The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-16
SWAN TIDAL WAVE
TO HIS SCHOONER
Chilean Skipper Defied
Elements to Return
to His Boat
DEATH LIST GROWING
More Tales of Suffering Come
In; Chilean President on
Tour of Stricken Zone

CoQUlMBo, chile, Nov. Is
capt. stuart Campbell of the Chilean
schooner Marta swan out 20 his YES.
sci from the Coquimbo mole in the
face OF the third tidal wave which
accompanied the earthquake when
lie saw II was In danger. II became
known today. lie was waiting near
the mole for the return OF his ship's
boat when he saw the lights on his
schooner moving about in an extra
ordinary manner. He announced his
intention or getting to Marta by
swimming. Despite the entreaties OF
his his wife and child he hurried to
the mole where no was caught in
the first tidal wave but held onto
the rails of the mole.
or the return wave he swan out
about twenty-five yards, There he
touched ground where ordinarily
there were six fathoms of water. sud
denly finding himself standing with
no water between him and the land
from seasward "A towering wave
rushed upon him. into which he
diyed. on coming TO the surface he
swan about twenty-five minutes
aud reached his schooner. Captain
Campbell said the water was warm.
SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov. 15.-As
President Alessandre left today to
visit the zone devastated by yester-
days earthquake and tidal wave,
lists OF those killed I'm the catastro-
phe came In over the restored tele-
graph lines from many. points, Civ
ing poignant reality to the disaster.
While the official figures on the
dead from the calamity received at
NFra .
the total slightly under 900, had not
been added to, up to this forenoon
unofficial estimates OF the fatalities
still ran as high as 1000.
More Suffering Reported.
Today's message brought fresh
stories OF suffering among thousands
OF homeless and further details of
the terrible violence of the quake
and tidal wave which laid low
score or more towns and villages.
The scenes of distress President
Alessandro intends to visit personally
with his official staff, in order TO
better direct measures OF relief and
give his personal announcement 10
the workers.
Official kilograms confirm the
great proportions of the calamity.
These tell of 1000 refugees in CO.
quimbo, where the property loss is
tSllIuhltu NJ lfuUU,VUu pthOrs OF re-
moval of the dead still going on in
the ruins OF Nallenar where the dam
age is placed at $4,000 900. OF peo-
pie still sleeping IN the open air at
various points; of still other places
destroyed such as the port of cruz
Graude. Latest advices received
from Copipo confirm tho complete
destruction OF the town OF Freirina
and Huasco.
All Americans Safe.
\ dispatch to Merqurio from Co
quimbo said the American consul
there stated all Americans in Co
Quimbo were well. Regarding
Americans employed in the mines of
the steel companies in Higuera dis
trict, the dispatch says an engineer
who arrived at Coquimbo yesterday
from Nallenar said he had passed
through Higuera whore he was in
formed there was no loss OF life,
The people OF Chile are giving
generously to the relief funds being
collected by the national relief COM
mittee. offers OF aid are coming
I'm from other South American coun-
tries and the American Red Cross
and are being accepted.
A relief train as on the way north
ward and probably will bring the
first outside relief to the district.