The Ordway new era., 1906-08-24

Food In ver~
Chilean dollars N,. = ~. Ant Il
most impossible to "'sl. vi aat {
at high prices. o0's'a NJ
The railroads are a.,
.,l;. Rain. which began a. - 'Ss,,,s' y
s steiy after the first sboc. 70 ~
hour afterward. IT, h,uoct es ~
coia g a. and windy. the psos'. D,s,s
,,a rhe captain Of a sts,m.sa ss.s'
ms arrived from San rs.'a9 rss
tn,,o,.!,,n the situation here is worn. ,,,.s' !.
tG1s,owins c1scm the disaster at !,
Santiago. Chill. Aur =.
var Valparaiso contradicts' = 'usss ss's
nrst exaggerated st,,.ss s'os
there. but shows that tiiSe'lssa iSa s.
was extremely severe. g..
one one OF tho refugees, T.l,,ss Ss' Z
iirst shock at Valparaiso NV. ~.
ionsed and threw the emil. T. v
indescribable ! panic. peoa,s .
,he streets and the square, y's s,',
lamenting. The 6rs,
threw down a number of hmI,ss
second shock was more ss,s,. sS
suited in the crumbling d ~.
buildings in the Almepdr,,. =. -.
Immediately after The ,.,s., -.
the entire city was plunrss I Y.
riiic darkness. This, hoxeys, r
last long. for tho scene Of n.
was soon lit up by the sre, 49, =
out In this quarter. The l,,s ~
the iiemes, Senior Gror eoutI,r..
Is Is. a welcome relief from the t,'s
The people were in a sta,s - - y
many believing that The ~ !,
world had come.
Among the buildings des,vu,
the Victoria theater, The nj,
railroad station and the clvb i,
tember. Most Of the severe d,,,r
done on the lower ground hi
nom the sea.
The Church Of the Esrlrf, 7
and the Church Of la Nartet r
MS a large part OF the bu.ldIau :
toria street were des,foyel
Masses Of material bloesi
streets. Avenue Brazil Is -
tally wrecked. The knoxu a.,t|
not exceed 100. according 70 n
estimates. Among those "a.
wife o. Admiral Mont.
The hills surrounding yix
suffered but slightly.
More than 10000 persoas IN.
refuge there.
Santiago de Chili. Ant. "
known that eight lives ven
this city by the earthquake. VI
believed that many persoas vsn
by the falling buildings and II
bodies will be discovered h.r.
eral persons became so punk q
during the trembling Of the sfs
they threw themselves irOa 4
comics OF their homes and vsn
The fires which followed n
quake in this city were procYt
pushed. but while they hsd
added greatly to the terror d z
ole.
As all the telegraph and y
lines were more or less CAMS
expct situation throughout ~
try is not yet known. but aav1s
been received TO the eaec .
towns OF Virlagc and Ca
were destroyed and that ssi
Rancagua, Melipilla and li1
severely damaged. At coau7
shocks were severe and 4 =
persons were killed or ini1a
towns OF Rengo. San Fer7i'z
lota and San Antonio ard
lagos are in ruins.
All railway service ID W
zone IS either interrupted ss
greatly delayed. and conue'u
tically at a standstill.
In the city OF Santiago. e
age was done. Many publh
particularly churches, 20
mantled. The buildings q
the municipal buildings, Y
school. the courts. the PeIu
tion, the residence Of Presiass
the central market. the ~.
notice and the National i'is
flee all were seriously danl
lines of the electric t'ansr
and electric light wires y"
circui,ed, interruptins s'fea
and plunging the city mo no.. I.
The scenes at the hospll.a
ops during the excitemen,, \,
,resslng in the extreme. 4. y
crs tried to escape from ~, y
the hope that they might ,s,% s,'.,'
OF safety, and prison i,
Obliged to fire into the an ~
intimidate and quiet
stricken charges.