The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-21

sion Of Mr.. Edwards is about the only
building remaining on Victoria street.
1t is estimated that the number of
dead in Valparaiso will reach 1000. The
dead in other places are:
AT Quillota, so; Limache, 10; and
Petorcia, IL.
Among the killed at Valparaiso
were, the director of the ,Lyceum,
Charles Hosselan, and family
"Buenos Ayres, Aug. 20.-The cut
eff in the Santiago telegraph line
has been repaired and hundreds of pri-
Nate messages have been received. They
report everything in 8 satisfactory CON
djtion there and say the people are not
alarmed
Refugees who are arriving at santi.
ago from Valparaiso on horseback. and
who left there during the worst panic,
bring wild stories concerning the num-
Der of deaths by the earthquake and
FIRE. These refugees say the deaths
number 10000, and that there are 60.
900 refugees in the mountains.
Many Have Gone Mad.
/" reign of terror prevails ard there
are horrifylng scenes in all parts of the
olty. The squares are full of people
who have been driven from their homes
Thousands are praying in the streets
and many have gone mad.
The only name yet given Of any
Of the dead is that Of Senator Frederic
Varela, prominent leader of the Radi-
eel party.
'fOnly one small section of the port
works was saved The buildings of
the Chile and Tarapaca bank and the
newspaper El Tertiero are known to
have been destroyed The report
seems to be confirmed, also. that the
custom-house has been destroyed.
indefinite period Of mourning
Zone rumor, which is not confirmed
and is believed to be untrue, is that
the dead number 1000 and the in
iured 60,o00
'Public relief subscriptions were
opened in Buenos Ayres today The
Jockey club gave 10000 pesos The
priation for the relief of the suffer
ers
Dynamite Checked Flames.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 19.-The free
use of dynamite, according to dis
patches received here, was very effec-
tive against the progress Of the fire |
ut Valparaiso The fremen were thor |
oughly exhausted when the flames |
were finally subdued Hundreds of |
persons took refuge on the ships in the
harhor
cit is stated that new danger is
threatened by the volcano Wonin,
which has become very active.''
There are indications from the re.
ports received that the earthquake
caused great damage throughout the
Andean region. 1t is probable that
there has been considerable loss of
life and destruction of property at
remote points which have not vet been
heard from. All of Chile was appar-
emily affected by the shocks, as we'll as
points in Argentina in the
vicinity of the Andes.
'tPsris, Aug. ia dispatch from
Buenos Ayres confirms the reports OF
he destruction of Valparaiso It saws
u 900 persons perished, The fire that
followed the earthquake prevented the
'escue of the victims. The Hotel In
sles collapsed, burying all its occu-
1ants.
A cable dispatch to the Herald from
Lima, August 10, says:
a subscription has been started at
.quique and will be started at Guava.
,uil and Lima for the victims OF the
in Chile Among the vic
inns at Valparaiso are Rector Lycelo,
]harles Hossellan and family, Deputy
Ramon Leon Silva, Enrique Blanco and
Robert Courts and family -