Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — LATEST FROM VALPARAISO [ARTICLE]

LATEST FROM VALPARAISO

Earthquake Damage Now Reduced to $25,000.000 u> $60,000,000 Number or Dead. London, Aug. 23. —Latest news from Valparaiso, Chile, reduces the loss of property to from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. The number of dead remains, according to estimate, at more than 2.000. but no details are given. D’fepatches from the stricken city today are largely repetitions of the dispatches of yesterday, and contain little that Is new. Provisions are coming into the city, and water is supplied. It is believed that 80,000 people will leave Valparaiso as a result of the quake. All the churches but one, all the hospitals and all the theaters were destroyed. Telegraphic communication with Santiago has been re-established. Santiago de Chile, Aug. 20.—1 tls known that at least eight lives were lost In this city by the earthquake, but it Is believed that many persons were killed by the falling buildings, and that their bodies will be discovered later. Several persons became so panic-strick-en during the tremblings of the earth that they threw themselves from the balconies of their homes and were killed. The fires which followed the earthquake in this city were promptly extinguished, but w-hlle they lasted they added greatly to the terror of the people. Advices have been received to the effect that the towns of Virlage and Casablanca were entirely destroyed and that San Felipe, Rausagua, Melipllla and Llaillai were severely damaged. At Concepcion the shock was severe and a number of persons was killed or Injured. The towns of Rengo, Sanfernando, Quillltta and San Antonio, and many villages, are in ruins. In the city of Santiago much damage was done. Many public buildings, particularly churches, were dismantled. The buildings of congress, the municipal buildings, the normal college, the courts, the Peruvian legation, the residence of President Rlesco, the Central market, the prefecture of police and the National telegraph office all were seriously damaged. Buenos Ayres. Aug. 22.—The Nachion published a special dispatch from La Paz. Bolivia, announcing that 2.000 persons lost their Ilves as a result of the earthquake shocks and fires at Valparaiso, that 170 deaths from the same causes occurred at Llmache, forty at Quillotta, thirty-five at Conchall. eleven at Pateroa, ninety at La Placilla and six at La Cqlera. On Sunday last, Aug. 10, there was a strong convulsion nt Valparaiso, which produced a further panic.