New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
VALPARAISO A HEAP OF RUINS
Five Thousand Persons Reported Killed or Injured in
the Wreck of the City.
Thirty Dead and Property Valued s20000OO Destroyed
Many Small Towns Shattered.

Quillota. Province OF Valparaiso. tw-nty-.te
miles from the city OF Valparaiso. and other
small towns have been destroyed
7:4o p. ua.-An communication with VALPARAISO
has been cut for the last Sorty-eight hours, bue
a mounted messenger reports by way OF Quill
lota. that it Is estimated that five hundred per-
sons were killed there A large portion OF the
town is burning and there is a scarcity OF
water. The railway has been cut by Iandsli4es.
Slight shocks OF earthquake contiaus to be sslt
here.
one-thfrd OF Valparaiso Is reported DESTROYED
vtnadelnlar. ousllota and llnaaohe are COM
pletey destroyed.
The entertainments arranged for Secr.sary
Root VIII be abandoned on account Q. the r,ourr-
ins IN Chill.
Aug. 16 Opelayed).-The worst earthquake ever
remembered occurred thls evening. hexiznizx
about O'clock. Houses feIl IN the s,-eets wsseh
were hlled with hysterscal peopla The clerks an
the cable ornces say that the telegraph Ines 70
the coast are severed
The electric light, are out and as u. cor-.-
spondent IS trying 20 hle this dispatch the earth
quake is again starting. He can hear p-opls
wailing and praying in the streets. vhlls n,
freoells through the city are ringing out alarms
Buenos Ayres. Aug. is. $50 p n.-The AS
sociated Press has received authoritative safor-
nation confirming the worst reports OF the
earthquake IN Chill.
Valparaiso is partially destroyed. Mos. OF tha
damage done was in the centre Of the city ex
tending from the Plaza del orden to the Plaza
PTat. Many lives were lost, but the number "a
not yet known Hundreds OF persons were IN
jured Panic and confusion prevail az vaIos-
raiso.
Santiago also suffered severely. and there was
large loss OF life
Les Andes. eighteen miles east OF San Fslipa
and having a population OF 5000. was alnos.
totally destroyed The main buildings OF the
tOwn-Government House. hotels and public
Offices-were completely wrecked.
Other towns on the ChIlian side OF the Andes,
wholly or partially destroyed are Quflota with
a population of 5000: Llai. with population Of
$500; nlapeL with population Of 5000: VAL
lenar with a population OF 5000. and San
a
mass of ruins. and there was great loss OF lie
there
From Santiago to the Andes every bridge and
tunnel on the railway was utterly wrecked and
the railway lines torn uD.
The shock is supposed to have been caused by
the eruption OF a volcano near Junin los Andes.
1t is impossible TO estimate the dimensions oe
the disaster at the present moment. owing TO ths
circuitOus route over which the news is received.
There is no doubt. however. that the catastrophe
was of terrible proportions.
The disaster has cast gloom over the Repuhll,
Of Argentina. and all festivities have been sus-
pended
All ordinary means Of communication with
Chilli are closed. There is great anxiety here.
The public is awaiting 10 ascertain the fate oe
relatives and friends in Chilli, and the govern
ment offices and newspapers are besiesed BY
anxious inQuirers.
a dispatch received here this morning from
la Paz says that reports received there show
that earthquake shocks continue az Valparaiso.
where panic prevails.
The FIRE started in the Plaza de Orden. and IS
rapidly spreading 20 the northern portion Os ths
city.
The dispatch adds that it is officially confirmed
from La Serena. Chilli that much damage was
done at Valparaiso. and that many persons were
killed or injured.
storm is reported in the bay OF Valparaiso.
The disturbances were felt even in Tacua. ths
northernmOst province OF Chilli
Loud subterranean Tumblinss were heard a,
La Serena.
Ths villages OF nlapsl $50 miles northwest OF