| Show tim THE FIRE AND loss or LIFE IN I 1 SAN TIAGO CHILE the panama star and j herald of january Jan iviry ad sas s the strain steamer r america Amei Alla elica ica capt boiton of NJ 0 robots new 1 york ork and ami san feancisco Fian cisco line which sailed aloni new york on the aoth of october aimed licie on the forenoon foie noon of tile the alst 1st dinst the is nine dis 1 s and five hours aloni V a and ill n bioni that place the sad bad news new 8 tint thit on oil the ta 1 8 of december the cathedral Cathe dial in santi go e the capital of chile had caught file by the explosion of a gis Is pipe dining dui ing tile the celebration of an episcopal high mass whilst tile the building was densely clowdel with nith human beings when the alum of file was given the cload g blushed to the tl which ol 01 opening anin inside wele soon cited by tile the less and affe alt prevented the interior of the building was decorated with light 11 11 infill anil bl e ornaments which caused tile the flames to spread rapidly the loot N which aich was of wood soon lell fell in buty ing tile the mass of beig beings beneath 1950 de it some so ali id bodies mostly ne had mostly ladies and children childre been acco arod horn the ruins As wo 10 have no direct advices advises fron from valparaiso a also we NN 0 cannot vouch for tile the above a be accuracy of tile the c the rab news n was mas brought braul it by lyla wil captain boiton mot ton of the Amei ici N who learned C arned the L ticul par ar ats from a letter horn flom santiago eneica j by one ot his passengers or the south american Amei Anicil ican can anil steamer which reached re a ched panama in january fth with yi 00 t 1 I for En 0 ot 17 the t b e 1 above Z I 1 e stating englard glaud the bilings number lien killed at over 2000 the cathedral contained 2000 2000 lights from some ot of which ni aich the fire r ire commini bated to the drapery of the gigantic columns and devices inan in an instant a sheet of or flames inched along the festoons fes feSt to tile the roof and directly spread to all parts of th the e building the people rushed to the principal door which was soon blocked up most of the men escaped e by the s and inside the doors but few of the ministers escaped the lights suspended so plentifully from the i bof poured a rain of liquid file on the people below and in less than fifteen minutes over 2000 people perished |
