The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
MANY EAFRTI 7QLlA|KES
IN ClHILE'S HISTORY
Something About Stricken Country and People Who
Live There Principal Business Firms
III Valparaiso.

/ shock was experienced on May 5tlf sat
SAricn, d maritime town of Chile, In the
province OF Tacna. This region was Wis
tied by d severe earthquake in 1868. IN
frequency OF these }shocks In tho Andes
lis excessively told by tho name given NJ
this Sregion ~ the indians. They call Il 4
\ CNiscatlon- '.the land that n swings ike 4
n hammock I. I'D s 8Rs4-,5 81 y
u. One Of the most terrible Of South n
American cart auakes was he ono which
destroyed the x city OF Caracas. Venesuel r.
III, 1912. g It lasted less than one MIN te, III
IN Ecuador,BinS1 $50, tho ity3 OF Quito was
almost wholly DESTROYED: Y. 4 B.
whole South Pacific region, and II avail. S
Il Japan, Alaska, VI and Peru, were shaken +
( By an earthquake which. among ths \
satolls, or coral reef islands, III ed steam
2 ships clear over the a coral reefs a and
left them Inside the doughnut-like 81 bar !
sriers Tho same shock ca used o a ldal 4
wave along the west coast OF South
America fifty feet high in places 81. AZ \
africa, a seaport OF Peru. which Sflad been
often before nearly destroyed B BY cn-th-#
qua kes, every house was leyeled. A Sl2,. (
900 worth OF property was destr yea \
ana 800 lives were lost. S38
$S3 Tho harbor OF Yalpar niso on May 30th 4
was Visited by q fearful gale. during
which tho Chilean bark Antofogastn Wns
blown ashore and dashed to pieces.
# Severe storms and q tidal wave at N ais
pnNa $50 June 80. 1899, wrecked tho rails i
road and did great damage to the city.
Foreign g apital Interested.
The leading Seature OF Chilo's economic,
El,fe Is the OK Traction and preparati Of
nitrate OF soda for ex beds from
which this material $is OBJ aimed are In
the 8s Tarapaca-Ta cha n ren, ca uired
through the war Wit Peru Ncarl ao.--
600 persons are ,employcd in this Ind US S II
try alone and fofegn capital. principally
British, ssyinvested IL to s the Il amount OF y
about SCo 900. 900. Chile IL also an Inns!
/ portant source OF copper supply but the
induStry ~ Is not set In Ia stateHofS good
development. MA W ,aa$ y.
Iquique, which was reported cut on
from Communication wi h Il the rest OF 81
1.-the world, and which It Is feared may
have been wrecked by the en- tlauake, =
a Peruvian seaport. not IA from "A lea
Shortly before vas destro y. DIX ne N
series OF cart hauak aSi 81 \! qnirue
contained more than 2o, 600 inhnb itants.
IT was built chiefly Of wood, and the IS
buildings, falling t8t he first 9 hook too 'l
FIRE. $9 n 3E83s ssS sss5.
the flremen were fighting the \
silnnes a 3 huge a tidal wave n rushed Il ~ .s
THO total darnag 81 was 900. 900. The eli I
to solsaty OF architecture and REGULAR
ity OF II pisli. Il
Ths Principal Firms
The principal bankers OF Valparaiso
are a. z 1:dwSrds q Co. w. r. ID Grace I
Is CO., and Williamson, Balfour g Co.
the Bank Of chiiS. tho Bank Of Chile and
Germany. the GeriTs y y Ira ns-A tlantio I
Bank. tho Spanish Bank OF g. !!sa tl, e y
isIIipotecario Bank. the Italian Bank, the
| Mobilinrlo Bank, the National Bank. tbs 4
Bank OF Santiago L and the Bank OF Tara 4
paca and Argentina.
The shipping companies OF Va lparniso &
| include tho New Y ork and PA clfc. steam
shIp Company. the Pacific Steam 3Naviga-5
ltion Company, tho Vest Coast Limo. the
IC;ulf Limo. the Who's Steam Packet Line.
1.-the Chilean Navigation Company, tho 4
ljS0uth American Steamship (oHipan ny ana
istho I,amport and Ho 4 Line, ~ .sf
g Among tho leading numerical houses.
ARE tho Chilean Trading Company. James
Alexander Brown, W. Bailey, q = 5fGIo o.,
| G, Il lrsingcr e Co.. Allardice & Co., Joe J.
| 81 Benvor Duncnn Fox g. Co. E3alfoIr.
Lyon a. Co.. Edmondson,: Son & Co.. H
l;Herbcrt Jones e Co.. tho French Com-2 e
!mercIal Society. rugche A. 20;
i Bra ga e. Co.. avis e CO., !Viegand q 4
co. G. ID. e. Paoln Ciazzo. Ora ham, Rove
| & CO. ana Weir. Scott Is Co.