Santigggo de Chile, Dec. 1, At least 22 persons have killed in a ver which lasted buildings were destroyed. in Taloa and Chyllan, in the provines of Nuble, The towns of Santa Cruz and Enrico were also damaged—Reuter, York, Dec, 1.
Kighty persons are reported to have been killed in the Chilean, earthquake at Tales. The cathedral, fay station and hospital" are among the buildings destroyed officially stated that the number of persons who lost their Tiv the result of the earthquake as far as can be ascertained, 122, Tt is reported that 250 persons were injured and that. the ports of Conmeencion and Tome suffered cone siderable damage. A hospital at Temuco and a cathedral at Linares have been reduced to ruins.—Reuter, Martial Santiago de Chile, Dee, conservatively estimated that between 100 and 180 persons. are dead and between 300 and £50 injured as the result of the violent earthquake yesterday, Tu Talen, alone 100 persons were killed and the town was practically wiped out.
Martial law has been proclaimed and troops have taken over. the distribution of food, which is. being. rationed, The port of Conatitucion has suffered very severely from the earthquake, "many persons being. buried in the ruins of buildings.
'The inhabitants of other towns and villages, who escaped in' the nick of time from tottering build Ings, are cumping out in the open, Later, ovt of Constitucion has been. damaged and the in habitants are sleeping in tents, Only ten per cent. of the houses in Tampa are inhabitable and. the damaged buildings are. being ished to avoid the danger of thelt collapse.
There have been further interim tent shocks of lewer intensity. felt during, the week-end,
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