Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
GIRLS LEAP FROM
convent IN QUAKE
oky Lit by Intense Light When
Earth Shook at
copiapo
SOLDIERS CONTROL TOWNS
1v Associated Press


Santiago, Nov. 15.--The correspond.
ent Of the newspaper Mcrcurio. who has
arrived from COpiapo. SAYS that when
che earthquake was first felt thrr" Fri.
day might the eastern sky was H.
Illuminated by an intense red light In the
shape Of great flames. This phenomenon
could be seen for great distance.
The tremors continued internationally
all night aud Saturday morning. Just
before midnight Sunday another pro.
l0nged quake was felt and it was re-.
peated intermittently until daybreak
Monday.
During the tremors young girls at
convent and school Jumped out vt the
windows. Many of them were seriously
Injured when the second floor saGgcd
down.
The hospital and prison at C"plapo
are In ruins. but the prisoners and the
oick escaped unini,ired.
Prisoners, guilty Of slight cff"nscs
were freed by the authorities. Several
criminals broke jail.
Tho removal Of debris in the afflicted
fccsions, has been started with the. help
Of soldiers. Eighty per cent of the
buildings are down and the others are
greatly damaged. Soldiers nrr patrol.
ling the towns by day and the police by
night. The state Of siege is being main.
tainpd.
Many small inland villages nrnr Co.
piapo were destroyed. San Fernando
j. in ruins. Twenty. three persons were
Killed there. At III" village Of T!crrn
Amnrilla four persons ar" dead and
half the town IS in ruins. At San
Antonio seven are dead and the town
is a wreck. Casualties So far reported
from Coriaro number the dead ut sixty
and the injured at 10.
Trnr .,ln tot H., at
. mining town in the Province Of Ata.
cana. say the earthquake was felt there
with great intensity. Th" shocks opened
deep assures in the hills and caused
frightful noises.
Latest reports from the town ot
Vallenar place the numhcr of both killed
and injured there at 1900. IT is believed
that the total killed and injured in the
Nallcnar Valley will reach l1Go.
The full extent Of tn" disaster which
eentcrrd upon the Prnvinrrs Of Atarama
and CoTnimbo hocam" more fully known
today with the rc"r"ning of te'cgraphic
communications with North Chile.
Death List Increases
In these two provinces the victims
number l3W'. 81 far rs Is now known.
but 1t is expected the number Of dead
will b" substantially increased when
communications are resumed with many
small villages in the interior whose fate
remains unknown
Dispatches today from la S"rcna to,l
Of serious damage which the earth.
quakrs inflicted upon the Tcpn mines.
Martial law has been declared at
vallcnar and in Copiapo owing ~ the
looting which bandits have been Icr,m.
trating upon the distressed population.
The bandits arc believed for tho most
part 10 be priSone,s who escaped from
the jnils.
Fears felt for the safety Of the
Chilean steamer Rrnairo when II was
reported that she had failed to answer
wireless calls following the earthquake
of last Saturday. were dispcllcd today
when her agents stated that the vessel
had departed from C"Iu!mbo and was
midway on her vovag" to EalDnra!sn.
The steamer is due there some time to.
day.
Santa Clara. Calf. Nov. 15.-Al.
though sun spots had something 10 do
with the disastrous earthquake and
consequent tidal waves in Chile. the A!
moon also was contributing factor, !
In the opinion Of Father !. $. Rirard !
OF the University of Santa Clara Oh. |
servatory.
rhtHer NicarN Is leading OK.
poncnt "f the theory that sun spots
have direct relation I" the weather
and issues n monthly publication known
as the Sun Spot. |
lin our observatory Mt Santa Clara |
We have always held tha, grca, sun
spots on becoming central are a partial
cause of earthquakes" said Father
Ricard. when the Chilean earth. !
quake occurred a great sun spot, ln,i. |
tude six degrees south. was in place
TO str!k" tn" earth. For more than
twenty years this coincidence be-.
tween malignant sun spots and earth.
quakes has been repeating itself.
"A coincidence thus Indefinitely
maintained is in itself proof.
"On the other hand. i, cannot be
denied that the moon acts at an angle |
of - degrees. where. unopposcd By |,
gravity. it lifts not only the waters
OF the ocean. but also tho earth. This
opens assures in the sea bottoms where
the water. fit"ring in abundance, is
turned into super heated steam and ex-
plodes. thereby lifting enormous masses
OF solid material which begin to 0scil. |