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Show TWO TH0USAH0UVES " LOST AT VALPARAISO Earthquake and Fire Bring Death and Deiolutlon to Chilean City Property Prop-erty Damage Estimated at From Twenty-flve to Fifty Millions. Valparaiso. From the Plaza Do La Vlctorln as far as tho plaza In tho Bectlon called Las Dellclas, four-fifths of the houses are completely de-Btroyed. de-Btroyed. and the remaining fifth are badly damaged. From tho Plnra Do La Victoria down to the custom house only about one-third of tho houses sustained dnmogo Tho banks of tho city nnil tho customs warehouses were not damaged Willi tho exception excep-tion of Ksplrltti Santo all the churches In the city wetti destroyed nB were tho hoapltalB and tho theatres, Tho number num-ber of dead Is moro than 2,000. The offices of tho HnvuH agency, although al-though BcrloiiBly damaged, aro Btlll be-lug be-lug used for tho company's business Tho tragic scones of tho San Francisco Fran-cisco disaster wero reproduced here. Thero wu tho fight against fire, the lack )f wnter and robbery and pillage Tho authorities nro now beginning to get In provisions and water ngaln Ib being supplied. All tho (Ires havo been extinguished. The first shock lasted four minuter and n half, and tho second two mln utes. Most of tho Iioiihch were thrown down by tho second shock. Kstlmatcs of the damage range from 125,000,000 to ir.0.000.000. Tho Al mendrnl quarter has been absolutely destroyed Tin people aro still camp lug on tho surrounding hills and In tho streets and plnras, but calm and courago are returning. Tho declaration declara-tion Is mndo that 80.000 people will leave tho city. Tho lark of food Is not yot serious. |