THE CHILIAN DISASTER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13250, 23 August 1906, Page 5

THE CHILIAN DISASTER.

'. AXOTQEE HEAVY SHOCK.

'A RELIEF (FUND.

BURYING THE DEAD.

United Press Association.— By Electri trie Telegraph.— Copyright. , London, August 22. A nun, together with 60 inmates o •a charitable home, perished at Li »ache. , r Amongst latest! reports' it is statec tha:t Quellota was totally destroyed. 'The destruction of? dvetaiisiis' shops Sat, Valparaiso interferes with the succour of the injured, but as there a r £ provisions for a month, the , inhabitants are not depressed, and JM »ny are in high, spirits. ' , Thcrd was another heavy earthquake at Valparaiso, almost completing the destruction. A slight shock was felt at Lima, and Iluacho was also shaken. TJie Californian Relief Committee cabled a donation of ten thousand dollars to the Chilian sufferers. 'Argentina is sending warships laden - with provisions. Help is .also forthcoming from other directions. The Government proposes the appropriation of one hundred. , million dollars for the re-construction of .Valparaiso. One hundred are lying at Limache unburied, and two hundred - are now, feeing ' interred. -■ * Changes have occurred in the depth of Valparaiso Bay, atrd fresh soundings will be necessary. LOOTING BY PRISONERS. SEVERAL SHOT.' THE BRITISH CONSULATE • WRECKED. DEAD BODIES LYING AMONG EMBERS. DISTRIBUTING FOOD. Received August 23, 8.26 a.m. London, August 22. Looting at Valparaiso "was ohdefiy the work ol escaped convicts, nrany of whom werp ryoapturod. Fifty were shot. The British Consulate was wrecked, and the Consul slightly injured. Thirty thousand of the inhabitants have gone to Santiago, where th© Government is arranging to iaocomimodate them. The Chamber of Deputies has voted four million pesos for relief work. The 'authorities have requisitioned all provisions and -arq distributing them freely to /the - poorer classes, Whose co'iidrfion is •appalling. Corpses -are 'lying -among burning emfoersy and fouling the air. CLEMENT WBIAGOE TALK'S. NEW Z©ABA!N© SHOULD TiABE v WARNING. Received August 23, 9.0 a.m. Perth, August 23. Mr Clement W'raigge s-ays that tho earthqiuako.^Mi South ■ America is a sign that the' oo^ar nraximium. is closing, and a minimum gra-dij-a-lly ing, wlreo. pronoUßiocd seismic action will be transferred to the Southern hemisphere, with a dccliiiin 1 ? rainfall. Such action is d*ue to etheric waves feet up -by Solar con | a | itio>n<s wHch control I'he earth's inherent forces, and' emanate fcoim particular mcfri'd'iam r ol the sun. Mior "earthquakes may foe expected, especially sou-th iro'in thte eq>u-a-tor, duringr the next few years. !N«w , Zealand shoxild take reasooiaible precautions. Uoumts Erebus and Terror will probably be in eruption later on, but Southwest Australia has no caus-© for alarim. |

NEW ZEALANDERS SAFE.

Per Press Association. "Wellington, August 22.

A cable message announces the safety of Mr and Mrs C. F. "White (son-iri-'iaw and daughter of Mrs Dr. Grace, of HawkesbUry-street), who have been residents of Los Andes, 60 miles? from, Valparaiso, for some time past.