also added
to the alarm and the police, instead OF
calming the people, lost their heads
and added to the terror. President
Riesco wrote a letter to the director OF
the observatory asking for an expla
nation. The director answered that
the whole thing was a misapprehen
sion
Valparaiso is demanding that cattle
be sent in to avoid the famine with
which the people are menaced.
A dispatch received here from
Limache says that 100 bodies there
remained unburied, and that the au
thorities up to the present time have
only been able to bury 200. The vii
lagos of San Francisco and Limache
have been totally destroyed including
the hospitals, churches, and all the
public buildings
Get News From Ruined City.
The task of the authorities in the
present situation became easier yester
day on account Of the fact that tele
graph and telephone communication
was reestablished between Valparaiso
and Santiago, enabling the governor
Of Valparaiso to consult at length with
the authorities here. Nothing definite
appears to be known regarding the
number of people who lost their lives
as a result of the earthquake and fires
at Valparaiso. The authorities there
only mention having taken sixtj
bodies from the ruins, though they
add that the number of injured is ver5
great.