The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-14
Earthquake And Tidal Wave
Carries Death And Des-
tructiOn With Them.
FIVE HUNDRED LOST
IN ONE LITTLE TOWN
All Along the Coast Big and
Little Ships Were Swept
Ashore and Totally Wrecked
or Left High and Dry.
(By Associated Press.)

Santiago, Chile, Nov. 13.-The
Chilean government has asked con-
gress to grant a million pesos for re-
lief of the inhabitants in the stricken
districts and five hundred thousand
for the re-estabishment of public
Utility Services.
The cruiser Chacabuco has arrived
at Huasco with supplies and medical
help and the dreadnaught sailed later
today from Valparaiso for Antafagas-
ia. A relief commission has been Or
ganized at Buenos Aires TO aid of the
sufferers by the thousands made
homeless by the earthquakes through
out Chile early Saturday morning and
the flooding waves which followed
the shocks were being mobilized to-
day.
The death toll will probably be at
least one thousand, it is estimated,
and the property loss will run into
the millions, as several towns were
almost entirely wiped out and heavy
damage to buildings and communica-
ton lines and particularly ships along
the 1,400 miles of coast affected by
the huge waves has resulted from
the violent upheavals of nature.
The extent of the casualties, prop
enty damage and distress wrought
by the catastrophe disturbances has
not yet been learned except in a gen
eral way, as many communication
lines, both overland and underwater,
were put out of commission Five
hundred persons were reported killed
at Vallenar and In the districts sur
rounding the city. At Coquimbo at
least 100 are known to be dead. The
damage from the succession of earth
shocks, which filled the population
with terror, was heaviest in the north
ern provinces of Antofagasta, Alta
CANA and Coquimbo.
All along the coast little ships and
big ships were swept on shore, pound
ed against the rock or left high and
dry. At many mall ports wharves
and quays were destroyed. Today
naval ships were steaming up and
down the coast, stopping at the vari-
Gus places to send landing parties to
the relief of sufferers, many of whom
are without food and shelter.
The tidal waves which followed the
earthquake indicated gigantic dis
turbance beneath the Pacific. The
waters first were drawn away from
shore, far below the low tide mark
and then they came rushing back in
great wave which some observers
said was fifty meters in height. At
Aantofagasta this queer and fright
full movement of the sea was repeat
ed five times, until the city was bat
tered almost to ruins and the entire
population fled to the hills.
Tremor Lasts Three Hours.
The tremors were SO severe that
some of the seismogTaphs were put
out of operation. The total duration
of the tremors was three hours and
FORTY minutes and the estimated rad
ius 1000 kilometers in direction
transversal to the Andes. The meter.
illogical institute announced that the
earth shock coincided with the pas
sage of a sunspot over the central
meridian or the solar body. The sun
spot made its appearance on Novem-
Der 9Th and was the largest observed
this year.
At Valparaiso it was pointed out by
Rear Admiral Martin, director of the
naval meterological service, that the
earthquake came just as the conjunc-
tions of Mercury and Jupiter and
Neptune and the sun were approach
ing, and he deo1r,aeN fsfi4H-s7es >siqni-
ficant. Ss