The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-20
AWFUL HAVOC IS
MADE BY QUAKE
Situation is Far Worse Than Frisco--Suvvors
Suffer Exposure and Face Famine--Proper-
ty Loss Over $250000000

homes OF many or ChlIe Wcllthesl
men.
When the first shock came, which
was the most violent, and which seem
ed to rip the very foundations of the
city, walls were hurled into the streets
and the entire electric light system
was put out of commission.
Cries of the Stricken
! The scenes that followed were pitt
! full In the pooer section of the city
the inhabitants fed half dressed To the
streets. and as shock followed shock,
their cries and auppIications could be
heard above the crash Of falling walls.
AS in Valparaiso, fires broke ont in
many places, and owing to the ia lure
of the water supply it was almost inn
possible to stay their progress. Block
after block Of once magnificent struc-
lures were attacked by the names, and
il was at last necessary to resort to
the use Of dynamite.
Blocks have been blown up and The
flames ere still spreading with alrm
ing rapidity The business section has
suffered worst thus far but the resi-
licences are seriously threatened and if
the spread of the flames is not soon
checked pract cally nothing will be
left of the city.
At this time il is extremely difficult
to gain even the vaguest estimate of
the number Of dead, either in Santiago
or Valparaiso 'oWing to the confusion
and excitement which prevails in
those places Most Of the telegraph
lines from the. coast to the interior are
down and the few which are still work
ing are in bad shape.
Word came from one Of the tele-
phone operators in Santiago this after
neon thar there had been renewal Of
the shocks and that many buildings
lthat mad ant- haoa --le5fr.ss+otl -l,y- tia,-
| first shock had been thrown down.
Everywhere fires were burning, and
the heavens were aslow for miles
/ with the reflection Of the f1ames as
! they eat their way from street to
street. The inhabitants, in panic, were
ieeing to the hills for safety and the
thOroughfares were choked with frenz.
led men and women trying to save
! their few belongings.
Dozens of GhouIs Shot.
Both at Santiago and in Valparaiso
the authorities with great promptness
called the entire military force and
| the soldiers, acting Undcr orders were
shooting down The looters who put in
an early appearance Deems of ghouls
have been shot, and above the clanc-
ing Of the bells and the walls of the
people could be heard at intervals the
ominous creack of the rifles, telling Of
he work of the troops.
Dispatches received here today ten
of the destruction of a number of
smaller towns in Chile.
lie Legiua is said 10 he in ruins
This is town of $1,000 and is a pros
porous commercial center.
Vine Del Mar is also a wreck and
most of its 10000 people are home
les,
Little of Limachc remains In every
instance flames followed the earth
quake and people by the thousands
we're left homeless.
So far as can be learned at this
time he effects Of the convulsions are
worse even than at fir reported. The
whole of the most fertile and prosper.
Gus section of Chi seems to have
been practically laid waste. Railroad
tracks have been wrenchcd from the
foadbeds cuts have been filled In
tunnels block and the carth's surface
ripped and torn for miles In many
places yawning gaps have appeared I'm
the crust 81 the earth until the coun-
try presents an appearance Of utter
desolation
To add 10 the misery of the home
less the food supply is short. and. with
the railroads ont of business. the an
thoriiies are having "A difficult task in
their attempts to relieve the want aud
misery.