Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-22
CHILE IS SHAKEN UP.
Severe Earthquake Visits the
Country South Of Us
DAMAGE is HARD 10 ESTIMATE
Gable. cemmu,ications is Cut Off
North American Continent Shaken,
Seismograph at Washington Show
ed swaying Of the Earth of a
Quarter Of an Inch.

Washington, Special,A North
American continent was shaken all
night by: all earthquake which is re-
ported to have wrought destruction
on the west coast of South America.
The seismeograph at the weather bu-
reau here gives clear record of the.
earth's tremors. Tile instrument
shows that at 80 o. 'clcock the earth
swayed quarter OF an inch, The
quake began at 7:29. aud continued
FOR four hours.
Reports from VALPARAISO, Chile,
say the earthquake there did great
damage, and it is believed that hun
d1eds of the city's inhabitants are
buried beneath the ruins Of the razed
buildings.
The Associated Press correspon-
dent at Buenos Ayres cables that it
is feared the town of Los Andes, in
thesprovince of Aconcague, has been
destroyed. At the same time he
points out that Buenos Ayres has no
direct communication with the dis
turbed district.
No official information has reached
Washington from Chile, and while
positive information is lacking, New
York officials of cable companies hav-
ing connection in South America ex-
press the opinion that the first reports
of the earthquake were exaggerated.
a Hamburg firm is alleged to have
received q dispatch stating that num-
erous districts III Chile had been par
TALLY destroyed, that VALPARAISO had
been practically demolished, that
many ships had been lost, and that
over a hundred persons had been
killed and mary hundred injured.
This dispatch however, is not well
authenticated.
Valparaiso is fortified seaport Of
Chile and the most important COM
mercial town of the western coast of
South America. 1t has a population
of about 100000. 1t is the capital
fof the province of the same name
and is situated or, a large bay in the
west Of Santiago, rs miles west-north-
west of Santiago, with which It is
connected by rail.
The Bay Of Valparaiso, which is
well sheltered on three sides, lis.
bounded by ranges Of hills rising from,
g, lEto 200 feet high, on the slopes:
of which a considerable portion of
the city Of Valparaiso is built. On,
the south side Of the bay are the
spacious suburbs of Nuevo Malecon
and Gran Avenida; from which pass
out one of the finest thoroughfares
Of Valparaiso, the Avenida de las
Delieias. The lower central section
sof the city is constituted by the AL
mendral, having regular and attrac-
tive streets and containing the prin-
cipal business houses, the park, the
Plaza Victoria and the National
Theatre.
Many Killed Elsewhere in Chile.
Buenos Ayres, BY Cable.-The news
papers publish kilograms from Men
doza (Which is an entry port for the
trade between Buenos Ayres and
Chile, with which it communicated
by The mountain passes of Upspalla-
ia and Portillo) to the effect that
many houses in the Los Andes dis
trict we.c destroyed by the earth
quake and that there has been large
number Of casualties. The Interrupt
tion Of all means Of communication
with Chile causes communication with
Chile causes much, anxiety. Many
rumors of disaster are af1oat.