New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-23
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'olosss By an eruption, b.; We did nolcAre to Try
ire expefinent
From that period Until IN Central America,
en- Iot aware that there occurred more tnRu one
eruption and that on the oocA.on Of the falling n
Tire fret coutNerahe shoge- Of RAIN on. | thlak,
The 9Th Of hsy last. The discharges from this
rent, conil,tIrg wholly Of stones, may have been
ard probably Sere pecu lar fOr tie volcanoes them.
selves and TIE cones surrounding them seem gen
orally 70 have been made n OF ,uch stones in;er
,per'ed through large quantities Of ashes snd
soorisoeous sand, alternating vita beds OF lava
Although believing that most Of the vocaIic
cores have been formed in this manner, By gradual
accunuls.on', yetthe volcanoes which have shown
the Ereaitit energy, are low AMI irregular, AMI
devoid Of ANYTHING remarkable 10 their appearance
Such 10 the Volcano Of Coz guina in Ncarigui .hs
eruption Of which in 1898 was one Of toe most GER.
ribe on record.
On the morning Of the GOTH Of January Of that
year, ieveral loud explosions were heard for a IA
dius OF a hundred leagses artu1i mis- vocsno, fol-
lowed by the rising Of an inky back cloud aoJve
il, through which darted tongues OF fame resem
bling lightning. This cloud gradually spread out
vsrd ooscnriDg the Il1, and she idins over every
thing yellow, sickly light, and At the same tims
depositing fine sand, which rendered respiration
difficult and painful Tnis continued Tor tEo days,
III. nb,cuaA,ioD becoming more and more dease,
the ,Ssd ,sIing more thicky, and the exp'oilons
becoming louder and more frequent. On the tn'rd
day the explosions attained tneir maximum, and
the darkness became iuterse SA1d continued 70
fsl ard the people de,erted their houses, telring
the roof would yield beneath the weight. Tois
sand fell several inches deep at Leon more
than 100 miles distant IL fei 10 Jamaica, ' era
Cruz and Santa Fe de BoCots, over an area OF
l,5CO miles il diameter. The noise OF the exPlo-
,oIs was heard nearly as far. and the 5apern-
tendent Of Belize 600 miles distant, mustered his
troops under tie impre ssion that there was naval
action OF the harbor. All Nature seemed over
aved the birds deserted the air, and the wild
beasts their fassneistr, crouching terrorstricken
ard harmless in the dwellings II men The peo'
PIE for a hundred leagues grouped dumb with nor
ror amid the thick darkness, bearing crosses on
their sh1alders and stones their heads, in peni
teBtisl dtbasemept and dismly. Many believed
the day Of doom had come, and crowded to the tot
tering churches where, in the pauses OF the explo
,ionS, the voices Of the priests we're heard In sol
tmn invocation 10 Heaven. The strongest lights
we're invisible at the distance OF few feet aud
10 hiehien the tsrrors OF the scene, occasional
Hghinines navesed the darkness, shedding lurid
glare over the scene TIis contlnaed Tor 4j hours
and then gradually passed away.
For some lesgues around the Volcano the ssnd
snd s,hes had fallen 10 toe depth Of several feet
OF course the operations OF the Volcano coa'd
only be known by the results. A crater hal been
oper ed several miles in circumference, from
see on one hand, and The Gulf OF Fonaeca on the
ether The verdant sides Of the mountain were
now rough, burned and scanned, and covered with
disrupted roots and fields Of lava The quantity
Of water injected vas incredible in amount l an
informed by the Captain Of avessel when passed
along the coast few days there after, that the sea
for hity lesgues was covered with floating masses
Of pumice, and that he sailed for q whole day
through IT, without being able to distinguish BAT
here and there An OPENS space oil water
The appe arance Of this mountain is now desolate
beyond description. Not a trace OF lie appsis
upon iis pArched sides. Here ADD there are open
ipes emitting steam, small jets OF smoke aud sui
phurous vapors, and In sume places me ground Is
swnnpy from thermal springs IL hsad tnh 'ne
di,chaIee Of ashes, sand enn lava was iolo "a oy
f, flow Of water and tho story seems corfoborated
h, the particular smoothness OF some parts oil the
,lope The HIGHT Of this mOuntsin IL not, Trims,
more than o 500 feet che anniversary Of the ces
ssiian Of ibis eruption IL celebrated In the mos'
sotmp n amer throughout al Central America.
The volcano OF San Miguel, In San Salvador, Is a
reeua irul Gated cOne, rising 5000 ieet above the
plain. temits small plume oil snioAe from us Top
but it's cru tionS, which are frequent TAKE Place
nerr the base The iAst Of these occurred In 1873,
ubep several vents ueI e opened about . 900 feet
above the plain on its eastern slope. IL wu AZ
tended with none Of those appalling pheno nena
which were observed at the eruption oil Cozegulna,
and lava only was elected, with little ashes, from
the great crater The lava currents rLdlate from
this mountain for many leagues la every direction,
bterpoHng vast barriers " me rsvelerin Approach
ipsit.
re volcano Of San Salvador, neAr the city Of
that name, is sonarkable for the extraordinary
sze Of Is crater, which 10 estmated by DE-.
Weezs. American Consul in Guatemala, to be .
niles 10 circumference slipping Ike al inverted
CrIe 70 the depth Of 5000 iee;-almon large
eIoush 20 receive the eDtlre volume OF " s0Vlus
fI ..l- ,~s.fNl IL. 81 hot m /.
noes in the vicinity Of the city OF Gaasemd a are
better Known than any others in CenttAl Am srics
chiefly in connection with tbe earthquake Of l1fJ,
vh CD caused The abandonment Of the city oil OIl
Guatemala THIS earthquake, however, does not
seem 70 have been as violent as many Others "hicn
have happened since. And the accounts which
have bee publ tbed Of the earth opening and s"al
losip entire houses, vomiting ire, &c. are as Oh.
served by late writer, incorrect aud absurd. Anl
In COPY ihg The n0uksh accounts OF the catastrophe,
modern authors may az tell add the other inter.
/ eating particulars II devils being seen 10 ascend
! out Of the earth where il yawned, - ASSIST 10
pulling down the sacred edhses, and wooden
! images Of the saints running away AMI beck)ninB
| the inhabitants to follow them, WIN oiner occlf'
renceI equally novel and surprising
Anumber Of very severe earthquakes nave nap
ptned within the sst few years. Ooe 0ccuHel IA
GoAttnAli IN 1880. nearly If notquite a. severe ~
/ that OF l773. Ia February, ls3l, and September
| 1893, severe shocks we-e feE IN San cAEsoo'' Asu
| 10 ls4l in Costa Hics. Toe last nearly de'troJed
| the Civ of Csssago which bad previously sudsred
s,inilI catastrophe. May, l-4i, was dlssine uishec
throughout Nicrsgus BY series OF esrsnqaske'
or shocks, occurring at regular intervals over = Pc
rod Of several days. The City Of N'ci'asaasat
1 rcd much. ard the waters Of Ene LsIe were 90
.s,,sd 10 rise and fall With the shocks.
Much mil bt be ssid on the PheOouenA Of eirsn
ou.kes a. they occur in This country. Tie snocEi
,e,m 10 be o tso classes the perpendicular, VIII
are fels only in the vicinity Of volcanoes, and Iht
horizontal which reach over wide tracts Of Soun
~ The latter are very unequal in some Plscei
being violent, ard in others nearer their ASSUMED
,caree comparatively slight Tns und0lsting u'7e
inert, ens TO be oby modification Of TIE hOri
I9u..l ~ vbr,tory. sometimes the,e motions AZ
All con Liaed or rather succeed each other viz
ereAtrsp idity. Slch vas the Ease WIKI the earth
I quake Of DC ob sr lAst, which | experienced snC
| OF which can speak more a1thonEau'ely' NJ
squier here read from article descriptive OF TIM