New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-23

And atter-poetS only Knew
Their frstborn brother god
June 25, 1872
Eartbquakes.'
II has often been remarked that there is no ca
larnitv from which men shrink With so much dread
as from an Earthquake. In countries which are
subiec: to them, and which are among the most
fertile and pleasant in the world the oldest resi-
dents live in continual fear and trembling at the
omens Of an Earthquake. They never become
famarzed to it as they often do to other calam-
ties. a writer says, the feelings experie need at
such time, are wholly indescribuble, and must
be felt to be known. have been in many trying
situations but have never found place or cir
that made one feel SO utterly helpless,
and wholly dependent upon the mercy of God,
as in the moment of an Earthquake. The stable
earth upon which you have walked without fear, is
stable no more Your habitation in which you
have rested securely, 5eoome your place of great
est danger, and you fee from it for your life You,
turn to your friends, and they as helpless as
yourself. Ycu flee from the City escape its fall
ing walls, and the gaping earth threatens you on
every side
The last Earthquake which was felt with any
degree of severity in the United States, was that
in Louisiana IL 1911, and which was felt through
the whole of the valley of the Mississippi making
great change in the surface of large portion OF
the country, which was then, however, bat wild
erness. The memorable Earthquake in New
England, which in the recollection of many
who have lived since the present generation ca me
the stage, the night of the 29th OF DC
tober, 1927. The air was calm and the Amos
phere clear at the time, and there was no warning
OF the first shock, which took place about quar-
ter before eleven, and was attended by very loud
rumbling, said to have resembled the noise OF many
coaches driven with rapidly over paved Streets
The shock continued at intervals until SIX o'clock
in the morning. Vast quantities of stone wall
overturned, hsse lodges of rocks broken
down, and chimneys and some buildings thrown
down or damaged Slight shocks felt for
week afterwards.
In January, 1795, there was slight Earthquake
in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In January,
1868, an Earthquake was felt, which sensibly
rocked the houses all over New England. In Oc-
tober, 1858, and in January, 1885, one Sc
we're to shake articles from the shelves in the
houses, and TO nearly throw down many people
who were IN the roads, and who were obliged to
lay hold on what was near them to save themselves
from falling. This Earthquake sensibly felt
by vessels the coast.
In the old world there in the last century
several disastrous Earthquakes; the most recent
of importance occurred in the Northern part OF
Syria, on the 18th Of August, 1922. The city OF
Aieppo DESTROYED 20 its foundations, and about
every village in the province, 10000 persons are
supposed to have persisted in the ruins a writer,
who was in Aleppo at the time, says, on the llth
and 18th the wind blew strong and was nsupport-
ably hot and oppressive. The frequent remarks
of the people during the two days were that the
wind came from an oven; that it was like FIRE,
&c. 1t seemed strike the face upon exposure,
AS II it had been the blast of furnace. On the
evening Of the 18th, slight shock was felt about
ociSok. Soon after, the people discovered that
tho water ia the wells so hot that il could
be drank
About 10 O'Clock the earth began to move, as j!
il had been placed upon the of the sea-
This rapidly undplating motion continued for some
seconds, but produced no very serieus injury
Some walls cracked but resumed their places when
the earth rested moE1en, after the undula,isg
motion ceased came the dreadful shock. 1t was
strictly vertical seeming strike directly beneath
the city. The confusion and ruin that succeeded
that awful moment is beyond all description. The
crash of falling houses, the shreks of the diving
and wounded. husbands calling for wives, child
entreating help from their parents, and parents
seeking for lost children, mingled with PRAYERS
and groans IN many languages presented scene
of suffering and from which the mind turns In
s,inctively away.
The trst impulse u the surviving Inhabitants
seemed TO b, to rush TO the gates of the city
Many were crushed in their flight. and those who
were permitted to reach place of comparative
safety, outside the walls. were com PEELED to pass
over mangled and dead bodies and fly amid
....,...st ten thousand deaths ev cry side
la 1871, in China, four whole popuous provin-
ces We're suddenly swallowed up by an Earth
quake. LIE 1854, great part of the city of Con.
staa,inople was destroyed by an Earthquake, and
the same year ,wo-tRirds Of Grand Cairo, and
10000 of the Inhabitants were swallowed up.
In IT'S, 8 very remarkable and destructive
Earthquake was felt over large part of Europe.
Africa and America. IL was mos. terrible in Por-
;ugal and the neighboring countries ST. Ubes was
overlooked by the sea Lisbon was almost de-
ssroyed and several towns in Spain aud Barbary
were Destroyed or very much injured
In 1888. great part Of Calabria in Italy. was
destroyed by au Earthquake, and more than 40 600
people lost their lives.
In South America, in the early Part Of the last
century, there Earthquake, which in ! Quar-.
ter of an hour laid the country OF Peru in rpins
TO the extent Of 500 leagues in length. and 90 in
breadth. In 1880. a great part OF the kingdom
of Chill, together with its capital, St. Jago, was
swallowed up by Earthquake.
The Earthquake in Venezuela, in 1912 was one
OF the most dreadful of modern times. In the
Caracas, the shock lasted less than one minute.
Yet ninetenths of the city were entirely DESTROYED
Ia 1922, an Earthquake WAS exner;eaced in