Chilean City Devastated as Massive Earthquake Roils Pacific Coast
Reports from Valparaiso and Buenos Aires describe a catastrophic Chilean quake with vast casualties and widespread destruction from Valparaiso to northern Chile and Peru. Fires rage, ships wrecked, and communications fail as survivors face famine and winter cold amidst a landscape of death and ruin.
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Brazil
Earthquake Devastates Valparaiso and Rim of Andes
A strong quake and ensuing fire largely destroy Valparaiso and other settlements along the lower Andes. Deaths are estimated in the hundreds with extensive injuries and widespread property loss. Seismographs in major cities recorded the shocks, and fear of aftershocks and storms persists among survivors.
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Theussuds
Uallions
Chile
Andes
Ascat
San Francisco
Pacific
Buenos Ayres
Tupungato
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Rosario
Aranas
Rioja
San Luis
Tucuman
Argentine Republic
Ife
California
Vigo to New York steamship line announced by Navarro Reverter
Spanish finance minister Navarro Reverter says a direct Vigo to New York steamship line will be established soon. W T Swinburne and W W Very are named rear admirals with Swinburne as commander in chief of the Pacific squadron succeeding F Goodrich. Ferdinand Schumacher, the oatmeal king, has $11,000 left after debts. court orders the return of the money. Two men marooned atop a 164 foot Staten Island chimney are rescued after improvising a rope from underwear.
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Vigo
New York
W.T. Swinburne
8. W. Very
Pacific Squadron
F. Goodrich
Ferdinand Schumacher
Akron
Ohio
Staten Island
On or about December 8 Mrs Frere confronts North and Dawes
Mrs Frere notices a change in the chaplain North confronts Dawes condemned to death. Dawes endures torture while Sylvia bonds with North over the prisoner. Frere’s brutal authority clash triggers a dramatic escape, mist and moral tension on Hobart Town island.
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Frere
Rufus Dawes
Dawes
Troke
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Iady
Trake
Hnailey
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Wroeteles
Efe
Hailey
Miss Vane Seen With Striking Hat On The Avenue
A brief chatter in Philadelphia notes Miss Vane wearing a new hat perched at an extreme angle as she passed along the avenue. The opinion is a light social jab about her fashion choice.
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Tess
Miss Vane
Jess
Philadelphia Press
The Way He Went
In a Philadelphia Press brief a quarry foreman explains that Causey was present before a blast but left as the night fell. Fin asks when he will return, and Flanagan notes the saying Whatever goes up must come down.
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Finagan
Flanagan
Philadelphia Press
As They Viewed It. Mystic exchange on time coming
A humorous exchange appears in the Atlanta Constitution with the line It’s a fine day deacon Yea but we’re all miserable creatures Yes groaned the deacon but our time’s comin. The Cleveland Leader and Kwater contribute a wordplay exchange About names and property being in the wife’s.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Steaven
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Cleveland Leades
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