Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18
MANY PEOPLE LEFT PLACE.
Holocaust Continues in Business
Quarters, But II Is Decreasing
Instead Of Increasing.
Earthquake Shocks We're Followed by
Trcmors-ENtent OF Damage in'
Land i still Unknown.

hamburg. Aug. iS.-The North Ger
man bank today received from its cor
RESPONDENT. the Banco de Chile y Ale
mania at Valparaiso, the following dis
patch.
IAN we'll. Bank building only slight
IL damaged Many houses destroyed
by fire. We are unable to state extent
Of damages. Banks closed
Galveston, Tex, Aug lS,-The man
aser OF the cable company here reports
ihe/cable working to Valparaiso this
morning, but that there is no communi-
cation via the land lines to Santiago de
chile or Buenos Ayres.
New York. Aug. lS-Wessel' Duval q
Co.. which does large business In
South America and particularly chile
has lust received the following dis
patch from Valparaiso:
"Town nearly destroyed. Particulars
later when shakes cease.
This dispatch was timed 800 a. iu.,
hut Il is not known whether 1t was hlei
Yesterday morning or this morning.
New York. Aug lS.-The Central ana
South American Telegraph reports that
the situation IN Valparaiso is similar 10
that which occurred in San Francisco
Their manager reports that all places
of business have been closed, and the
delivery and operating stan Is hucH ue-
moralized. No messengers have report
ed for duty. and deliveries can only De
made on application TO the once. Many
people have left the city.
London, aug. II, 2.35 J.. ma private
cable dispatch received this afternoon
nom Valparaiso says the fire there con-
tinues I'm the business quarters, out Is
declining
London, Aug. IS. ESQ p. m.-Another
pryate cable dispatch received al 2'lo
Iris afternoon says business mas peeh
resumed at Valparaiso.
Berlin. Aug. lS.-According 10 tel-
ognm received by a bank mere irolh
Valparaiso half OF the city from MN
endral to Gale Bella vista containing
private and business houses ana ware
houses. has been destroyed.
TREMoRs FOLLOW QUAKEs.
New York. Aug. 1S.-The earthquake
shocks severely felt throughout the re-
gion of Valparaiso. Chile. Thursday
night. we're followed Friday by series
Of earth tremors that continued al IN
tervals throughout the day. The first
intelligence 10 this effect was brought
30 this city early today in the As
sociated Press dispatch from Calves
ton Texas. where the cable operator
had been I'm recent communication with
the cable operator az Valparaiso. The
latter added that numerous buildings
mad been destroyed and expressed the
belief that many fatalities had occur
red. although anything like a definite
estimate OF the dead was impossible
SECOND SERIES or QUAKES.
The second series Of Quakes were
recorded by the seismograph in the
government observatory at Baldwin
Rams. q pronounced shock being timed
At 7.21 o'clock Friday morning
This latest report OF loss Of life and
property is consistent with advices re-
ceived by cable companies and busi-
ness houses here.
Seth r. Abrams. manager Of the
West Coast division % the South AM
erican trade OF the American Trading
company. said that his firm had been
advised that severe earthquake had
wrought destruction in Valparaiso and
that parts OF the city were IN flames.
Manager Robertson Of the Central
ana South American Telegraph CONF
pany said that be WAS not la a posi-
lion 10 give out the reports that his
company has received from thelr
agents AZ Valparaiso and other points
along The Chilean coast.
PARTS or CITY on FIRE.
4 can tell you that there has been
fearful earthquake be said. and
PARTS Of the city are on fire What re-
PORTS have been received up TO date
are IN the fern Of messages 10 pri-
'ate individuals In this city. and We
are not permitted TO give these To the
public. our operators there are 50
busy and the confusion is 50 great
mat We cannot expect them to make
iull report upon conditions there for
some time 10 come Communication
was restored by our operators In Chile
yesterday and now our wire is work
NIX perfectly Beyond Valparaiso.
however. and through the inland dis
lficN, there Is not wire up No
word has yet been received from SAM
Uago, la Serena. Conception or ldnl-
Qle We cannot tell what the extent
OF ne earthquake Is. nor al what time
we viii be able To restore communi.
cation with the interior"
Early today the company received
'nls message from its representatives
at Valparaiso
PEOPLE DEMORALIZED.
People demorallzed: all business
NIUfrETg flna.N y. a
restoration Of the lines TO Santiago or
buenos Ayres"
The company's office. which Is al
ways closed at night, made no eNcep-
ton last night. Its night business
came through the Western Tnior's
Bnoa0 street office as usual. Manager
Keen, Of the Western Union Office. said
carly IN the evening that nothing In
The way OF details ~ the earthquake
had come through i0 any one MANY
private messages were received bear
INK the single word safe" but moth
ing that would give q line ON the ex-
tent o. the disaster
Early today fire underwriters here
had no good information as 10 whether
there was any large FIRE losses AZ Val.
paraiso The insurance 40 Valparaiso
Is IN local and foreign Insurance COM
lanies. None ~ u Is written by the
American companies. and there Is no
means Of knowing here how heavily
involved In losses any Of the companies
arc.
II Is. Of course. thought possible that
some 81 the foreign companies that
nave had losses al san Francisco may
also have large commitments az Val
paraiso. but this u 81 course merely
Imposition.
CAME WITHOUT WARNING.
New York. Ane- 1.-The Herald 10.