Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — IN A STATE OF SIEGE [ARTICLE]

IN A STATE OF SIEGE

Valparaiso Is So Proclaimed—Corpses Buried. 048—Other Earthquake Advices, Valparaiso, Aug. 24. Fernandes Blanco, governor of the province of Valparaiso, has proclaimed the city of Valparaiso in a state of siege, and has conferred supreme authority on Navy Captain Gomez Carreno. One of the first acts of the military governor was to issue an order that any persons found breaking water mains should be shot. The water supply is fairly adequate. Electric lights are being established in the city on several streets. The total number of corpses buried up to Aug. 21 was MB. At Llaillai there is not a single wall in good condition. There were thirty persons killed there. The earthquake was very severe at Coneon and Colmo. The dead in those places number twenty-five. Meat and bread are scarce. Meat is now being distributed by the authorities. The grocers’ shops that were not destroyed by the earthquake are now nearly out of stock. Canned meats, sardines, condensed milk and biscuits are much needed.