Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-24

result of the earthquake shocks and fires
at Valparaiso, that 40 deaths from the
same causes occurred at I.imache, forty
at Quillota, thirtytive at Conchali, elev-
en- at Petaroa, ninety at La Placilla, and
sin at La CAlera.
Whole Towns Wiped Out.
According to one late report the town
of Quillota, with a population of 10000,
has been completely destroyed.
A dispatch from Limache says that
100 bodies there remain unburied and
that the authorities up to the present
time have only been able to bury 200.
The village of San Francisco has been
totally destroyed including the hospitals,
churches and all the public buildings
The task of the authorities in the
present situation became easier today on
account of the fact that telegraph and
telephone communication was established
between Valparaiso and Santiago.
On Sunday, August 10, there was
strong CONFUSION at Valparaiso, which
produced a further panic.
Relief Work Under Way.
A dispatch from Santiago today an
nounces that President Riesco is pro-
ceeding to Valparaiso accompanied by
the ministers of the interior and of war
to supervise the relief work
President Roosevelt's messages of
sympathy with the Chilean people were
most gratefully received by the govern
ment and people and messages of sincere
thanks were cabled to Washington by
the Chilean president.
1t is q strange fact commented on al
most with awe, that the Valparaiso
newspapers prognosticated the catastro-
phe last Thursday, only Il few hours be-
fore the blow fell The astronomers
based their prediction on the conjunc-
ton of Jupiter, the earth, and the moon.
The first shock at Valparaiso came in
the midst of a terrific rain storm. at
1:50 o'clock Thursday evening. A few
minutes later there was second shock,
almost equal in violence. The second
shock completed the work of destruc-
ton.
Flee in Rain and Darkness
In those few awful moments the peo-
pie deserted their houses and the whole
population fled through streets already
choked with the debris of collapsing
buildings.
The rain was falling in torrents The
electric lights had been extinguished
with the first shock. The gas lights in
the streets. in the shops, and in the
houses were out.
Into this inferno of ruin and darkness.
through streets choked with debris and
tangled fallen wires, more than 100000
terrorized. panic stricken, screaming.
maddened persons fled, seeking in vain
for shelter from the storm and for safe
ty from collapsing houses.
Like Frisco's Story.
The parks and plazas afforded the most
convenient shelter and to them the ter
rorized people stumbled and CROPPED their
way. But the great masses of the
crowds. unable to find room in the parks,
found their way to the hills.
Fires in a score of different placed dis
PEELED the darkness, and soon whole
quarters of the city were in flames. All
Thursday night and all day Friday the
fire ragged unchecked. The water supply
gave out and dynamite was used in Il
vain endeavor to check the confagration.
Fires Complete Destruction.
BY Friday midnight the flames had
completed the work of destruction begun
by the earthquake in practically the
whole eastern two-thirds of Valparaiso.
Saturdays dawn brought hope that
lhe fire had burned itself out, but