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Show CHILE IS VISITED I j BY EARTHQUAKE I fit ! CHILEAN REGIONS DEVASTATED Jl BY UPHEAVALS OF NATURE; II LARGE PROPERTY LOSS . OF4" Coqulmbo, Coplnpo and OUier Com- flSl munltlea visited by Oleaster; p Telejjraph Communication V Has Ceasoi WttC AntofngaBta, Chllo. Upwards of 109 JU persons were killed and many serious- f ly wounded by tho cathquako which i i overturned many buildings early Sat- Hf u urday at Coplapo, capital of thoprov- '-L Inco of Atncama. F j Ail tolegrnphlc communication with V points north ot La Soronn, in tho provlnco of Coqulmbo has ceased. Ad- , (ft vlcos tolling of tho disaster nt Coplapo s I A woro received hero by way ot Bolivia 1 1 1 and Buenos Aires. Tho tldnt wave nt Chanaral deo- : "j troyed tho greater part of tho town. '! Tho Inhabitants are without food. Bepora from Concopclon nnd Tflluca- hunno, to Uio south, make no montlon j of damogo or casualties. At Conccp- J cion a strong oarth movomont from ft 1 eust to west wns folt for about throe I minutes at midnight. At Tnmchuuno , ; I a tidal wavo occurred, following tho FjP subsldenco of which the wator lovel ""rjg was lowor Uinn normnl. ' 2 Alarms wore sounded by tho mnrl- "K ttmo authorities and firemen and f -JA workmen woro called out to assist l. 1 various croft from their dangerous a IN positions, savo quantities ot vnlunblo III goods stored In tho customs-houstt il collar and rescue the occupants ot if Fim dwellings. I !! Dlspntchos from the province ot iP Atacama nny that Uio center of tho JSl onrthquake vns nn nrca roughly de- 1 m flnod by Coplapo, Ovallo (In tho prov- 1 9 Inco of Coqulmbo), Vnllonar, Chanurnl ' nnd San Fornado. Of theso places, I m so far ns known, Coplnpo stiff oreil I m mosL At Chnnarnl great tidal wnvos I Jj swopt oyer tho commercial section Jf I JL tho city, wrecking tho postoftlco r "x among oUior buildings. It Is reported j that tho city nas boon virtually abnn- m '! donod by tho residents. 'm& All tho affectod areas nro badly In , $M nockl of rollof. Communication with j$ Santiago, Valparaiso and southrn Chllo jM Is lntorruptcd. Ifl |