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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
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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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