co ee THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE, MAY, 1877. 
the havoc is terrible. The town of Tarabaza, two or three 
en in the bay. At Huanillas, the ert station, 
e peng 29 inflicted was fearful. The wave which succeeded the 
earthquake, and ee eted the work of destruction, was nearly 
obliterated. At Tecopilla little or nothing remains of the town. 
mine called La Pena so four (4) miles to the southward, 
“Re snother =e 200 w en, forty of whom were Cornish 
ners a, the prncpl town on the Balactian coast, has 
tout Liles tonrihe of it 
Relief for the fiers soon as this lamentable intelli- 
gence reached: Lima, the Government chartered a steamer, an 
Slama &e., together with 50,000 gallons of water, 
despatched her on the 16th for the ‘South ; 100,000 soles in silver 
coin also formed part of her cargo, to be ‘distributed among the 
unfortunates by a commission of engineers accompanying the 
expedition. It has been urged by the Government to recom- 
mend the rebuilding of the ruined towns on sites which may offer 
greater security and more remote from shine, since this is the 
reports that when 23 miles west of Ant apagosta, g at 
speed, the ship was oer woppet by the “bee of the 
earthquake, and she remained almost Harare for five minutes. 
The passengers believing she had struck on a reef, soundings 
were taken i immediately, | but no Bobised was found. 
Jeng eee IN Perv. 
r. R. A. Proctor, of the Royal Astronomical Society, in 
8 pacing of this isiecabsion, says :—‘ One remarkable feature in 
