The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-11-13
81 |LE QUAKE DEAD
WILL NUMBER 1000
LOSSES, MILLIONS
Relief Forces Aiding Thousands
without Shelter
MANY SHIPS DESTROYED
Tremendous Tidal Wave Follow
ed Disturbance on 1400
Miles of Coast
MANY SHIPS DESTROYED

Santiago, Chile, Nov. l3.--tBy the
Associated Press)-The relief forces
to aid the thousands made homeless
by earthquakes throughout Chile Sat.
urday morning and flooding waves
which followed shocks were being
modified today.
The death toll probably viii Dc af
least one thousand. it is estimated
and the property loss will run into
millions, as several towns were al.
most entirely wiped out and heavy
damage to buildings and communica.
ton lines and particularly to ships
along the fourteen hundred miles OF
coast affected by huge waves result
ing from violent upheavals OF nature.
Five hundred are reported killed
at Vallenar and in districts sur
rounding that city. At Coquimbo VI
least one hundred are known to be
dead. All along the coast little ships
and big ones were swept on shore,
pounded on the rocks, or left high
and dry.
Santiago, Chile. Nov. l3.-Chiies
earthquake catastrophe, with par
tial establishment OF communi-
cations, is revealed in even greater
magnitude than first reports indi'
Gated. 1t is estimated that at least
1000 are dead and many thousands
are in distress, needing food and
shelter.
In addition to heavy casualties OF
dead and injured at Copiapo and
Coquimbo, 1t is reported that
500 were killed at Vallenar and the
surrounding district. Vallenar was
virtually destroyed and the surviv'
ors are IN critical condition. II
seems certain that there have been
casualties in other towns and VII
lases around Copiapo, to the south,
concerning which no news Is gel
available.
Already "a bodies have been re
covered at Coqu!mbo, where i is
known there are 100 or more dead.
AT Chanaral number were killed
by falling houses.
II was earthquake and tidal wave
combined that accounted for the vast
destruction in the provinces OF Anto'
fagasta. Atacama and Coquimbo. The
movement of the ocean is described
as phenomenal. IL gave evidence OF
| n terrific disturbance In the bed oil
the Pacific Itself. There must have
been such tearing at the bottom
of the sea that immense quantities
of water were sucked through, caus
ing n tremendous recession OF the
waters along the Chilean coast.
Several times the ocean swept out
ward and came back in the shape oil
a great wave, floGfng the seaports
land in some instances sweeping
away the waterfront. The violent
effects of the tidal waves were fell
from Antoiagasta on the north &c
Valdivia OH the south. covering
about l6 degrees of latitude, or more
than 1900 miles.
All types of craft lying in the vari
Gus harbcrs were swept on shore
wrecked or left high and dry, and
at scores OF small ports, wharves ant
quays were destroyed >Glean nav
al vessels in the harbor at Talcahua
no. about 300 miles south Of val
paraiso. when they felt the force O
the waters, slipped their cables ane
proceeded out to the open sea-
President Alessandri has ordered
the various government departments
to take all measures possible for thS
relief of the sufferers in the strick
en- districts. those most sorely atflict
ed lying between Coquimbo and Cop
;apo The navy department had sen
ships along the coast to aid in th'
work,