Another Disastrous Earthquake.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3702, 21 August 1906, Page 3

Another Disastrous Earthquake.

AT VALPARAISO. OUTBREAK OF FIRES, TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE. New York, August 18. Messages have been received here stating at 8 o’clock on Thursday evening tremendous earth- j quakes were experienced at Valparaiso, followed by many fires, extending from the Plaza Orden northwards. The whole city seemed to sud- ’ denly swing backwards and forwards, and then jolt with such j force that a whole row of buildings toppled to the ground In a few seconds. A number of fires immediately ■ broke out in the business portion of the city, and that part of the city is also doomed. One account states that hundreds ! of people were killed, many hundreds being imprisoned in ruins and burned to death. Business is at a standstill. The banks have closed, and there are j no gas or electric light services, j Throngs of homeless people are j in the streets. The streets which suffered most damage are the Calle de Blance (a fine thoroughfare running parallel with the water front), the Calle de Condell, the Calle de la Esraerald, and the De la Cius district,_ where the best residences were situated. Many landslides occurred at different points around the city. No injury was occasioned to shipping. LOCATION OF THE AREA AFFECTED. DESTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY. Messages received located the area of the disturbance as between Los Andes, sixty miles from Valparaiso, and Valparaiso. Advices from Mendoza state that many houses were wrecked at Los Andes, and there were a large number of victims. Nothing has been heard from Santiago, the capital city, sixty- , five miles from Valparaiso. It is feared that a similar fate to that of Valparaiso has befallen Santiago. Tunnels on the railway connecting the two cities are filled with debris, and miles of track are twisted and useless. Buenos Ayres, Aug. 18. _ Telegraphic communication in Argentina has been interrupted by earthquake. SEISMIC RECORDS. New York, August 19. The seismographs at Washington recorded slow earthquake tremors on Thursday evening, and a most violent shock towards 8 o’clock. The disturbances ceased at midnight. London, August 18. Professor Milue, the famous geologist and seismologist, reports that his instruments at Newport, Isle of Wight, recorded disturbances. His record suggests a third earthquake along the American, coast, north of-Valparaiso.