Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1906 — TIDAL WAVE IN ECUADOR [ARTICLE]

TIDAL WAVE IN ECUADOR

More Than Fifty Persons Lose Their Lives and Many Coast Villages Are Destroyed. Feb. 16. Confirmation of reports of loss of life by a tidal wave following a submarine earthquake on Jan. 31 has been brought here by the captain of the steamer Quito, which has arrived her from Guayaquil, Ecuador. On Jan. 31 several coast villages in the department of Cauca were destroyed and more than fifty persons were killed or drowned. On the same day an earthquake lasting seven minutes was sett In the Interior of Colombia. Esmeralda suffered the most in loss of property. The people in that region are panic stricken and are living in the open air.