THE EARTHQUAKE.
TRACIC INCIDENT AT A PRISON. 140 PRISONERS BURIED. LONDON, August :*. The prisoners at Santiago gaol were singing a hymn when the shuck occurred, and a wall fell, burying 140.
Perfect order now prevails in Valparaiso, owing to the presence of troops.
Military ambulances are collecting the injured. Great darkness was experienced after the first shocks. The m; ny thought ti\c end of the world hail come. Several suffering from weak hearts died cf fright.
DESTRUCTION OF FURTHER TOWNS. 100,000 CHILIANS HOMELESS. RUIN UNIVERSAL. ECONOMIC CRISIS IMMINENT. Received 21st, 10.50 P-m-LONDON, August 21. A great part of Venadelmar was burnt. SI "IB It is reported that Arica was destroyed. A correspondent, who rode from Santiago to Valparaiso, estimated two hundred thousand Chilians are homeless . Ruin is universal, and it is impossible yet to estimate the fatalities. An economic crisis is imminent. Some of the railways have reopened sections. Subscriptions for the sufferers have been opened in London. Shocks were felt at Martinique on Monday and yesterday.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81828, 22 August 1906, Page 3
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167THE EARTHQUAKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81828, 22 August 1906, Page 3
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