The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-22

= another heavy earthquake shock \
at Valparaiso last night.
According TO the latest reports 4
received here from the scene of =
the earthquake, the town Of Quill y
= lota, situated about twenty-six y
= miles from Valparaiso and having
a population of some 10000 people, y
has been completely destroyed.
At Lima this morning there was
= slight shock and Huacho was =
~ shaken by an earthquake yester- y
4 day =
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Santiago. Chile. Aug. 2O.-Ouly now
can the seriousness of the catastrphe
begin to be appreciated. The greater
part OF the modern houses are unsafe
for habitation and the authorities have
organized a special corps to pull down
the tottering buildings. In most of the
streets IL is not safe to walk on the
pavement owing to falling debris
Santiago resembles a camp. The pub
lie squares and the principal avenues
are crowded with people sleeping i'm the
open. All kinds of carriages and cabs
have been requisitioned to sleep in, or
even under them.
Walls and Prayers.
The night of Aug. 16 was rendered
dreadful by flashing lightning and
pouring rain, the electric cables and
wires swapping as the result OF the
constant, strong earth shocks which
occurred all that night, causing the
greatest CONSERVATION. which was
heightened by the pealing OF the fire
bells announcing the breaking out of
fires in various quarters of the city
Each earth shock was followed by
walls and prayers from the people who
were kneeling i'm the rain and mud
The first great shock lasted four min
utes and fifty seconds. Such a long
shock had never occurred before i'm the
memory Of any inha bitant Of Santi-
ago. 1t caused the bells of the church
es TO ring, pictures swung out from
the walls and there was a great heav-
ing motion Of the ground. Experts say
that the only thing that saved San
tiago from complete ruin wos that the
motion was circular The principal
shock was from Valparaiso to Santf- I
ago and Meriphla. with its center at
Ltmache. The last two mentioned
towns were destroyed. as also were
Quillota and Llaillai.
Earthquake Predicted.
The statement that the approach of
the earthquake was announced by the !
naval observatory at Valparaiso two
days previous TO its occurrence is con-
firmed. The news was published i'm the |
Chilean press on Wednesday, Aug. 10. |
the day before the earthquake occur
red.
Santiago is still practically isolated
Geographically from all other parts of
Chile but an improvised line to Los
Andes connecting with the European
cables is working.
No really definite news has been re- |
ceived here from Valparaiso except the !
governors official report to the presi- |
dent. outlining the situation and add |
ing that he earnestly requests rein |
forcements of troops, which today were |
sent to him by forced marches
The governor informed the president |
that he had caused the construction of |
sheds on Brazil avenue in order to shell |
ter the homeless families. He estimat- |
ed that the quantity of provisions on |
the way TO Valparaiso and the stock |
on hand there would be sufficient to
last a month. The water supply. how |
ever. is very short, owing to the des- |
truCtion of the waterworks. He cal |
culated that two weeks must elapse |
before traffic would be restored in |
some Of the streets.
Lighted by Burning Buildings.
The governor says the only illumin- |
alton of Valparaiso at night is that /
furnished by the burning buildings. |
Difficulty is experienced in burying the |
bodies of the dead. owing 10 the panic |
prevailing.
The authorities at Valparaiso have
also to contend with serious difficult |
ties in succoring the wounded owing to /
the fact that all the drugstores appar- |
emily were destroyed and some time |
elapsed before medical supplies from /
this city reached the stricken port /
IT. e
paraiso furnishes a serious outlook for |
Santiago. since many of the homeness
people at the former place Will un-
doubtedly make their way here and |
there IS not sufficient accommodation |
or food in this city for the destitute |
people Of Santiago. The lighting and |
fuel question is also growing more SER
ious here, since no coal can be brought |
to Santiago owing to the railroad be- |
ing damaged north and south of the
city.
The uncertainty as to what is occur
ring elsewhere in Chile and the almost
isolation Of Santiago. COM
bined with the continuing earth shocks,
are terribly trying and render the peo-
pie almost desperate.
Bodies Remain Unburied.
A dispatch received here from Lii
mache says that hundred bodies there
remain unburied and that the authori-
ties up 10 the present time have only
been able 10 bury 200.
The villages of San. Francisco and
Lirnache have been totally destroyed.
including the hospitals. churches and
all the public buildings.
The task of the authorities in the
presept situation became easier today
on account OF the fact that telegraph
and felephone communication WAS re-
established between Valparaiso and
Santiago, enabling the governor of Val
paraiso to consult at length with the
here. Nothing definite ap-
pears TO be known regarding the num-
Der of people who lost their lives as
result of the earthquake and fires at