The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-08-23
TWO THOUSAND DEAD
IN Chilli DISASTER
PROPERTY LOSS LIKELY TO BE
QUARTER BILLION.
FOOD SUPPLY is SHORT
Enormous Prices Are Asked for Pro-
visions, MIX Selling at Two Dol
lars Per Pint, and No Meat
to Be Had.

Valparaiso, Chilli, Aug. 20--At 1852
o'clock last Thursday evening valpa-
raise experienced an earthquake of
great severity and during that night
So shocks were felt.
Most of the buildings of the city
either were ruined or damaged.
The loss will be enormous, probably
reaching $3.50, 900.
Two thousand persons killed is con-
sidered to be fair estimate of the
casualties.
Vina Del Mar (three miles from
Valparaiso and having population of
over 100000; Quirihue (225 miles to
the southwark, with a population of
2,500); Salto; Limache us miles to
the northwest, with a population of
$500; Qillota (25 miles to the
northwest, with population of TO-
600, and villages all around were de-
stroyed
Fire After First Shock.
Most of the damage was due to fire,
which started Immediately after the
first shock.
The whole population is sleeping
in the hills, the parks or the streets.
Food is very scarce. Milk costs
two Gillian dollars liter, and it is
almost impossible to obtain meat,
even at high prices.
The railroads are all destroyed.
Rain, which began to fall immedi-
ately after the first shock, stopped an
hour afterwards.
The nights are very cold and windy,
the people sleeping in the open are
suffering greatly.
The captain of a steamship which
has arrived from San Francisco says
that the situation here is worse than
that following the disaster at San
Francisco.
Terror Stricken End Lives.
Santiago de Chill, Aug. 2O.-It is
known that at least eight 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 discov-
cred later.
stricken during the tremblings of the
earth that athey threw themselves
from the balconies of their homes
and were killed
The fires which followed the earth
quake in this city we're promptly ex-
tinguished, but while they lasted they
added greatly to the terror Of the
people. .
Villages in Ruins.
AS all telegraph and telephone lines
were more or less damaged the exact
situation throughout the country is
not yet known, but advices have been
received to the effect that the towns
of Virlage and Casablanca were en-.
tirely destroyed, and that San Felipe.
Rancagua, Melipilla and Llaillai were
severely damaged.
At Conception the shock was severe
and number of, persons were killed
or injured. The towns Of Rengo, San
fernando, Quillotta and San Antonio
and many villages are in ruins.
All railway service in the central
zone is either interrupted entirely or
greatly delayed and commerce is prac-
tically at standstill.
Damage at Santiago.
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 lega-
ton, the residence of President Ries-
co, the Central market, the prefec-
ture of police, and the National tele-
graph office all were seriously dam
aged. The lines of the electric tram
way system and the electric light
wires were short circuited, interrupt
ing street car travel and plunging the
city into darkness.
Distressing Scenes.
The scenes at the hospitals and
prisons during the excitement were
distressing in the extreme. The pris-
oners tried to escape from the jails
in the hope that they might reach a
place of safety, and the prison guards
were obliged to fire into the air in
order to intimidate and quiet their
panic-stricken charges.
There have been several return
shocks of slight intensity. These
shocks have served to continue the
state of public alarm and state of
panic still prevails. The astronom-
ical observatory, however, has given
out statement to the effect that it
does not appear to be possible that
there will be repetition of the Sc
we're shocks.
Measures for Relief.
Saturday night many persons slept
in the tramway carriages and in the
open air in the public squares and
streets.
The government has taken steps to
restore order. An inspection of all
houses left standing has been ordered,
and directions have been issued for
the distribution of relief supplies to
those in need. A troop Of cavalry has
been sent to reestablish communica-
ton with Valparaiso.
The alarming news first received by
the government from Valparaiso as to
the attuation in that ctfv has uof haan