The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-22
Tremblor Opens Doors and
Breaks Glass and
Cracks Walls.
Quiet Restored in Valparaiso
5000 Dead, $780,
OOO, 900 Loss.

,partment received the following dis
patch today from Mr.. Hicks, the Amer
lean minister to Chile, dated Santiago,
HAnxiety over earthquake decreases,
altho mild shocks still continue. Finan-
cial and business conditions serious.
Destruction at Valparaiso produces
fear of financial panic. Subscriptions
being raised for relief Of sufferers
Three Thousand Are Dead. ill.,.
Valparaiso, Aug. 22.-The loss Of life
by the earthquake of Aug. 16, prob
ably will not be short of 5000, while
the property destroyed is estimated at
$l00,006,000, and possibly far in ,ex-
cess Of that sum.
Order is being maintained with the
utmost severity by the military, police
and armed citizens shea4 patrols Mho are
With the first terrible shock of the
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
walls falling with tremendous noise.
The inmates in many cases were I'M
able to escape. The shock was followed
almost. Immediately by a fierce storm,
the wind prostrating walls that had
been weakened by the earthquake and
these broke trolley wires which flashed
necessarily. The second shock was
even heavier Lna0 Inc 1rSC. y
Five minutes afterwards fires start
ed &c in every direction and: imme diately
the whole town was illuminated by gi-
gantic flames. The fremen made des-
perate fight, tho there was but little
water, as most of the mains had been
broken by the early tremor.
The Victoria theater and the naval
club were destroyed by the earthquake
and the National theater succumbed to
earthquake and fire.
The Clum de Seliembre, the church of
La MERGED, the buildings of the French
ings, the ScityShallll and ID MANY rs other other
buildings were destroyed by the earth
quake. y. &. ss.z...szzsS.ss /
me destruction by Dire, however, was
infinitely larger. and probably 60 per
cent of the commercial houses were to-
tally ruined. In Brazil avenue alone
nearly thirty blocks of buildings from
three to five stories high were de-
One Town Disappears.
The greatest damage from the earth
quake occurred in the provinces of Val
| paralso and Aconcagua. The town Of
Abarca suffered severely. 49,,
| ;. Lla1 Llai is reported to have entirely
disappeared, and Limache and Hero
vlel9 have been almost !. totally
At Vina del Mar three quarters Of
the houses are, in ruins
| Slight earthquake shocks are contin-
Jung. The, people have not yet re-
turned to their homes, but are sleepinp
,, in the hills and in the streets and
squares. The fires have all been extin-
gulshed. More than 100 men taken in
the act of committing robberies have
been shot. = - =
Mexican Quake Next.
Journal Special Service.
!, Washington Aug. 22.-Meningitis is
the disease affecting the backbone of
the American continent, according to
DR.. C.. Willard Hayes of the geological
survey, and Mexico will be the next
country to be visited by seismic dis
turbance. is his prediction. =
',These mountains known as the
backbone of. the American continent
are among the newest in the world. ~
explained DR.. Hayes.
=, THAT is why they are so high.
4 They represent a much more recent
geological period than do the Appa-
Ilachians; yet it is probable the Appa-
chlans were once as high as the
Rockies: They have been worn down
De erosion and wind, and the natural
forces; you can imagine how long a
process it would be. There are no vol
canoes among them; volcanic activity
IS always in the regions where the
newer mountains are.
80 EARTHQUAKES are caused in many
different ways. One is by volcanic &C.
| tivity and the other is by the slipping
OF the earth g crust. along fault line
E, adjusting it to the new conditions
The volcanic earthquake is caused by
the operation of forces lying near the
surface and therefore is more local in
its effects" -