stronger than the first one. It completed the destruction of the city and caused most of the victims. Most of the city was leveled, and some looting happened. The governor decreed martial law and any looter caught in the act was shot immediately. With the total interruption of the communications, the city was isolated. The first news arrived to Santiago (located only 120 kilometers inland) on the afternoon of the 17. Three days later, on the 20, the ministers of Interior and War managed to arrive to the port. President Riesco and the newly elected Pedro Montt arrived on the 25. They had to travel by train, on foot and by horseback in order to arrive to the destroyed port. He died in Santiago, at the age of 62, on December 8, 1916, of a heart ailment. See also Riesco Island References External links Short biography Genealogical chart of Riesco-Errázuriz family 1854 births 1916 deaths People from Rancagua Chilean people of Spanish descent Errázuriz family Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean Roman Catholics Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) politicians Presidents of Chile Senators of the XXVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Candidates for President of Chile 19th-century Chilean lawyers University of Chile alumni People of the Chilean Civil War of 1891 (Congresistas)