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Town OF QU|LLOTA
entirely IN RUINS
CITY OF 10000 POPULATION NEAR
VALPARAISO is COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
ANOTHER SHOCK FELT
IN THE LATTER CITY
Latest Advlces Say Dead Number
2,ooo-Few Houses in Condition
for Observation-Disclosures An.
nounced Two Days in Advance.

for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. An.
nounced Two Days in Advance.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 22.-There was an
other heavy earthquake shock at Val
paraiso Monday night
According to the latest reports re-
ceived here from the scene of the
earthquake the town Quillota, situated
about rs miles from Valparaiso, and
having population of some 10000
souls, has been completely destroyed.
At Lima Tuesday morning there
was a slight shock and Huacho was
shaken by an earthquake Monday.
Few Houses Habitable.
Santiago, Chilli, Aug. 22.-Only now
can the seriousness of the earthquake
catastrophe begin to be appreciated.
The greater part of the modern houses
here are unsafe for habitation and
the authorities have organized a spe-
cial corps to pull down the tottering
buildings. In most of the streets it is
not safe to walk on the pavement
owing to falling debris. Advices from
Valparaiso indicate the dead there
number 1000.
Santiago resembles a camp. The
public squares and the principal ave-
nues are crowded with people sleeping
in the open. All kinds Of carriages
and carts have been requisitioned to
sleep in, OF even under them
The night of Aug. 16 was rendered
dreadful by flashing lightning and
pouring rain, the electric cables and
wires swapping as result of the con-
slant, strong earth shocks which &C.
Cured all that night, causing the
greatest CONSERVATION, which was
heightened by the pealing of the fire
bells announcing the breaking out of
fires in various quarters of the city.
Each earth shock was followed by
walls and prayers from the people,
who were kneeling in the rain and
mud.
Shock Lasts Nearly Five Minutes.
The first great shock lasted four
minutes and so seconds. Such long
shock had never occurred before in
the memory of any inhabitant of San
tiago. 1t caused the bells of the
churches to ring, pictures swung out
from the walls, and there was great,
heaving motion of the ground. Ex-
perts say that the only thing which
saved Santiago from complete ruin
was that the motion was circular. The
principal shock was from Valparaiso
to Santiago and Meripilla, with its
center at Limache. The last two men
toned towns were destroyed, as also
were Quillota and Llaillai
The statement that the approach of
the earthquake was announced by the
naval observatory at Valparaiso two
days previous to its occurrence is con-
frmed. The news was published in
the CHILEAN press on Wednesday, Aug.
15, the day before the earthquake oc-
CURED.
Santiago is still practically isolated
from all other parts of
Chilli, but an improvised line to Los
Andes connecting with the European
cables is working. No really definite
news has yet been received here from
Valparaiso, except the governors Off
eial report to the president, outlining
the situation and adding that he earn
estly requests re-enforcements of
troops, which we're sent to him by
forced marches.
Food Plentiful; Water Short,
The governor informed the presi-
dent that he had caused the construc.
ton of sheds in Brazil avenue in or
der to shelter the homeless families.
He estimated that the quantity of pro-
visions on the way to Valparaiso and
the stock On hand there would be suf-
ficient to last q month. The water
supply, however, is short, owing to the
destruction Of the waterworks. He
calculated that two weeks must elapse
Aefore traffic would be restored in
some of the streets.
The only illumination of Valparaiso
at night is that furnished by the burn
ing buildings. Difficulty is experienced
in burying the bodies of the dead,
owing to the panic prevailing.
Difficulty In Aiding Wounded.
The authorities Of Valparaiso also
have to contend with serious difficult
ties in succoring the wounded, owing
to the fact that all the drug stores ap.
parently were destroyed and that
some time elapsed before medical sup.
plies from this city reached the strick-
en- port.
The state of affairs existing in Val
paraiso furnishes serious outlook for
Santiago, since many of the homeless
people at the former place will I'M
doubtedly make their way here and
there is not sufficient accommodation
or food in this city for the destitute
people of Santiago. The lighting and
fuel question is also growing more
serious here, since no coal can be
brought to Santiago owing to the rail-
road being damaged north and south
of this city.
The uncertainty as to what is &C.
curing elsewhere in Chill and the al
most complete isolation of Santiago.
combined with the continuing earth
shocks, are terribly trying and render
the people almost desperate
A dispatch received here from
Limache says that 100 bodies there
remain unburied and that the authori.
ties up to the present time have only
eanp able to bury 900.
Rain Saves Potato Crop.
Superior, Wis, Aug. 22.-The Sc.
rious drought which has threatened
certain crops In Wisconsin, particu-
larly the potato crop of the northern
section of the state, was broken Tues
day by drenching rain which fell