The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-11-15
NO.46
HUNDREDS DEAD
N EARTHQUAKE
TremOrs and Tidal Waves Lsye!
Scores OF Buildings Ia
Chile.

Ccqllmbo, Nov 1t.-One hundred
persons were drowned hers .lsz a
tida! wave coming after the earth
quake swept in v!-h . great rear.
The inhabitants were panic stricken
and ran to the lil.s. The advance Of
the sea was accompanied BY elel:ri-
cal discharges.
Santiago. Chile. Nov. An
earthquake OF great magnitude and
far spread feet rocked Chile from
end to end today. 1t was accompaa-
led By tidal wave. and the combined
force Of the earth tremors and the
sweep OF the water did vast damage,
the extent OF which it is impossible
TO estimate b-cIuse teIegrlpAic lines
were carried down At various places.
The provinces o. Antofagasta,
Aacama and Coqu.mbo suffered
most. tha central points Of the
quake lying in the latter two pro- .
yircss and, so far as evidence. shows,
Copiapo. in Atacama, has the larg-
est casuel.y list with about 100 kill
ed 4&d many s=r.ous,g injured.
Il was feared Tor q time that the
city Of Artofaga "a suffered q GREAT
disaster, but most Of the d-mage
done at that place was due 10 Il
tidal wave. No report of loss Of life
has yet cone from Antofagasta.
Towns Abandoned
Chanaral, in AJacama, has viz
tually been abandoned as many
buildings We're wrecked by the I'M
mease seas sweeping in when the
earth shocks had ceased. The great
er part Of this town was destroyed.
Throughout the province of
Coquimbo hundreds o. houses were
leyelled. while the residents G5d TO
the hills.
From the southern part of Chile
come reports Of severe shocks but
little damage.
Another earth shock was felt here
at +:45 O'Clock this afternoon. 1t
was of ten seconds duration.
30 Dead ut Coqaimbo
More than 500 houses in tha port
o; Coqu.mbo have disappeared ~
the result OF the earthquake. Thirty
persons were killed and Sky ia5ur-
ed. This announcement was made
in National Telegraph message.
The railway de2ots We're shaken
down and railway cars We're unset.
The loss is estimated at 5,500,0eO
pesos.
A tidal wave carried away the
greater part OF the mole.
A message from Who's, in Acoaca-
qua. North of Valparaiso. says an
earth shock and tidal wave at mid
night destroyed eleven fshermen's
houses and the greater part OF the
mole there. Four children were in
jured.
Advices from Yerbas Buenas,
province of Coquimbo, says the
region towards the North is in ruins
and that many houses have fallen.
All telegraph communication with
points North OF La Serena, in the
province OF CoquimbO. has ceased.
Advices telling of the disaster at
Copiapo were received here by way
of Bolivia and Buenos Aires.
The tidal wave at Chanaral de-
stroyed the greater part of the town.
The inhabitants are without food.
Reports from Conception ana
Talcahuaro, 10 the south. make no
mention OF damage or casualties. At
Conception 4 strong earth movement
was felt for about three minutes -
midnight. At Talcahuano tidal
wave occurred. following the sub
sidence OF which the water level was
lower than normal.
The movement was steady and
caused no damage.
Fire Breaks Out
Reports received just before dawn
said the shocks were continuing at
Illapel. Unadices and La Serena.
The latter city was wrecked by a
severe earthquake in 1907. The
sea was rising there this morning.
A dispatch at $3.50 O'Clock said a
heavy shock lasting ave mlau.ss
had Just been se,t at La Serena. It
brought dowa many walls and rele-
graph poles. putias the ei,y in
darkness.
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