Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-25
VALPARAISO SHAKEN
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE NEARLY
DESTROYS WHOLE CITY.
Without the Slightest Warning the
City Rocked Back and Forth-Build.
ngs Went Down and Fires Started
Thousands Were Injured-san Diego
Also Damaged.

Valparaiso, Chile Without the
slightest tremor or warning an earth
quake visited that city last Thursday
night, bringing death to hundreds of
persons and leaving many hundreds
more imprisoned in the ruins, many
Of whom were burned to death before
aid could reach them Fire started
Immediately after the first shock AMI
every branch of the citys service was
paralyZcd. Panic and CONSERVATION
inGescribuble followed, and those who
escaped death ana injury became fren
zied with fear and could render little
assistance to the victims
The business section OF the city is
almost entirely destroyed. AS night
comes on the city is everywhere
aglow with dnobstructed fires, and
clouds of smoke and vapor settle in
me streets where throngs of homeless
ones are wandering about Crazed by
the awful calamity.
Telegraphic communication is cut
off in all directions and every one here |
is too much depressed by the calamity |
at home to seek information in other |
places. No trains have arrived in the |
city or left it since the shock came, |
as all of the railroad tunnels are filled |
and miles of track are twisted and |
rendered useless It is only known |
from general accounts that death and |
destruction are on all sides
There were two distinct shocks the |
second enc following almost instantly |
after the first and completing the |
work of destruction.
The day had been unusually calm |
and pleasant At s o'clock the whole |
city seemed suddenly to swing back
ward and forward, and there came a |
sudden jolt Of such mighty force that |
rows of buildings toppled to the earth
as if made of brittle plaster Whole |
lows OF buildings were down in few
minutes
As soon as the second shock had sub
sided it became known that the bust
ness part of The town was doomed
From the Bella Vista section little was
heard. but before midnight fires were
seen burning there. and it was learned
that that section of the city also was
doomed
The city stands upon a formation of
granite gneiss which seemed to accen-
mate the force of the shock.
Before the stunned people were
given time to realize the masnftude
of the calamity again the city was
shaken with violence greater than be-
fore The earth in places lifted and
pitched the buildings forward. In
other places there was a terrible ire
NOR that shook every structure to the
ground This shock continued longer
than the first. When it subsidized fires
were blazing up and thousands of ter
rified persons We're praying. and panic
swept the CITY.
Many landslfdes have occurred
around the city and Scores of lives |
have been lost.
Buenos Ayres.-Most of the damage
is done in the center of the city, ex-
tending from the Plaza del Orden TO
the Plaza Prat. Probably one-tbird
of the city is in ruins. Many lives
were lost, but the number is not vet
known. estimates VARYING from son tn |
iured The nronortv Iossas VIII - tot III
scores of millions A state of panic
prevails.
Los Andes, IS miles east of San
Felips, and having a population of
5000. was almost totally destroyed.
The finest buildings of the town-gov-
eminent houses, hotels and public of
fices-were completely wrecked.
Other towns on the Chilean side