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Confidence was not yefc r.'sfcorad nfc Arequipa; shocks cf earthquakes were still folt during the week preceding the 16th October. Thirteen shocks occurred, of whidrtivo w«re very severe. '.'On-the 13th October an unusually severe quake took place. The frequency: of theso phenomena, and the constant, emission' of smoke by tbo. volcano;Miafci kept the populdco in constant tersor, Emigration to Puno und Carzcp • ei-mtiniieri—tlie t\x\"'fituned re-a)ipenr.-iuce of yellow fevor.at Tsi^y and Arequip*. helped to iniiftnenl,'! fhe exocjas. Small-pox lwd broken out witii great vioti^.-o': in the town of Sorata,and a number of c^aeß Iwliai^v appeared in Tucua, causing great silann. The latest mail from the intt-rior brings the startling intelligence1 thafc on the 28th September, a fearful earthqunkeiiook place in.fche valley' of Carzo and PuVio /causing fri^Titful disasters. This news; ho Waver, needs confirmation.:
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Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1175, 29 December 1868, Page 4
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134PERU. Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1175, 29 December 1868, Page 4
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