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o G D. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. THURSDAY. JUNE 16. 1960 r ' ft. i 4 tei I ft -r? 5 f " ; Ltii'ji;( i;k;A;:A BOATS FOR TRANSPORTATION Residents ol Valdivia, quakes that rocked the area. Valdivia was among the Chile, use boats to get around the city and survey the dam- hardest hit cities in the scries of quakes that shook the age that was done to their property in the recent earth- South American country. (UPI Telcphoto) Chileans Continue to Suffer as Result Of Greatest Catastrophe of 20th Century By DAVID F. BELKNAP Santiago, Chile (UPII On a Saturday morning in Chile, life has just begun to stir at 6 a.m. Few are up so early. Those who were on May 21 were fortunate. For at 6:05 a.m. four Satur days ago, a catastrophe of Biblical proportions struck this friendly Latin land. Thousands were killed and injured during its 10-day rage. Untold terrors were vis ited upon 1,500,000 persons who saw the face of the earth twisted beneath their feet. Before the catastrophe end ed, earthquakes, tidal waves, floods, volcanic eruptions, dis ease and starvation tortured the living. Whole cities col lapsed and islands vanished, volcanoes were born and deadly seismic waves were sent hurtling 10,000 miles across the Pacific. One of Greatest Disasters Mere death tolls and dam age figures grim ns they were utterly fail to impart the calamity of these plagues. This was one of the 20th Cen tury's greatest natural catas trophics, one of the greatest disasters of recorded history in South America, rival in its deadly forces even to the great plagues of the Old Tes tament when the Lord said to Moses "I will stretch out my hand and smile Egypt with all the wonders . . ." Chile was smitten with the triple terror of the three most powerful forces locked with in the earth. If this was no godly manifestation, there was at least the message that nature's force is not yet ser vant to man. This is the story of na ture's assault on Chile. Earthquakes Start At 0:05 a.m. May 21 there began a series of earthquakes that changed the map of Chile, destroying an area about the size of New York state. The earthquakes aroused sleeping volcanoes and creat ed deathly tidal waves that swept to Hawaii and Japan. It flooded vast areas of south ern Chile. Before the ten days of terror ended, mountain ham lets were buried, large towns were crumbled and fishing Villages washed away. The cost of damage was estimated at $(100 million. More than 5.000 persons were dead or presumed dead, 450, 000 were homeless on the long, friendly land below the equator, and another 150.000 persons' homes were badly damaged. The first tremor occurred 3011 miles south of this capi tal city. It lasted only 35 seconds. Flee Into Stroots In Conccpcmn, Chile's third largest city and the country's biggest industrial center, workers fled into the streets and thereby saved their lives. The first temblor collapsed 30 per cent of Coneepcion's buildings, killing KtK persons who were unable to get away from falling walls and roofs. By nightfall the fearful populace prayed that the catastrophe had ended. But It was only the harbinger of worse to come. At .1:05 p.m. on the follow ing day the angry earth heaved again and toppled homes, buildings and theaters In Concepclon, Valdivia, Pu erto Montt and Temuco. Nine minutes later one of the mightiest earthquakes In modern history shook the slender country from Its cold Pacific shores on the west ! the towering Andes moun tains on its eastern border. Avalanches cascaded down Andean slopes to bury rail roads and highways and damning rivers that flooded unprotected hamlets. Other villages were buried under rockslldcs. Islands were sucked into oblivion under the gulfs of Ancud and Corcovado. New islands were thrust above the waters. The tremor, which regis tered the highest recorded mark on Richter-scalc seismo graphs, readied into the very bowels of the earth. Volcanoes that had been inactive for centuries began casting up their molton rock. A tidal wave flooded the coastline for 500 miles and swept fishing villages and whole populations into the seas. Freighters capsized and fishermen drowned in their boats. Just before the strongest earthquake struck, Miguel Le- teller, a university student was walking with his parents through the plaza of Valdivia. "Everyone standing fell or was thrown to the ground," Letelicr said. "No one could get up again for at least five minutes. Then the river began lo rise, coming up and up until it flooded all lower parts of the ciiy. "That night and the next night were unending night- marcs. The ground shook every one or two minutes. There was no electricity and the city was completely black. Everybody slept in streets and parks." Letcliar recalled that ho tels and restaurants gave their food slocks away. "After the first day the shortage was desperate," Le telicr said. "I saw two men fighting with knives over a piece of bread." At Puerto Montt, a picture postcard city in Chile's famed lake country which many American tourists have visit ed, thousands of horrified residents ran screaming into tile streets when their homes Praclica! - Prelly 133 This play set Is so comfort able for babies and makes them look so cute, at the same time. Use remnants of seersucker, gingham, other cotton fabrics. Pattern 7153: transfer of em broidery; pattern pieces for 6, 12 and 18 month sizes includ ed. Send THIRTY-FIVS CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 5 cents for each pattern for lst class mailing. Send to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 108, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER JUST OUT! Our New 19(10 Alice Brooks Needleeraft Hook contains THREE FREE Patterns. Plus Ideas galore for home furnishings, fashions. gifts, toys, bazaar seUers - exciting, unusual designs to crochet, knit, sew, embroider, huek weave, quilt. Be first with the newest - send 25 cents nowl O O Jackson Park Pool Drained, Cleaned The Jackson park pool has been drained and cleaned Clly Parks and Recreation Di rector Bob Haworth reported Wednesday. He explained that drain ing of the pool was necessary after they received complaints that swimmers were cutting their feet on objects in tile pool. Haworth said the depart ment vacuumed the pool while it still contained water, but was unable to gel many of Hie minute particles on the bottom which were not vis ible. Haworth said that crews vacuumed the pool while empty until late Tuesday night, when refilling started. The pool was filled and ready for use by 1 o'clock Wednesday nfternoon. He ad ded, however, that the water will not reach 80 degrees temperature for about 48 hours. Long-lost Alaska Plane Wreck Found Anchorage, Alaska - iUPH -A rescue parly Tuesday reach ed the .barred remains of a light airplane that crashed 30 miles east of Dillingham, Alas ka, last December. The Civil Air Patrol report ed that the bodies of pilot Richard Newton, Anchorage, and Donna M c G 1 a d r e y, a school teacher, were found in the wreckage and removed. trembled eany Sunday after noon. Like End of World "We were still in a stupor when the big one came," Gregorio Nieto said. "It seemed like the end of the world. People fell to the street and couldn't rise. When they rose they fell again. It was impossible to do anything but trust in God." A tourist said picturesque Puerto Montt had been "torn into' a thousand pieces." Like the distant mumbling of thunder in a passing storm, hundreds of aftershocks rip pled through the disaster zone. Most were minor tre mors but 12 passed the inten sity of six on the Richtcr scale, strong enough to be classified as major earth quakes. The most violent reg istered at 9.2 on the Richter scale, the strongest ever re corded by modern seismo graphs. As this was written the homes that are still standing are empty. The people who lived in them dare not return in fear that another giant earthquake might bring them down. Lccal CAP Plane Flies Blood North The Mcdford squadron of the Civil Air Patrol flew an emergency blood lift to the Beaverlon airport Wednes day. Thirty pints of A-negative type whole blood were rushed to Portland for a three-year- old Corvallis boy who will undergo open heart surgery. Pilot for the flight was Floyd Doland, Medford. According to the CAP In formation officer, Mary L. Hall of Mcdford, the blood was drawn from the Red Cross blood bank in Grants Pass and was scheduled to leave the Grants Pass airport at 2:30 p.m. After reaching the Beaver lon airport, the blood was scheduled to be transferred to an emergency vehicle and rushed to the hospital. Salem - tl'I'll - Leonard Hall of Charleston in Coos county has been sworn in as a mem ber of the Oregon Fish Commission. Retiring Captol Figure Receives Fitting Goodbye Washington - (l?D - M a j. Samuel L. King has retired with all the pomp and circum stance he planned for the Im portant men and women who visited Washington in the past four years. King's official title was Mil itary District of Washington Ceremonies officer. With that decorative title went the job of marshalling bands, horses. tanks and people in just the right protocol quantity and order to welcome a visiting dignitary. In his four years on the job, the tall, muscular major told UPI, his toughtcst assign ment was Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. He said Castro "crossed us up. He disre garded intricate security ar rangements, mingled with the crowd and generally gave us a scare." Khrushchev No. Problem Conversely, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wasn't any problem once he got on the ground. But getting him there posed problems. Right up until the moment the chunky Russian landed, King had identical receptions wait ing in Washington and Balti more, with officials ready to rush to either one. The Air Force finally de cided that Khrushchev's giant Russian jet could come down at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., but the wide landing gear forced the greeters, in cluding President Eisenhower, to hike out to the landing strip. Royally Troublesome Royalty, the Major said, is more trouble than premiers and presidents. Queen Eliza beth got the biggest reception during King's reign. "It took me two months to get her five miles," he lamented. That's the distance from An drews to downtown Washing ton. President Charles De Gaulle of France was the first to get a trumpeted greeting. The Major prepared more than 50 official welcomes dur ing his tenure, so the Army figured it was fitting that when King retired last week he get a dose of his own medicine. That's exactly what they gave him-one of the biggest military parades ever assem bled for anyone less than a general. And just possibly fit for a king. Servicemen INSTRUCTION Specialist 5c Barrington M. Grant, Medford, currently is taking two weeks of instruc tion at the Washington Mil itary academy, Camp Mur ray, Wash., as part of the Na tional Guard Officer Candi date program. Upon completion of the two weeks of instruction, Special ist Grant will be required to attend the academy one week end per month until the 250 hours of required instruction are completed. At that time he will have met the military educational requirements for a commission as a second lieu tenant in the Oregon Army National Guard. 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