Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-08-24
SAN DlAGO D. CHILE.
EARTHQUAKE ALSO RUINS THIS
CITY...DEATH LIST LARGE.
Damage Is severe-PublIe Buildings
DlsmantIed or Destroyed-Fires Are
Promptly Put out-other Towns in
Ruins-scOres Dead or Injured
Commerce Is at standstlII.

Santiago de Chile, Aug. 2O.-It is
known that eighty lives were lost in
this city by the earthquake, but it is
believed that many persons were killed
by the falling buildings and that their
bodies will be discovered later. Sew
eral persons became so panic-stricken
during the tremblings of the earth that
they threw themselves from the bal
comics Of their houses and were killed.
The fires which followed the earth
quake in this city were promptly ex-
tinguished, but while they lasted they
added greatly to the terror of the peo-
pie.
The towns of Virilage and Casa
Blanca were entirely destroyed and
San Felipe, Rancagua, Milpilia and
Llay Llay were severely damaged. At
Conception the shocks were severe and
number of persons were killed or
injured. The towns of San Fernando,
Quillota, San Antonio and Rengo, and
many villages are in ruins. All rail.
way service in the central zone is Ell
Their interrupted entirely or greatly de
layed and commerce is practically al
standstill
Public Buildings Dismantled.
In the city of Santiago much dam
age was done. Many public buildings
particularly churches, were disman
tied. The buildings of congress. the
municipal buildings, the normal school
the courts, the Peruvian legation, the
residence of President Riesco, the pre-
lecture of police and the National Tel
egraph office were all destroyed.
The scenes at the hospitals and pris
ons during the excitement were dis
tressing in the extreme. The prison
ers tried to escape from the jails IL
the hope that they might reach a place
If safety and prison guards were
obliged to fire into the air in order tt
'ntimidate and quiet their panic-strick
en- charges.
Number of Return Shocks.
There have been several return
hooks of slight intensity. These
hooks have served to continue thu
ate of public alarm and 4 state o
anic still prevails.
An employe of the telegraph servic'
mt word from Salto, near Valparaiso
Onfirming the news of the seriou
res in the Almendral quarter. Thi
mploye also sent news that the Spar
7h Italian bank ives destroyed by tn
arthquake.
A traveller who came here by express
-ain tells that when the train wa
ear Las Vegas, about half way be
ween Valparaiso and Santiago, tn
ars were shaken violently and the en-
,ine nearly left the track A stop wa
made and the terrified passenger
alighted. Later they proceeded t,
Llay Llay. which they found in almos
total ruins.
All lines of railway to the north ant
the line to Tacna are greatly damaged
In the city of Santiago a majority o
the victims of the disaster were resi-
dents of the poorer sections of tn,
city, where many small houses wer
thrown to the ground. Several death
from nervous excitement and heart dis
eases are reported.
Santiago Loss, 100000.
From London comes a report to tn,
Tribune from Santiago de Chile which
says:
CONSERVATION reigns here. All bus
mess has been suspended. The peopl,
are bivouacking in the public squares
ut is announced officially that 81
persons have been killed and hundreds
wounded. Buildings in every blocl
have been damaged. Cerro Santa Lu
cia, PERCEPTIONS hill in the center o
the city, has partly collapsed TIL,
archbishop's palace, the ministry o
the interior. the palace of congress
the buildings of the municipality, tn,
national library, the university and tn,
military barracks all were severel!
damaged, as also were several church
es. The cathedral, however, was no
injured. The damage here is estimated
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