Famine Follows Quake in Valparaiso Causing Massive Losses
A Chilean earthquake near Valparaiso devastates the city with fires and collapses. Estimates place losses around 250 to 280 million dollars and casualties near 2,000 to 11,000. Towns nearby are wrecked as residents shelter in hills while authorities dispatch steamers with food and aid.
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Villa del Mar
Valparaiso
Quirihue
Salto
Limache
Quillota
Walparaiso
Onkurt
Eighty Dead in Santiago Earthquake Disaster
A Chilean earthquake devastated Santiago and surrounding towns on August 19. At least eighty people died, with many crushed by collapsing buildings and fires. Telecommunication lines failed, streets dark, and public buildings damaged. Authorities organized aid, restored order, and prepared supplies while travel and trade stalled.
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Sintiago de Chile
Casablanca
San Feithe
Rancagua
Metipilla
Vilaltui
Convepcion
Rengo
San Fernando
Quillatta
San Antonio
Mens
Tv Tulas
Santiago
Buldings
Congress
Cluris
Legation
Reisen
Prefecture of Police
Astronomical Observatory
Refugee reports Valparaiso quake devastation and fires
Refugees from Valparaiso describe an extremely severe catastrophe. The first shock caused panic and building collapses, followed by a stronger second quake that razed much of the Almendral quarter. Darkness fell before fires lit the city, with survivors recalling the night of flames and relief.
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Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Senor
Greg
Almendral Quarter
Senor Grea
Aftermath of Valparaiso Disaster Destruction and Refugees
A devastating quake devastates Victoria Theater and Victoria Street area, wrecking roads, churches, and housing. Debris blocks avenues while 6000+ refugees seek shelter in Valparaiso. water pipes broken and drinking water scarce. Admiral Montt's wife among the dead.
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Espiritu Santo
Victoria Street
Brazil
Admiral Montt
Valparaiso
Customs House
Valparaiso Earthquake Reports Reach State Department
U S officials received multiple dispatches on the Valparaiso quake. Minister Hicks in Santiago cited 600 deaths and widespread devastation including fires and deserted towns. Other cables noted deaths in Santiago and extensive property loss, with many people sleeping in plazas.
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State Department
Valparaiso
United States
Hicks
Santiago
Legation
Quito
Ecuador
Pan-American Congress
Rilo
Rio
Department For News
Adee
Santing
Earthquake Shocks Hit Andean Region From Rio Janeiro Dispatch
Special dispatch reports powerful earthquake shocks at Rio Janeiro observatory with main tremor on the 16th and 17th causing widespread damage across the Andean region. volcanic activity near Wonin is feared and telegraph lines were broken. Chile and Argentina areas likely suffered loss of life and property.
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Washington
Rio Janeiro
Wonin
Ecome
Santiago
Andean
Chile
Argentina
Andes
Italy and France Express Sympathy Over Chile Earthquake
Rome reports Italy’s foreign ministry instructed its Santiago envoy to convey sympathy to Chile for the earthquake disaster and request detailed appraisals, with no reply yet. Valparaiso consulate patch adds property destruction and razing of consular offices. Paris notes France’s government expressed sympathy to the Chilean Legation regarding the quake.
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Rome
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Santiago
Chile
Italy
Biden
Foreign Office
Valnaq
Paris
Sun Spots and Earthquakes Linked by Lockyer
London reports Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer of the Solar Physics Observatory says earthquakes such as San Francisco and Paraiso synchronized with sunspot maxima. He notes 1894 had many earthquakes under similar conditions and calls for investigation despite cost. He cites German work as current progress.
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London
Joseph Norman Lockyer
Solar Physics Observatory
Kensington
San Francisco
Paraiso
Joseph
Earthquake Swallows Towns in Chile Destruction Widespread
Cable dispatches from Chile describe severe devastation from a major quake affecting Valparaiso, Los Andes, Mollipilla, and surrounding areas. Reports indicate thousands dead or missing, fires burning out, and thousands more injured lacking aid as communications falter.
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Mollippilla
Casa Blanca
San Miguel
Valparaiso
Los Andes
Pacific
Andes Mountains
Chile Earthquake Dispatches Hint Lesser Losses Than First Reported
London Aug 20 reports from Valparaiso and Santiago via private sources suggest the Chile earthquake casualties were less severe than initial figures. telegrams to European banks and firms describe fire damaged areas limited to harbor quarter, with shopping and tram systems damaged but ships in Chilean waters deemed safe.
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London
Chile
Valparaiso
Santiago
Foelgch” & Co
Bamburg
Daimages
Harbor Quarter
Berlin
Norddeutsche Bank
Mamburg
Siinijes
Atenrashigome
Hyd
Consp
Brent
Train Wreck Horror Scene Reported in Freight Train
A rail disaster unfolds aboard a freight train with reports of dead and dying passengers. Witnesses describe terrifying scenes as injured riders cry out, with an investigation to follow and crews dispatched from Frederick and Hagerstown.
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Enginger
Woods
Plot Against Fallieres Arrest in Marseille Bomb Plot
Italian anarchist Cirillo Francesi was arrested in Marseille on suspicion of involvement in a plot to assassinate President Fallieres during a visit to the Exposition. Police found nitrographite, lead screws, and bomb accessories in his lodgings after an anonymous letter denounced the plot. The case has wide implications and ties to the Franco-Spanish frontier incident.
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Weihingtas
Marséiilés
Cirillo
Francest
President Fullieres
Marseilles Exposition
Francesi
Italy
Coun ‘Wry
Auto Crashed Into Pole Near Sprout Brook
Hackensack N J Aug 18 Special to The Weekington Past EH A Stengeman of Park Avenue Paterson and his chauffeur were speeding along the Arcola road when the auto skidded into a grass embankment near Sprout Brook and struck a telephone pole. Both men were knocked unconscious but revived. The car wrecked. Counselor A H G Maident and Insurance Agent J Telliott, whose auto was struck by a West Shore train at Bogota Friday evening, are reported in critical condition with internal injuries, fractured hip, bruises and head contusions.
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Hackensack
N. J
A. Stengeman
Park ‘Avenue
Paterson
Arcola
Sprout Brook
A. H.g.maident
J. Telliott
Harding
West Shore
Bogota
Harling
Mata
Severa
Powder House Blast Kills Two Boys in Yreka Cal
Aug 18 two boys are killed and another fatally hurt after a powder house explosion in Yreka Grant Powder Company. fragments found on nearby hills show two youths perhaps blasted to atoms. Bert Holland discovered twenty five yards away with facial wounds. two rifles damaged near the bodies. police suspect shot into the powder house through a ventilator. a carload of powder had been stored in the magazine yesterday.
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Yreka
Cal
Grant Powder ‘Company
Bert Holland
Part of Town Under Water in Pennsylvania Storm
Reports from Allegheny and nearby counties say a storm struck Western Pennsylvania this afternoon and tonight causing severe damage. Telegraph and telephone service was disrupted, rail lines suffered washouts and delays, and Suterville near West Newton reported tracks washed away. Parts of Suterville were flooded with deep water in grassy areas.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Oover
Pennsylvania
Suterville
West Newtonn
Baltimore and Ohio
Fittsburg A Lyke
Lewis Morrison Dies After Operation Mephisto in Faust Career
New York August 12 Lewis Morrison a noted actor who gained fame as Mephisto in Faust died suddenly of shock Saturday at St Johns Hospital Yonkers after an operation for a stomach disease He was sixty one His daughters Rosabel and Mabel and his wife Florence Roberts were at his bedside Born in Kingston Jamaica in 13 He served in the Union Army rising to captain before entering the theater later appearing with famed troupes and stars including Booth Forrest Salvini Cushman Janauschek Coghlan and Booth His Faust role and twenty year runs in the United States and Canada defined his career
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New York
Lewis Morrison
Mephisto
Mr. Morrison
Rosabel
Morrison
Neperhan Heights
Mabel
Richard
Bennet
Bennett
Florence Roberts
Kingston
Jamaica
San Francisco
Thei
Faust
Country
Canada
Burglar Play Turns Fatal as Boy Fires Revolver
In Philadelphia on August 9 a eight year old Claude Lanciano shot and killed his three year old brother Edmund after taking a loaded revolver from a bureau. Claude also wounded his own hand during the incident, while his other brother Victor was in the room. The gun went off as Claude, crying burglar, aimed at his brothers.
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Philadelphia
Claude Lanciano
Edmund
Claude
Victor
Accused of Plot to Overtake Palma Government
Havana dispatch reports high army officers, including Gen Carlos Garcia and Gen Loynaz del Castillo, implicated in a conspiracy to assassinate President Palma and overthrow the government. Several officers were arrested, warrants issued, and the treasury guarded as authorities pursue the plot.
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Loynaz del Castillo
Specht
Washington Post
Havana
Velez Garcia
Carlos Garcia
Justo Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Monteagudo
Leynas del Castillo
Cois
Piedra
Alberti
Palma
Demetrio Duany Castillo
Pino Guerre
Arturo Ashbert
Miguel, Liarena
Evaristo Estenez
Juan ‘Gilberto
Gomez
Police
Artllery
Juan Gilberto Guerra
Caliste Garcia
Mexico
Mendez Capotez
Calixto “Gomer
Mexica
Suwi
Garcia
Juan Gilberto Gomez
Waynaz del Castillo
Vinar del Rio
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Valspirasso
Las Veras
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Club de Setembre
Aea
Chiles
Joseph Lockyer
Rockville
Montgomery
Baltimore and
Mead
Frank
Tris Way
Larcely 2
Los ‘Andes
Sperla
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Tex
Lfé
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Gresnen
Valpariaso
Gantiago
Felief
Eash
Péing
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Tito
Mever
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Hagerstown
Ceave Ee Timare
Ohio
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Pete al
Fallieres
Madrid
AUTO
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Yonkers
Orestes Ferrara
Onan
Thore
Juan Gilberte
Loynaz del
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Pinar del Rio
Banking Dent
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