The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

or hunger,
 Sources For Relief
 The nation mobilized its utmost resources for relief. Other Ameri- can republics came swiftly to the aid. An army of tens of thousands of men and women, headed by Presi- dent Pedro AguirTe Cerdo, toiled at the rescue work, haggard, sleepless. They stopped to eat only every 30 hours or so, and then munching on fruit or a sandwich.
 They included doctors, nurses, dentists, druggists, Carabineers, newspapermen, radiomen, laborers, electricians, soldiers, sailors and flyers.
 The aid sent by other countries was an impressive symbol of hu- manity. Commenting on the dispatch of Q United States flying fortress" from Panama with medicines and serums, the newspaper La Hofa said:
 "Other countries are doing similar- ly. On the day when all countries understand this type of solidarity tnd use bombing planes for such pur- poses, a new day will dawn for the world. This lone airplane has more human significance than the hum dreds of planes which in Spain and China try to emulate what the earthquake did here."
 Aid Planes Arriving
 German, French, American and Argentine planes were arriving fre- quently to aid the exhausted Chii. can pilots who have been making trips from dawn to dark in bomb- CTS. The British cruisers Ajax and Exeter were evacuating refugees. Foreign colonies and the diplomatic corps gathered to raise funds. The German embassy handed 60,000 pesos ($2,600) to the government
 A steady stream of trucks rolled to the south, loaded with food, med. icine, clothing and supplies. Air. planes carried food as well as Yned- icine. Many of the wounded were suffering from gangrene.
 The water problem was acute, most mains having been broken. Tn some places people were reported drinking ditch water and from probably contaminated wells.
 Bodies Lie Unburied
 Tn the shattered ruins of cities towns and villages, hundreds of corpses lay unburied, increasing the danger of disease. In some places bodies were heaped in hastily dug pits. Others were buried individual ly in sacks, there being no cofiins.
 A special force of Santiago street cleaners was mobilized so go to Chillan, where IA city blocks were completely wrecked, with trucks, shovels, wheel barrows and gasoline to clear away debris and burn that which could not be moved.
 Reports of United Press corre- spondents who reached the earth- quake zone by airplane, train, truck and boat were appalling. Chillan apparently was the worst hit. Municipal authorities there still put their death estimate for Chil. Ian alone at 10000 persons, and it was estimated that 15,o00 persons were missing or injured. Gruesome Scenes
 Bodies lay under c blazing sun in streets and along roads Arms and legs stuck grotcsquely out of ruins
 It was asserted that in some towns the destrution was 50 om- plete that buildings crumbled al- most into powder, and were noth- ing now but piles of rubbish not more than c yard high. Food and water were sarce. Unit ed Press men reported that people at some places were drinking water from untested wells and from road- side ditches.
 Authorities in the earthquake zone seized all food supplies and es- abolished communal Kitchens.
 Poignant appeals were received from city officials in the stricken zone for medical supplies.
 Though the food shortage was acute, and suffering from lack of water was increasing, the great fear wag of disease.
 Thousands Live in Open
 Hundreds of thousands of persons were living in the open in the gone. Even those who had homes were afraid to live in them, because of the danger that the weakened build ings would collapse. A brief radio message from Conception said today that three persons were killed and nine injured yesterday when c church ct Hualqui, nearby, col- lapsed.
 Authorities of Cauquenes, where