The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-07-13 00:00:00

A FEARFUL EARTHQUAKE.

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Retails are now to hand of the receht fearful earthquake
iu the great coffee district in South America, eetimated as
the moat ilisastmus the last two centuries. The recion
affected Is shout MO miles wide. and the shock extending
In a north-east direction along the northern range of the
Andes, we felt first very perceptibly at Roast., the capital
at New Granada, thence seemed to travel north, gathering
Intensity as it advaneed until it reached the south-wet
boundary line ot Mazdalcma, where the work of distniction
began, continuing as it advaneel along the eastern bnundary
of Magile.lena, following the line of the mountain range
and destroying in nart or whole the cities of Curiae, Ban
Antonio, El Rosario, Salazar, San Cris:opal, San Cayetano,
and Santiago. Of the 14,000 persons who died from the
effects of the earthquake only about 5.011 were killed out-
right : the remainder died in a short time from fever and
lock-jaw, which in that region nearly always supervene
when severe injuries hove been received. The first pre-
monition of the terrible vidtation occurred en the night of
May 17. when a strange rumbling sound was heard beneath
the ground, although no earthquake occurred, lasting only
a few minutes. It °seats.' fears, which soon subsided when
no !serious remits followed. But on the morning of May
114 a terrible shock occurred. which suddenly shook down
the walls of houses, tumbled down chorches and the
principal buildings, burying the inhabitants in the ruins.
Another shock completed the work of desolation by throw-
ing down the walls that still remained standing. Three
more shocks followed, of equal intensity, hutthere appeals
to be no evidence that there were any openings in the
earth, which on similar occasions hay., engulfed buildings
and inhabitants. The shocks, with lesser force, however,
*saw V. have been felt throughout the whole region of the
earthquake for two days afterwards. extending to
Cartagena and the western sea coast. Even in the hour
of sleatruetion, when men and women were praying for
relief and mercy, others who had eocapel began an indis-
criminate pillage, searching the ruins for treasure, and in
many cases robbing the dying and the dead. To odd to
the horror of the calamity, the Lobotera volcano suddenly
began to shoot lava in immense quantities, or as a corres-
pondent write.% "It sent out a mass of molten lava in the
Icsrm of liscandeseent halls of fire into the city." which set
the ruins in dames while the earth was still quaking.
AtTairs are in a terrible state. The loodies of the dead are
becoming decomposed under the tropical heat, and the
stench fills the atmosphere for miles around.

The Sultan of Zanyibar returned to London from I,
Manchester on Saturday.
The Dnke and Duchess of 'Edinburgh arrived at St.
rateraburg on Saturday morning.
It is estimated that the .lamarre done br the floods in
Normandy will amount to upwards of four millions of
franci.
on satnyday morning the Queen of the Netherlands,
inning concluded her visit to this country, embarked at
Woolwich for the Hague.
The trustees of Williams College, Massachusetts, have
conferred the honorary degree of LLD. upon the Right
Hon. John Bright. M.P.
chiblers, it ix said. has been appointed by the
or-Dencral ~f CanadaC tttttt nissioner to inquire
iGont.v)ethrne Prince Edivranrs Island Land Q.lestion.
In continuation of the summer manomere, a chain
Right took plaee on Saturday, when the First Army Corps
anecessful in effecting an entry into Ablenlhot.
Down to Saturday evening the Mansion House fund for
the relief of the distress causal by the inundation• in
Fra '0 10110110tRa to
ltn‘j* stated that Dr. Stephens has been retained to
defend the Rev. Pelham Dale, rector of St. Vedast, in the
threatened ritual 1"""cuti00 The prosecution had been
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desirous of aecuring his serees r,t were too late. u.
m ea. Moody and Sankey's aervaces in London came to
a dow on Sunday evening. Three services were hell in
the Camherwell.hall, and each was crowded, numbers
having to he refused admission.
On Sunday, the services of St. Allan's, Holborn, were
brief ant destitute of anything of a Ritualistic type. Mr.
Stanton preached in the morning. and after the service
the onurregation proceeded to St. Vedast's and partook of
the Communion.
At Jersey • man named Lebrun, who assisted his
brother-in law in cultivating a small farm, was convicted
on Friday of the murder of his aister, by shooting her. It
to thought robbery was his motive. He was sentenced to
death.
At Wimbledon camp, during the night of Saturday and
Sunday the wind rose to • gala and the rain came down
In torrents. The water poured in a deluge through the
canvaas tents, which the vehement fury of the wind
ahnost tore from their fastenings.
Au a kiad of acknowledgment of the success which has
attended the formation of • sick relief fund by the
YeutiM Labourers' union, a large number at agricultural
tabourem (members of that body ./ with their fu ir
attended •m0..-ui service at Canterbury Cathedrnal
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