The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-11-06
EARTHQUAKES.

Ian AAAGaahAsSs
Tie craleTs Of koiGaR0es act - s.l,,v.
yalses; ahtre there - na safsty-,,,,.
there must be sn earthquake. Sixty IN.
have oreurEed On tie coast uf Chlll. Al
earthquake a. l.,sbnn. capital uf Porn.
gel. in 1855. shaok al the ssss Of Eurnpe
lhe norIh &C Arc; and the Wesi IEdi,,
ard even Lake Ontario! II lasted oblr
slx seconds. but in that time il dssuoysa
one enarIsr Of the dwelling houses. oil tie
pubic buildings and 30. O0u ,nhsblanl. If
Lisbon. DUriug an earthquake 81 Lima.
The officer Of . ship says that The shin
was tiolsnlly tossed. The suffice Of The
water boiled and was covered with dead
fishes. In 1896 ,hree. quarters Of the ei.
" of Lima. and 10000 Of Il. inhsbi.
ants we're destroyed by an earthquake.
In 1892 80 esrhquske destroyed the
greater part Of Aleppo N Few SECONDS,
together with 10000 persons.
On the frs, of January. 1897, m
earthquake visited the countries along tie
eastern extremity of the Mediterranean.
The towns nf D.mastus. Acre, Tyre. aud
S,don suffered great damsge. and Tibt.
riss and Safer were entirely destroyed,
with 5000 souls.
On The 29lhSspiember. l7l7, The lo~n
Of Gusiemsla was greatly dsmsgsd by an
earthquake. and entirely bestowed by o..
other on 2g,h June. 1913.
Caracas vas destroyed ty an earth.
quake, with $4,000 OF ms inhabitants, in
1872.
During an earthquake. in 1897. OHIO
was greatly d,nased, end Rsdbsmb, Itv.
elIed TO The ground, end 10000 person,
were buried in the runs.
The towD Of Lima has always been
very subject 10 earthquakes. Besides the
earthquake already mentioned. II vs.. al.
most entirely 6e,ttOysd Goth Octnber.
1857, and aes..n on the 18Th Oc,osst.
1864. During the latter, The pcfi OF Cst
lao was innncsisd BY the sea and etey
.onl persisted. Conception. in Chill. W"
destroyed id 1870. 1881, and 1885, BY
earthquakes and inundsaions. H.
Islands have been formed by The forca
of volcanic action. and Il IS curious fac,
that earthquakes frequently have an op.
posi- effect For instance. in s67 Mt.
Arcsrey fell INTO the sea. Many towns ia
japan. m Chms, we're covered by the sea
in 1896. 10 1913 81. Eapheme SERTED
into lake. In 1912 PorsRoysl sunk
into The sea. In 1919 large tract Of
land al The mouth Of the Indus sank.
Earthquakes sometimes canse rise in
tbe land, Daring an earthquake on The
Chilisn ccas,. a uac, 81 land. ore hun.
,drsdmile. lorg. was elevated from two
toseyen feet. Atihe Same plsre. in 1885,
the land was raised zen fteI. mi. caU'-
ed a great Nase lin the sea ,ueniy-eigb'
feet high. which rushed in and destroyed
The town Of Jalesenano. The smountof
land elevated was equal 10 filty.sevep en-.
bic miles. or 365,000.0O0 II The erfa.
Pyramids Of Egypt, Dunnr an Earlh-
quake ~ The essl.in PSF, OF Iceland. in
1919, 1000 sguate miles of land were
converted into sntihlapd see; al the same
iime. 1000 square, miles. ,or. more ,h'n
.onefourh Of Iceland was rsise,i zen FEET
: VI. Gasetie.
in Oath Rejected Upon.-Mr. Ro-
maine hearing man call on God 10 curse
hun. offered the man half crown If he
would repeat the oalh. The man started
-. What, Sir do you tttinkII would
cirse my sou. for half q crown9'' Mr..
Romaihs answered, ."Asiyou did il just
now Tor nothing. ! couldnotsupposelhaI
you would refuse il fora reward.p IL The
poor fellow. was struck with The treprool,
aud said. INLAY Gpd bless you and re.
ward You. sir, whoever you ale. Il be-
hese son have. saved ny soul. Il hone
shall never swear again. II N,
The Albany Methodist conference
lately required a llal no minister Shall be
admitted into this Conference who ,,st
It"baHc, iG any Of its larus, EXCEPT;
medicine, and in thar ease sa,islactor
evidence shall be given" x
#2 I8 ls.t 4
REJECTED The proposition recent
!madesby Stephen Van Rensselaer,. ESQ
The Patron Of Albany, to sell his lands
equitable terms, has been rejeciedby d
tenants Of the MAJOR. ~ ~
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a olitlle heartmases a blooming ,iisast