Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-21
QUAKE or EARTH
WRECKS CHILEAN CITY
Fire Vdds to Horror. Hundreds
a of Lives Lost. nnm.
BODIES BURIED AMIDST RUINS


p Are Msaaer-Distu Record
cd at Washington and at Honolulu
Valparaiso, Chile, Friday via Gal
weston, Tex-Mithout the slightest
Iremor Of warning an earthquake Wis
ited this city at O'Clock last night
bringing instant death to hundreds vi
persons and leaving many hundreds
more imprisoned In the ruins, many
OF whom were burned 10 death before
aid could reach them, fire started IN
media ely after the first shock, ana
every branch OF the clty's servlc"
was paralyzcd.
Panic and CONSERVATION indescriba
Ole followed those who escaped DEAN
and injury became frenzied with fear
and could render but little assistance
to the unfortunate victims.
The busl:,ss section OF the city l.
almost entirely destroyed ana hres
are still raging We are suffering
repetition OF the horrors OF San Fran
cisco As night comes on the city
presents everywhere "A glow OF unnb
structcd fires. and clouds uf smoke
and vap.r settling into the streets aud
houses where throngs OF homeless
ones are wandering about crazed BY
the awful calamity.
Il l. almost impossible To ascertain
how wide an area ut countr! the Wis
I,at,on has Hand waste. Nothing has
been heard from Santiago. the capital
city OF Chilr. ..ad II Is feared that the
tate Of tia, city Is taring worse than
VALPARAISO.
TelegIapniC communication Is cut
OF in every direction and every one
here Is zoo much depressed bN IN" ca.
lamlty at home To s,oh Information OF
other places
No trains have arrived In On" city ~
1eu " .ince the first shock cauc, "a
all Of the railroad tunnels are hli,C
aud mile, at rrack ON M" surface are
SWisttd and rendered useless
Il {, only kIDWu from general &C
counts TIA, death aud destruction are
on al, -idrs visible
There were TWO distinct aud terrif.
e. shocks the second one following
almost instantly after the hrst. aud
completing the work OF destruction.
The day had been unusually calm
and pleasant. At 5 o'clock the city
suddenly seemed 10 swing backward
aud forward and then came TO a
sudden JOLT Of such mighty force that
rows Of buildings topped 10 the earth
a. ~ made Of brittle plaster
while rows Of buildings went down
and In a few seconds after the sec
Ond shock had subsidized II became
known that the business part Of thu
town was doomed
From tho Bell Avista section liitls
vas heard bat before Midnight fires
were soon burning there and n was
learned that that section ~ the city
a.sI Vas Doomed
The cts s,ands on a formation Of
granite gheiss Which seemed Ia accen
tuaie 10. force II the struck BefOr,
che s'uurei people were given time
90 rcalire the magnitude 81 he calam
tty. again the city Was shaken ui.h
. violence greater than before The
.esrfh Ia places lifted and pitched the
buildings forward In other placcs
there Was heavy tremor that .h.Dok
every building 20 the ground Thy
shock continued longer han TIE hrst
When T. bad subslded fF~s we're blaF
anE up and thousands % terrified pr
soas ueTr praying for the paaic-s~sp,
city
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