Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-10
The late Earihquake im the south OF Eu.
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The following ancoun. Of this Earthquake
and the effects produced by it in the city Of Pisa
's extracted from pamphlet on the subject,
written by NJ. Pil'a, professor Of GeoIogysin the
Universally of Pisa:
The day (the lith OF Angust) opened at Pi.
"a, sere"e aud tranquil, like those which had
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MY suspicious were soon ver'hed. Inc noise
kept advancing. with ever increasing iorce, and
suddenly the hall began to 'remble. To this
vibration succeeded violent agitation in ho-
rizon,sl direction, accompanied by horrible
rumbling accustomed 10 these phenomena.
which are not rare in my country, IN. Pilla is
a espoii,sn,) after several unsteady motions,
! ran TO one Of the windows which opened %
the garden Of the neighboring house. and there
was witness Of one Of the most terrible specta'
cles which are ever offered To the eyes OF man.
The houses about were shaken in dreadful
manner, the trees IN the garden, bv theH mo-
tons. announced the violent agitation OF the at'
mospheie; these m'tons joined to those of the
hall in which ] was. gave me vertigo, which
compelled me 10 support myself by the window
frame. The agitation continued, evidently in
horzpnta' direction, gong and coming, ou'
with extreme violence. In this horrible siiua
tion the pas'erng began to fall from the
ceiling the cries which arose from the neigh
boring houses augmented the horror Of the
scene. There was one moment when thought
the city would br swallowed up.--Then impel
let by an inst inc,ve feeling. ] mounted thu
window seat in order to jumr into the garden
bot remnant Of reflection held me back, AM
by degrees the ground became tranquil.
'Assooa AZ The shock was over, went ou
o the Museum aud found the streets hlled will
people, who wore !" their countenances th
traces oi The teFror ~h'ch u'ey nad suhefea
Everywhere rc'gned that silence OF which lac
'ns speaks, which se'zHs the people when sgi's
! teal ny common ''e''ng' ere
'A""r havin. ass"rea "nyseh o' 'he ss'e'
! 4" u'e p"rsons VINO are most asss 10 me- 10
ilrst ia'ught was Tor the Campan,e DC Pls'
the leaning tower) ran TO see how wa
what ""s my surprise 10 see Il stsnd'ng On
. hrn'' what hat spectacle II must nave prese"
8 'fu 10 "'a' ''a''u' "'o'''e"'' re"p's WI" 10
! an opportunity to ooeerye IT, during the shoe
s tell me that ITS bslancing wssa terrible thin
to behold bat before examining the effects
: the earthqnske, let us see What was lis Gre
non and us duration. e1r 's-
s The fret n"s'on OF the earth was manifest