DISASTER
EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE ON COAST OF CHILI
ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)
SANTTAGE (CHILI), Nov. 11. A -severe earthquake shock cracked houses throughout Chili. A tidal wave north of Valparaiso caused havoc among small shipping and property near the shore and severed cable connections with North America.
MMTICPROPDRTIOtiS TOWNS AND PORT'S DESTROYED
HEAVY LOSS OP LIFE
TIDAL WAVE SWEEPING WEST
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. The Chilian earthquake and tidal wave disaster is assuming gigantic proportions. • iPijeise]|t< (incomplete) reports state that the port of Cuquimbo is completely obliterated. Hundreds of persons were drowned and many vessels sunk.-
. Copi'jpo is laid in ruins. The list of dead and injured is very large. The work of rescue is impeded by 3eßris, which is burying whole families.
shipping and wharves have -been reduced to kindling wood, though, no deaths are reported. The waterfront food storehouses are wiped out and the population faces starvation. The IkCayor cabled the capital asking the aid of the Government.Caldera and Chanaral are also destroyed. Santiago, far inland, felt the shock. Though » few buildings fell there were no injured. Frightened natives from the countryside are flocking into the city. A-few places along the north coast escaped with some damage. The earthquake was felt as far east as Buenos Aires, where lights' went out and clocks stopped.
A tidal wave is sweeping west to ward Hawaii, imperilling;. Pacific ship ping.
THE TIDAL WAVE
LITTLE EFFECT ON NEW
ZEALAND
(United Precu Association.)
WELLINGTON, This Day. In reference to the Chilian tidal ■wave cabled this morning, Mr Williams, Government tidal expert, states that there is no cause for alarm in NewZealand as the influence of the ware ■will b© dissipated over miles of ocean before it reaches our coast. • Beyond producing what will appear like a high it can have little effect on Dominion waters.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 November 1922, Page 5
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309DISASTER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 November 1922, Page 5
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