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Show ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION. A South American ity Tottering Fifteen Cratars I'tirowintr t'p Hud. Panama, via New York, May 0 Advices Ad-vices from the city of Bogota, Columbia, Colum-bia, slate that the Mosserate and Guad-alupe Guad-alupe hills threaten to slide ou tho city and the citizens are alarmed. The engineer's en-gineer's report shows that the city is in imminent danger, as already some houses have beeu damaged and the ci liter li-ter of the city is mulct 'mined by water. ! Regarding the flood in the Luna-Imams Luna-Imams dint not of Club, the Lima Opiu-iou Opiu-iou Naeionale publishes a letter, sayiug the benutiiul valley of Lunaliuana has experienced a topographical change, and what was loruierly a delightful de-lightful spot is now a desert. Fifteen craters have been centin-nlly centin-nlly at work since the bitter part of March, throw ing out masses nf mud, which in its precipitate descent ud ith monstrous strung! u of current is carrying ruin in all directions and sweeping houses before it, together with the inhabitants aud cattle, vineyards, vine-yards, farms and irrigation works. All roads nortti and south of Luna-huana Luna-huana hate been converted iuto ditches, through which water is continually con-tinually pouring, and all communication communica-tion between Caoele and Chincha is interrupted, in-terrupted, while the bridges across the rivers have been swept away. The fact that it will be impossible to gather the remaiuder of tho crop of grapes and the certainty that the necessities of life will reach famine prices lead to the suggestion sugges-tion that the government should take steps on behalf of the residents, llun-drtrds llun-drtrds of families have been left without homes and are camping on the hillsides. |