The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-15
MORE VICTIMS u
OF EARTHOUA

Ur EAklHQUA
Santiago, Nov. Is (By the Ass
ated Press) Scarcely a house
mains standing in the Vailenar Vd
ley, in northern Chile, as a result o.
earthquakes and tidal waves of Sat-y
urday. Fifteen hundred are know to
be dead in Atacama and Couqimbo
provinces, and it is expected it will
he increased. Martial law has been
declared.
Santiago, Nov. 15.-Soldiers patrol
the stricken towns and the latest re-
ports from Villenar say that 1900
were killed or injured there. Many
villages near Copiapo were destroyed.
A newspaper correspondent reaching
Copiapo says the shocks were felt
there from Friday to Monday. Friday
night light like flames illuminated the
eastern sky.
Santiago, Nov. Ia (By the Associat-
cd Press) Each hour brings fur
ther details Of the great disaster to
Chile caused by the earthquake and
tidal waves. and each new report re
ceived from the provinces which suf-
fered the full force of the convulsion
adds to the list Of dead and the enor-
NOUS damage already recorded.
Adviccs this afternoon from VAL
lenar, in the province of Atacama,
say that the total dead recovered thus
far at that place number 1900, while
the adjoining town of Freirina is in
| complete ruins, the casualties not be.
ing known.
An official compilation by the min
istry of the interior based on reports
received by that department earlier
in the day gave the number of dead
in six towns as 886 and the injured
2,4l0. These towns, were Vallenar,
Copiapo Coquimbo, Huasco. Chanaral
and Freirina. This compilation
therefore did not take into account
the hunlreds of smaller places within
the radius Of the earthquake, which
are virtually cut off from communi-
cation because of the breakdown of
telegraph lines.
Twelve hundred miles of the coast
line felt in varying degrees the ef-
feets Of the great tidal waves which
followed the earth shocks and for
large portion of this distance sea-
tport towns and villages were inun-
dated. Now, nearly four days after
the disaster, thousands of families
tafe axSid1s sfins sabcutsthe .ceunssysids.-
Their distress is great, for they have
little clothing and few supplies.
i Again today severe, earth tremors
shook the province of Coquimbo and
other places and strange illumins-
tions were observed last night over
the sea off La Serena and at Copiho.
| Washington, Nov. l4.-President
Harding in cablegram to President
lAlessandria of Chile made public to-
day offered assistance to the people
of Chile who suffered from the earht-
quake catastrophe.
4 81 am deeply shocked to learn of
the terrible catastrophe which has be-
fallen your country causing SO great
loss of life and property" President
Harding said. "My countrymen join
with me in extending heartfelt SYM
lpathy in this hour of widespread suf-
, ferng and national grief. The AM
erican Red Cross will hold itself in
readiness to render such assistance
as may be in it's power and / beg that
? your excellency will not hesitate to
let me know if this organization can
4, serve the people of the stricken dis
tricts in any way"
The state department also made
! public reports from American consu
lar officers describing conditions n
their districts resulting from tho
! earthquakes.
Consul Deichman at Valparaiso
i said in his opinion earthquake dam
: age north of Valparaiso was sufii
d cient to warrant moderate financial
y assistance of the American Red Cross.
Many houses were destroyed and fam
lilies are destitute, the message said,
the probable loss of life being 1000
and wounded numbering between A.
n 900 and 5000, according to official
ladvices he has received. The Am
D erican consular agency at Coquimbo
n was said to have been swept by
tidal wave.
Consul Mcmillan reported from
Antofagasta:
Earthquake shock along the coast
of Chile from Antofagasta south or
the night of the tenth, thousand re
ported killed and several thousane
" homeless. The damage to Antofa
"a gasta is not more than $4,000 ant
there is no loss Of life.
:" Government wireless station de
u stroyed north of Antofagast. Death