Evening star., 1946-08-09
81 Dominicans
Dead as Fresh
Quake Is Fell
20, 900 Are Homeless
In Wake of TiduI
Waves and TembIors
BY the Associated Press

/
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini-
can Republic, Aug. 9.-Two slight
earth tremors shook the Dominic
can Republic today in the wake
of violent earthquakes and dev-
astating tidal waves which have
killed So persons and made 20,-
600 homeless since they began
Sunday.
The tidal waves of yesterday, be-
lieved created by violent earthquakes
at the bottom of the Atlantic at it's
deepest point near here, crashed
Iagainst the northern coastal towns
lof Matanzas and Puerto Plata and
Ispread destruction and terror along
the northern coast of the Samana
Peninsula.
Rivers Add to Damage.
Huge waves crushed dwellings in
stantly. OveruoWing rivers added to
the damage in the north The gov
ernment organized special relief and
rescue services. Red Cross and
Army trucks hastened to the terror
zones loaded with food, medicine and
doctors.
Haiti, which shares Hispaniola
Island with the Dominican Re-
public, and Puerto Rico felt the
quakes, but damage in those
places appeared less pronounced)
dispatches from Port-au-
Prince, Haiti, estimated damages
at $500,000, but reported no dead.
Several towns were affected in
the northern part of the republic.
Among damaged structures was
the famous citadel, begun in
l 1904 and completed during the
reign of King Henri Christophe.
I An entire wall of the fortress
S crumbled,
(Trinidad was warned at am.
] that tidal waves were expected to
t hit the islands. Ships were ad-
vised not to berth beside oil
f terminals)
! Seabed Believed Shifting.
). The new tremors were felt at
4 800 and sos am. No damage or
S casualties were reported. Several
major and minor earthquakes and
two violent tidal waves had previ-
Y ously struck the island since Sunday.
r The shocks were believed caused by
= shift in the bed of the Atlantic
e so miles northeast of the Dominican
O Republic, where the water is 28,680
e feet deep.
t Georgetown University's seis-
mograph in Washington today re-
e corded two new quakes in the
}, West Indies The Rev. Frederick
# Sohon, S.J.. in charge of the seis-
It mograph, said pretty strong"
e shock was recorded at 3:30:21 a.
m. and another light shock,
5:14:17 a. m)
e Communications with Northern
1 Dominican Republic provinces and
S towns were interrupted, making ac-
curate appraisal of human and
r property difficult.
President Rafael l.. Trujillo Mo-
= lima sent an urgent request to seis-
mologists at Fordham University to
e ascertain the course of the earth
v quake.
4 Five Churches Damaged.
OutWardly, the Dominicans ap-
e peared slightly calmer today, but
seemed to be expecting new earth
S shocks at any moment.
Food was being distributed by the
Government among quake and wave
sufferers and shelter was being
sought for the homeless.
A special Red Cross brigade
reached the stricken north coast.
Five churches in Ciudad Trujillo
= were damaged and ordered closed.
o Authorities ruled they were in a
!, dangerous condition. The old presi-
! dental palace also developed serious
- cracks.
The presidential Offices were trans
ferred to the Dominican party
building.
> The Department of Public Works
= took urgent steps to repair bridges
: and highways destroyed or DAM
o aged, especially in the northern and
q northeastern parts of the republic.
= The old colonial church of Santo
= Cerro. near La Vega, was condemned
o because of dangerous cracks.
0 Help Rushed by Planes
To Areas Hit by New Quake