Evening journal., 1922-11-13
Scientists Attribute
Night Horror to Sun
spots Battleships
and Caravans Garry
Food and Other Sup
plies to SurUiUors.
Many DrotOned BY
Tidal WaUe-Hun-
dreds Are Homeless
WOMEN, TOTS
ARE SUFFERERS
BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS.

BY lANHbNOE =. HAAS,
United Press stan Correspondent
Copyright. 1922. by United Press)
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. fs.-
Fourteen hundred persons lost their
lives I'm a devastating earthquakes
and tidal wavo which rent the coast
OF Northern Chile early Saturday.
according 10 the most accurate esti-
mates available today.
Starvation. pestilenoc and expo
sure are claiming additional victims
in the wake OF the disaster, and re-
lief caravans are pushing in to MD
homeless inhabitants of the stricken
territories.
Communication with the shatter-
ed towns along the coast from VAL
paraiso 90 Antofsgasta, the district
which bore the brunt OF the shock
and the upheaval OF the Pacific. was
f, still disrupted. but oouriers brought
word 10 the capital OF whole VII
lagos Icvelled by the quake, with
survivors, wounded. lying by hun
dreds m the streets.
Vallcnars, Copiapo and Coquirnbo,
three little coastal towns, suffered
most from the great shock nc 1920
o. m, Saturday. They were inun-
dated by rush OF the Pacific which
followed the first earth rreunors. But
lIttle villages farther back m the
hills appear also 10 have suffered
terrible loss OF life and DESTRUCTION
of property, which it may never be
possible % estimate. There were
reports that whole communities were
wiped out.
The largest quake. feft over the
entire South American continent and
registered on selsmographs all over
the world lasted for over three
hours. sithugh Il was percsptible 10
human senses only two minutes
That was sufficient TO drive those
whose houses withstood the shook IN
terror 20 the streets. where many. in
costal villages. we're drowned by the
terrific tidal wave which lifted IT'S
Of tons OF water a thousand
feet over tho unprotected houses
along the shore.
Thousand slept in the open last
night afraid 20 return to tottering
houses or even to those that had
whhstood he shock, for fear OF a
repetition OF the quake. Slight tre-
mors we're felt Sunday afternoon
panic among the natives
'or three hundred miles along the
,osst.
Couriers came to Santiago today
from Vallenar and Copapo 10 ar
-ange for caravans TO take foods and
medicines TO the stricken towns. The
former place. they declared, was
obliterated. All the build
ngs except the school house, lay in
ruined heaps OF mortar, brick and
adobe. Half OF the buildings in Co
piapo were hurled from their foun-
iations by the shock. the couriers
Those that remained
were uninhabitable.
In jured and sick are being treated
In the streets and public squares.
Starvation is already in sight az VAL
lenar. while distress has begun 70
spread among the quake victims
who are huddled together in rude
shelters in the plazas.
Ramona Alcaygo. prominent
Chilean miner. was among the first
% bring a reliable eve witness story
II the desolation and disaster. He
iaid contagious diseases are spread
ng like wild fire and that many are
threatened with death by exposure
md from hunger.
Arriving az La Serena, Aicayo.
old a dramatic story OF the destrrc-
ION OF the jail at vallenar, which
a usual was crowded with prison.
rs sentenced for minor offenses.
1'The shock hurled down the adobe
-aus OF the little prison injuring
ANY OF the frightened inmates.
hose able 10 do so. rushed from
,e jail. but made no attempt 10 fee
lrther, remaining shaking In terror
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