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Show TIWTF LIVES LOST IN TifiL NEW YOBK, Feb. 26. A cable dispatch dis-patch to the Herald dated Buena Ventura, Ven-tura, Colombia, says i : . "An earthquake occurred at 25 minutes min-utes to 11 on the morning of the 21st lasting about seven minutes, the movement being from the north to the south. ' ' V . "The town was considerably shaken up. The "damage, however, was small, but the people were thrown into a panic, kneeling, weeping and praying in the streets. "All the clocks in the town were stopped, while the cables were broken in many places. . ! ' . "Following the earthquake - there was a tidal wave which was of no consequence here, but .the reports iroxn the coast, including an area of fifty leagues to the south, state that two thousand were killed by falling houses or drowned by the wave, whole families having been lost, i . "Sailing vessels report having encountered en-countered hundreds , of corpses and quantities of dead . fish, , and many small settlements were , completely swept away. "The'oamage done by the ,' earthquake earth-quake and tidal wave at Tumaco was greater than here, and a few lives were lost. ' ',' "The shock was felt in the interior and five people were killed . at . Tu-querresln.; Tu-querresln.; . "At Fopayan the people resorted to vents, and thanksgiving services were held on February 21 and 22. "Twelve distinct shocks were felt, but it is believed that all danger is over now." |