The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-13
DISASTER DUE
TO VOLCANO IN
BOTTOM OF SEA
Earthquakes in Chile Followed
Up by Tidal Waves.
Ocean, Rolling in, Battered Viii
lagos to Pieces.
POPULATION FLED To HILLS
VaIIenar, a Town of 5000 Per-
sons, Is Destroyed.
Many Small Fishing Villages
Reported Wiped Away.
VaIIenar, a Town of 5000 Per-
sons, Is Destroyed.

Santiago. ChiiC. Nov. 1s.-Further
earthquake shocks took place in the
northern provinces today, ADDING 10
the terror of the population
Pestience and famine are threaten
cd among the thousands of homeless
fuGitives.
owing to interruption of rail and
telegra phic communication, the WORK
of getting supplies into the devastated
region is progressing Slowly
(By the Associated Press)
Santiago. Chile, Nov. 1S.-Rehet
homeless by the earthquake thruout
Chile early Saturday morning and the
fIoodint, waves which followed the
shocks were being mobilized today
The death toll probably Will be AT
least 1000. il is estimated, and the
property loss will run into millions as
several towns were almost entirely
wiped out and heavy damage to build
inrs and communication lines and par
ticuiarly ships along the 1.4OO miles
of coast affected by the huge waves
has resulted from the violent upheaV-
ais of nature.
Exscnt of Damage Unknown
The full extent of the casualties and
proDerty damages and distress
wrought by the catastrophe disturb
ances has not yet been learned, as
many communication lines were put
out of operation. Five hundred per-
sons were reported killed at Nallenar
and in the districts surrounding the
r-ty. At COquimbo at least 100 are
lsrown to be dead. The damage from
the succession of earth shocks. which
filled the population with terror, was
the heaviest in the northern prov
inccs of Antofagasta. Atacama and
CocUimbo. /
All along the coast ships were swept
on shore. pounded against the rocks,
or Ief high sndzdry. At many small
ports. wharves and quays were de-
st-Oyel. Today naval ships were steam
ing UP and down the coast, stopping
ut various place to send landing par
tics 10 the relief of sufferers, many
OF whom are without food and shell
ter.
Repeated Five Times.
t. tidal waves which followed the
c~st-Iquakes indicated a gigantic dis
IL. baI.ce beneath the Pacific. The
waters first We're drawn away from
shore. far below the low tide mark,
and then they came rushing back in
a great wave which some observers
sad was fifty meters in height. At
AatofaSastaN and other points this
queer and friEhtful movement of the
sea was repeated five times and at
Cop.apo the waves battered the city
almost to ruins and the entire popu1I
Iat.on fed TO the hills.
The tremOrs were so severe that
some of the seismographs We're put
out of operation. The total duration
of the shocks was three hours and
forty minutes ana Inc eStlulaLeu
raCius 200 kilometers in a direction
trans. ersai to the Andes. The meteor
oIoz-cal institute announced the earth
.shock coincided with the passa ge of
a sun SPOT over the central meridian
Of the solar body. The sun spot made
its appearance on November 5. and
was the largest observed this year.
At Valparaiso. il was pointed out
by Rear Admiral Martin, director of
the naval METEOROLOGICAL service. that
the earthquake came just as the con-
junction of Mercury and Jupiter and
Neptune and the sun were approach
ing He declared this was significant.
Relief Work Is Started.
Buenos Aires. Nov. 13.-With from
1 600 to 1000 reported dead or fatally
hurt and many hundreds of others
painfully injured, the Chilean govern
ment today concentrated all ITS activl-
ties toward giving relief to the dis
tricts devastated by earthquake and
tidal wave.
Thousands are homeless in the
Tacna-Ar.ca districts ana further
south. both along the coast where the
Pacific inundated vass areas and fur
ther inland where the earthquake
shook down towns and villages.
Communication with some districts
was still cut off today, making it i'm
possible TO get details of the calamity
and to give a definite estimate of the
dead The devastation is so great that
Chilean officials are contemplating
asking outside aid. perhaps from the
American Red Cross.
Town of 5000 destroyed.
Vallenar.. a town of 5000 popula-
ton. was destroyed Heavy damage
was done in the district of Coquimbo.
Vessels reported by wireless that
small fishing villages at some places
on the coast had disappeared.
For fear of pestilence the corpses
are being buried in some districts as
quickly ass discovered without waiting
the fOrmality of Identification.
No further disturbances have been
reported Scientists think that both