The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-08-23

cNtingushcd More than 100 NOR
taken i'm the act OF committing rob
berries have been shot
Santiago Warned Of Peril.
Santiago. Chile. Aug 22 only now
can the seriousness of the catastrophe
begin 10 be- appreciated. The create
part of the modern houses here are un
safe for habltauon and the authorities
have or-aui1cd q special corps to pnl
down the tottcring buildings In mos'
of the streets 10 is not safe to walk ot
the pavement owing % falling i"
hris
Santiago resembles a camp The
public squares and The principal ave
nues are crowded with people sleep
ing IN tho open. All kinds of carriage
ana carts have been requisitioncd 70
sleep in. people even sleeping unae
them
The night of August rs was ron
dorel dreadful by flashing lishinin
and pouring rain tho electric cables
and wires swapping as a result of The
constant strong earth shocks whici
occurred an that night causing the
greatest Consideration. which w..
heiehtencd hy the pealing OF the fir
bells Announcing The breaking out Cd.
hrcs in various quarters of the city
Each earth shock was followed h'
walls and prayers from the people
who were ineclinc in the rain ano
mud
Tho first great shock lasted foW
minutes and 5p seconds Such Ions
shock had never occurred before 10
the memory of any inhahitant Of San
tiaco. II caused The bells of rho
churches 70 ring pictures SWING ou'
from tho walls. and There was great
heavinc motion of the ground ,X
perts say that the only thing whic'
saved Santiago from complete ruin
was that Tho motion was circular
The principal shock was from Val
paraiso to Santiago and Merlpila. witt
It's centre M Limache. Tho last Tvs,
mentioned towns were destroyed a
also were Quillota and Llaillai
The statement that tho approach q
the earthquake was announced by The,
naval observatory at Valparaiso two
days previous 10 its occurrence Is con
hrmed. The news was published in the
Chilean press on Wednesday Angus
IS. the day before the earthquake or
Cured.
The gover.,r SAYS the only illumina
ton Of Valparaiso at night is that fur
nished by the burning buildings Diff
Guilty is experienced in buryine The
bodies Of the dead owing to the panic
prevailing
The uncertainty as to what is occur
ring elsewhere in Chile and the almos
complete isolation of Santiago. com
bined with the continuing earth shocki
are terribly trying and render the PEG
pie almost desperate A dispatch re
ceived here from Limache says that
hundred bodies there remain unburieC
and that the authorities mp to the pres.
ent time have only buried 200.
The villages of San Francisco anC
Limache have been totally destroyed
including the hospitals. churches anC
all the public buildings.
Nothing definite appears 10 be know
regarding the number Of people who
lost their lives as a result Of the earth
quake and fires at Valparaiso. The an
thorities there only mention havini
taken 60 bodies from the ruins thougl
they add that the number injured is
very great
People who have arrived here from
Valparaiso. however, confirm the alarm
ing reports of the extent Of the catas
trophe All persons caught commit.
ting robberies are shot on the spot
The people arriving here estimate that
50 per cent of the buildings in the Ter
remote district have been destroyed by
fire. All reports agree in saying that
the Almcndra and the southern dis
tricts of Valparaiso suffered the mos
severely. According to some Of Tho
reports Valparaiso may be said to have
been totally destroyed.
One of the travellers who arrived here
says that more than 300 persons were
killed in that part of Valparaiso known
as the port. and that 500 persons were
injured there, but it is impossible tc
verify his statement.
One Of the latest reports received
here from the scene of the earthquake
the town of Quillota. situated about q
miles from Valparaiso and having {
population of some 10000 souls. ha
been completely destroyed.
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