The Glenwood post., 1906-08-25

oou Is very StdICe. MIX COSla IWo
Chilean dollars liter, and 1t is al
most 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 afterward. The nights are very
told and windy, the people sleeping
in the open are suffering greatly.
The captain of a steamship which
has arrived from San Francisco says
the situation here is worse than that
following the disaster at San Fran
cisco.
Santiago, Chilli. Aug. 19.-The latest
news brought in here by refugees from
Valparaiso contradicts some Of the
first exaggerated statements from
there, but shows that the catastrophe
was extremely severe. Scnor Groz.
one OF the refugees, relates that the
first shock at Valparaiso WAS very pro-
longed and threw the entire city into
indescribable panic. People crowded
the streets and the squares, crying and
lamenting. The first shock also
threw down number of buildings. The
second shock was more severe and re-
suited in the crumbling of most of the
buildings in the Almendral quarter.
Immediately after the second shock
the entire city was plunged into ter
rife darkness. This, however, did not
last long, for the scene of destruction
was soon lit up by the fires that broke
out in this quarter. The light from
the fiames, Senor Groz continues, came
as a welcome relief from the darkness.
The people We're in a state of terror,
many believing that the end OF the
world had come.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the Victoria theater, the Bella Vista
railroad station and the Club de Sep
tember Most of the severe damage was
done or the lower ground reclaimed
II ON the sea.
The Church of the Espiritu Santo
and the Church of La Marced rs well
as Il large part of the buildings on Vic
toria street were destroyed,
Masses of material blocked tho
streets. Avenue Brazil is almost to-
tally wrecked. The known dead does
not exceed 100. according 10 the best
estimates. Among those dead is the
wife OF Admiral Montt.
The hills surrounding Valparaiso
suffered but slightly.
More than 10000 persons have taken
refuge there.
ENdulldSO ut NHlil, aug. lp."ll 10
known that 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 discovered later. Sew
eral persons became so panic stricken
during the trembling of the earth that
they threw themselves from the bal
comics of their homes and We're killed.
The fires which followed the earth
quake in this city We're promptly extin-
quished, but while they lasted they
added greatly to the terror of the peo-
ole.
AS all the telegraph and telephone
lines were more or less damaged, the
exact situation throughout the coun-
trv is not yet known, but advices have
been received to the effect that the
towns of Nirlage and Casa Blanca
were destroyed and that San Felipe,
Rancagua, Melipilla and Llaillai were
severely damaged At Conception the
shocks We're severe and a number of
persons were killed or injured. The
towns of Rengo, San Fernando, Quill
lota and San Antonio and many vii
lagos are in ruins.
All railway service IN the central
zone is either interrupted entirely or
greatly utldNt anu tDluIlltlSG is pIdC-
tiCally at a standStill.
In the city of Santiago, much dam
age was done. Many public buildings,
particularly churches, were dis
mantled. The buildings of Congress,
the municipal buildings, the Normal
school, the courts, the Peruvian lega-
tiOn, the residence of President Riesco
the central market, the prefecture OF
police and the National telegraph of
fee all We're seriously damaged. The
lines of the electric tramway system
and electric light wires We're short
cirCuited. interrupting street car traffic
and plunging tie city into darkness.
The scenes at the hospitals and pris-
ons during the excitement We're dis
tressing in the extreme. The prison
Crs tr:ed to escape from the iails in
the hope that they might reach place
of safety, and prison guards were
obliged to fire into the air in order to
intimidate and quiet their panic
stricken charges.