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Show INUNDATED BY TIDAL WAVE. Wall of Water Engulfs Ecuador Village, Vil-lage, Following Earthquake Shock. Guayaquil. Passengers from tho province ot Esmeraldas, In the ex-tromo ex-tromo northwestern part of Ecuador, who arrived hero Wednesday, roport that earthquake shocks woro folt thoro. January 31 and that sovornl towns In tho province ot Esmeraldas and Ma-naba Ma-naba wero sorlously damagod. At Esmeraldas Es-meraldas City soverul houses collapsed, col-lapsed, Including tho government houso. Tho vlllago of Plnguagl, near tho Columbian frontier, was Inundatod by a tidal wuvo und many Inhabitants wero drownod. Ninety bodlos Wbro washed aahoro at Tumco. At Rio Verdo several houBes collapsed. Dun Ing tho eight days twonty-flvo shocks wero folt In Esmeraldas. Tho Columbian Colum-bian vlllago of Oiiacada also was Inundatod In-undatod by a tidal wave, and 200 persons per-sons woro drownod. Tho eruption of tho Columbian volcano of Cumbal caused tho earthquake |