Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-23
City Of Valparaiso Has Been Dam
aged by Earthquake, How Ser
iOusly Is Not Yet Known.
FIRE SAID TO Be RAGING.
Recorded ON seism0graphs nj
washington-TidaI Disturbances
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with Other Cities Cut on.

damaged by earthquake. One repor'
received here is that the situation II
Valparaiso may prove to be az serious
M the San Francisco disaster.
Practically every building In the
city Ii damaged and there are fires In
different parts Of the city. Many per
sons are reported killed and injured.
Ths earthquake has interrupted ca
Die facilities TO lower South American
ROlnts and communication 10 restricted
% the route via Lisbon.
Another report from Valparaiso is
ahnt the loss Of life has not been con-
Armed. Fires are burning in various
parts Of the city.
One report which reached this city
saId that portions Of Valparaiso were
burning all night and that the bodies
Of hundreds Of It's residents were
buried in the ruins Of the buildings
The Central and South American
Ielegraph company have re-establish
ed their main office in Valparaiso
and are working with that city now.
This would seem to show that condi-
lions are not as serious as at first
reported.
Valparaiso is a 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 It is the capital o.
q province Of the same name and is
situated on large bay in the Pacific
ocean, rs miles northwest Of Santiago
with which 1t is connected by rail
The port Of Valparaiso is the ter
minus of important lines Of steam
ers for Europe by way Of the Straits
Of Magellan and Panama, and is the
center Of South American coasting
services.
Washington, Aug. 1S.-The weather
bureau Friday issued the following
earthquake bulletin:
"A very heavy, distant earthquake
was recorded on seismographs at the
weather bureau In Washington Thurs
day afternoon beginning at six min
utes and % seconds past seven p. m.
10th meridian time. Complete and
perfect records were obtained of both
the north and south and the east
and west movements Of the earth.
From press reports this IS evil
IDENTIFY a record of the great Chilean
earthquake Of August 10 and is the
heaviest recorded in Washington since
the San Francisco earthquake"
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 1S.-In the alb
gence Of telegraphic communication
beyond Puente Del Inca. 1t has beel
impossible up to this hour to obtain
accurate details Of the destruction
by the earthquake in Ohil$ The
managers Of the telegraph companies
here state that nothing is coming
through PresH reports purporting |
DO come from Chile are purely imagin-
ary. London and New York are eagci
seeking for news from the affecteu
district.
-
New Aork, aug. Ia private cao!s
70 W. ~ urace q 70, IRON
Valparaiso received by way Of Lima
Peru. says that the earthquake in
Valparaiso was severe and that bust.
ness in the city has been totally sus-
pended.
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