The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
Quake Night Awful.

The night OF Aug. e16 was rendered
dreadful by flashing lightning and
pouring rain, the electric cables and
wires swapping as a result of the con-
CURED all that night, causing the great
est CONSERVATION, which was height
ened by the peaing of the frebells an
nounclng breaking out Of fires.
p, Each earth shock was followed by
walls and prayers from the people who
were .kneeling in the rain and mud.
The first great shock lasted four min
utes and 50 seconds. Such long shock
Dry Of any inhabitant Of Santiago. It
caused the bells Of churches to ring,
pictures fell from walls and there was
heaving motion Of the ground.
Experts say that the only thing
which saved Santiago from ruin was
that the motion was circular. The
principal shock was from Valparaiso to
Santiago and Meripila, with its CEN
ter at Limache. The last two named
towns were destroyed, as were Quill
200 buried; 100 More Dead.
The uncertainty as to what is &C.
curing elsewhere in Chile and the most
complete. isolation. in Chile, combined
with continuing earth shocks, are ter
5i6lX d tsyag te people al
"A dispatch c1e6eiveq There from
Limache says that hundred bodies
there remain unburied and that the au-
thorities up to the present time have
only been able to bury 200. -
g.. Two Villages Wrecked.
The villages of San Francisco and
Lomache have been totally destroyed,
including the hospitals and churches.
The task Of the authorities in the
present sitaution became easier today
on account Of the fact that telegraph
and telephone communication was re.
established between Valparaiso and San
tiago, enabling the governor Of Val
paraiso to consult at length with the
| authorities here.
Nothing definite appears to be known
r eag fda the number ar, Of people who
quake and fires at Valparaiso. The
laauthorities there only mention having
taken sixty bodies from the ruins, tho
they add that the number Of injured
is very great.
Looters Shot Down.
People Who have arrived here from
Valparaiso, however, confirm the alarm.
Ing reports Of the extent Of the catas
trophe, but they declare that the local
authorities have taken the most ener
getic measures to maintain order and
Committing robberies are shot on The
spot. The people arriving here esti
mate that 80 per cent Of the buildings
in the Terremote district have been de-
stroyed by fire. : 4.
| All reports agree in saying that the
Almendral and the southern districts OF
Valparaiso suffered the most severely
Standing Houses Unsafe.
According to some of the reports
Valparaiso may, be said to have beer
totally destroyed, it being asserted that
nearly all the houses which remained
standing have been SO shaken that they
must be pulled down. ...-.. ~ =,
One Of the travellers who arrived here
today says more than three hundred
paraiso known as the port, and that 800
persons were injured there, but it is i'm
possible to verify his statement.
The majoritysEof the inhabitants OF
Valparaiso are camped on the hills sur
rounding that city in the, parks anc
main thorofares sor have sought refuge
on board the vessels in the bay. Mar
tial law continues there. sst. ISL. s.
. Red Cross Receives Funds.
Washington, Aug. 81. Funds for tn
relief of earthquake sufferers in Chill
will be received by the American Rec
Cross and, sent to Valparaiso and othe
stricken cities for. distribution thru
American diplomatic and consular rep
resentatives in that country. Chile ha
no Red Cross organization. 8%
Charles Hallam Keep, national treas
urer Of the American Red Cross, Wash
ington, will receive contributions from
persons living in states which have n
Red Gross organizations.
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