Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-15
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE
ROCKS Chile; OCEAN
STARTS NEW RAMPAGE
Pacific Behaves Queerly Along Western South
America; Another Shock Is Predicted; One
Town Disappears Following First Disaster;
Banditry Breaks Out, Troops Placed on Duty.

I tidal wave, have been located in the
hills whence they fled. Having lost
the stores they were without food.
Outlawry has broken out at Vale
mar, Bullets were flying when the tel
! egraph office there closed at Z o'clock
Monday night. according to National
Telegraph advices.
Official Party Embarks
President Alessandri will leave
Wednesday for Valparaiso, where he
will embark on the battleship Alirant
Latorre for a visit to the ports strick-
en- by the earth shocks. He viii be
!. accompanied by the ministers of war
and public works and other officials.
The battleship was reported to have
steamed northward Tuesday but was
called back to await. the president.
Laserena was one of the cities Sc
verely stricken by the earthquake of
last Saturday morning, which took a
toll of more than 1900 lives in various
parts of Chile.
The extent of casualties and prop
erty damage wrought by the tremors
and tidal waves three days ago has
not yet been fully learned. as commu-
nication lines still are out of order in
many regions.
The Pacific ocean seems not yet to
have fully recovered its equilibrium, as
the result of last weeks terrific dis
turbances,s or else there have been
some new movements under the ocean
bed. A~ntofagasta reports say that
booming back upon the shore three
times, much in the same manner of
the tidal wave of last Saturday.
The entire diplomatic corps called
on the foreign minister to tender their
condolences to the stricken nation. A
message of sympathy was received by
President Alessandri from President
Alyear Of the Argentine republic.
The 600 bodies already recovered
from the ruins of the city of Vallenar
were carried to the public square after
they had been identified and were
burned.
Town Disappears
The town of Carrizal, consisting
copper mines, is reported to have dis
appeared, but no mention of the loss
of lives is made. The inhabitants
number about 200 and there are $50
other persons living at the port of Car
rial.
Reports of banditry and disorder in
the earthquake district, together with
news of additional earth shocks and
indications that the calamity has
reached appalling proportions, caused
the Chilean government Tuesday to
troops to Coquimbo and Atacama to re-
i%nforce the regular garrisons, which
are too small to cope with the situa-
ton and aid in relief work.
Outlawry broke out Monday night
in the town of Vallenar, the chief suf-
ferer from the earthquake, where it is
estimated 1000 of the inhabitants per-
ished. According to reports the rob-
bers and holdups came from other
places.
The arrival of wal vessels at the
| northern ports of Chile brought wire
less reports of disaster from towns
and villages not previously heard from,
including the large town of Freirina,
augmenting greatly the number Of re-
ported casualties, which are 10Y vari-
ously estimated at between 1,500 and
1000 dead with numberless injured
and homeless.
Another Shock Predicted
New reports indicated that a stretch
of territory along the coast for 140
miles and to a depth of 250 miles has
been almost denuded of human habita-
ton.
The telegraph offices at Santiago
present pitiful scenes. Crowds gather
about all day seeking information
about the fate of friends and relatives
in the devastated regions. Such mes
sages of inquiry are transmitted free
by the national lines.
Considerable uneasiness has been
caused by prediction of an Argentine
meteorologist that the earthquake
would be repeated between December
5 and Z.