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Show STRICKEN TOWNS HEED TROOPS TO QOELLROBBERS Outlaws Reported Active in Vallenar, Where 1000 Perished; Other Cities Report Much Outlawry NEW REPORTS SWELL DEATH LIST TO 2000 President Alessandri to Leave at Once for Scene of Disaster; Another Big Town Reports Damage SANTIAGO, Nov. 14 (By A. P.) Reports of banditry and dlanrder In the earthquake dlmrlrt, together with newa of additional earth ehork and Indication! that tha calamity haa reached appalling proportions, eaueed tha Chilean government today to consider the advisability of aendlng troopa to Coqulrobo and Atacama to reinforce the regular garrison, which are too email lo cope with the situation, situa-tion, and aid In relief work. Outlawry broke out last night In the town of Vallenar, the chief auf-ferer auf-ferer from the earthquake, where It la estimated 1000 of the Inhabitants lierished while reports of robberies and holdupa came from other placee. NEW DAMAGE REPORTED. The arrival of war vessels at the northern ports of Chile brought wireless wire-less reports of disaster from towns snd villages nnl nrevtnuslv heard from. Including tha large town af Krelrlna. augmenting greatly the number num-ber of reported casualties, which are now variously estimated at between Idno and 20A dead, with numberless Injured and homeless. The dciota of the American Binelt Ing cnmtuiny at Carrlsnl were carried away when that town disappeared In tha dlaaster of last Bsturday. according accord-ing to National Telegraph advices. The steamer Ayaen. which reached Antnfagaata yesterday from Valparaiso, Val-paraiso, reported that esrly Raturday morning a storm arose suddenly and the aea waa atrongely agitated. The ship waa shaken violently, causing a panlo among those aboard, but no damage waa done. OPERATORS LOCATED. Operators of the wire coast station near Antofsgnsta. missing since the tidnl wave, haae been located In the hills, whence they fled. Having lost their stores, they were without food. Outlawry has broken out at Val-lerinr. Val-lerinr. Bullets were flying when the telegraph office there closed at 7 o'clock lest ntxht. according to National Na-tional Telegraph advices. President AlCHSundri will leave tomorrow to-morrow for Valparaiso, where he will embark on the battleship Almlrant Ijitorre for a visit to the ports stricken by the earth shocks. He will be accompanied by the ministers of war and public works and other officials. of-ficials. The battleship was reported to have steamed northward today, but was called back to await the president. Shocks Again Rock Chilean Towns SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 14 iBy A. P.) Chile waa again visited by earth shocks' lata laat night. Severe tremors were felt at La Serena, capital of ths province of Coquimbo, at 11 o'clock, and half an hour earlier the seaport Conatltuclon, capital of the province of Maule, was shaken, according to advices received here by the National Telegraph. I The town of Carrixal, consisting I mostly of underground dwellings and copper mines. Is reported to hava die-' die-' appeared, but no mention of the loaa of lives Is made. The Inhabitants , number about 200 and there are !0 j other persons living at the port of j Carrixal. I Advices from Antnfagaata filed at :S0 last night said a strong earth shock had Juat been felt at Taltal, a I seaport of several thousand population nulv a few miles from Antofagasta. SECOND SHOCK IN LA SERENA. La Serena was one of the cities severely se-verely stricken by the earthquake of last Saturday morning, which took a loll of more than 1500 lives in various parts of Chile. The extent of rasualties and property proper-ty damage wrought by thr tremors and tidal waves three days ago has not yet been fully learned, as communication lines still are out oL older tn many regions. The mayor of Antofagasta has 'received 're-ceived a message from the mayor of Vicuna, a village In the province of Atacama, giving ths first news of the effect of the earthquake in that town. There was no loss of life In Vicuna, tha mayor aald, but publla buildings, churches snd ths telegraph office were badly damaged. The commercial quarter quar-ter ia In ruins and so are the schools. The hospital was damaged and the dispensary destroyed. Schoola and public buildings at Pal-guano Pal-guano are also In ruins and neighboring neighbor-ing villages In the province of Coquimbo Co-quimbo have been greatly damaged, NEW OCEAN DISTURBANCE. Ths Pacific ocean seems not yet to have fully recovered ita equilibrium aa the result Pf laat week'a terrific disturbance, dis-turbance, or else there have been some new movements under ths ocean bed. Antofagasta reports say that yesterday yester-day the aea ebbed and then, came booming back upon ths shore three . (Continued pa pass I.) ' STRICKEN TOWNS , (Continued from i-aun 1 time, much In the r:uv, minner of the ti.lil wnvi'n of last Saturdp. Th nt lie diplotntic corvi railed on the foremen minuter to tender thrlr cop dolt n cm to th ntrick'n nation. A iih sair of ympathy was ro'dveM hy rrenldint Alci4fimlri from I'riont Alvcar of the Argentine llcpuhllc. The CuO hodi'-d alrrady rrovro.l from the rii;n! of the city of Yallenur w it carried tt the public simr after tlii'V hud ht-'i-n Identified, and wir ton ned. picgcnt pi t if ill mcnci. CrowiU tnthT uhout all d.ty nuekinK inftrmntion about thf fate of friend and relative rela-tive In th devastated region. Hueh - mt- ft ttt ImmhIiv ifffitnii.xl fret tiv the Natlonnl lines. CnntiiltruhlH iinfuvtn'tit has hen caud hy prediction of an ArKntin mtorolog:lMt that th earthquake j would he repented between 1 eceiuber 0 and December 7. |