The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-19

the dcsifariiou ~ ihc alag, II Gelinu
Msny fori uulrf Zoe r,lsrh rsrks nn
uhivh The aciual ci,urh u Gnidau
stands, Is n buried village. which. u u
we've rather lcss crushed aed ground o.
piccrs. sosnc 1900 wears hcrcy might ic
"a ,srious q NINE lu r3Srr Nru Lcal.
and,rs ~ rump,ii Is fsr "a. now II j.
the cd village OF ihe same name vhich
ir i~n6 VA overs hvlmcj ., a nuun.
tain fall Mnch more terrible The "a.
iaaruphe must have bc'n, than any
Shower Of slow ashes Though II one
were 10 choose he dcaih between the
two. hc aould pcIhap, prefer annihila.
ton by flying boulder 60 slow sui
phurOas sonocsiion in his back cellar
The mouniain thai did il,i. mischief vas
siaid, grave pile. tvo milo. away. and
Was 80 little disiru.ied that II was GOV.
cred Ike ihe r.,i Of The hill. around.
with chalris and pastures, chewing COWS
and Shisii'ns peasants. Any fcolosisi
would have besiiaied to live upon il.
however. for though tho whole hong
slope from Coldau to the distant sum.
init was Of firm rock, covered 10y rich
soil, deep underneath this Was treach-
crous stratum of clay Yielding 10 the
temptation Of the autumn rains. this
mountain took drop too much. Il lost
it, gravity, staggered, fell. The clay
became slush, and down the creased
WAYS the whole vast mass slid upon the
valley. ANY one who has seen large
vessel launched can conceive, perhaps,
what impetus mass OF rock, of the
weigh, OF millions OF loaded ships, would
&c, in sliding distance of two miles
down slope 500 feet high. But 1t is
almost impossible 10 conceive Of the
desola,ion scattered before IT, The whole
broad valley, for a distance of four or
FIVE miles, and breadth of two or three,
was filed with ghasily rubbish. The
sky was utterly blackened by n cloud OF
flying stones and dust. High up the
opposite side OF the valley, where. il ma
ture had issued tickets,a spectator would
have taken his place without hesitation
to witness the convulsions, yolleys Of
immense rocks were hurled like grape
shot, carrying all before them. The
church bell OF Goldau was found knock
cd mile, and one village chapel was
swept half league from its foundation.
OF those who were Immediately expos
cd only three escaped. One child and
servant were dug out the day after,
and perhaps a more vivid idea Of the
calamity may he got from the story Of
the servant, Francisco, than from any
vague conception.
II was about tea time Of Scpiem-
Der afternoon. She was sitting in a back
room amusing the child, when she heard
some one shout, "Run for your life"
She snaichcd up the child, jumped to-
wards the door, but before she reached
it the house was struck and sent spin
ming down the valley. She instantly
lost the child, and YVES thrown from the
floor against the ceiling, against the
SIDES, every way; the furniture, and
shortly the broken boards Of the floor,
joining her in this strange dance, beams
cracking and splinicring with terrific
NOISE ana me mouse gradn''iy iaii'hs 10
pieces. Presently it stopped. Awak
ing from her giddy, dizzy dclirium, she
discovered that she was alive, and brush
ing away the blood which filed her
eye, she 'ounu hc'se'' almost suioca-
's", :" '"e "',"' "e' Dv"y ""'' c'a9"e"'
anu ''''noN"u'y Ja'",'cu DEVICE" oc"'ii'
a,' o,oNe,' s'o"es' ne' 'ee' "PPcr'"os''
,n3,''y sne was an'a@eu 10 hea, 'nc
,"'"' near e h.r, ery,,s' Que SPOKE 10
"e'' i"e emu s"'u sue was "s''"s'
sv'"e s'o"'' ',''' .o''' w ''o'o' u"' '''"'
s"p "a" 'no uny hsn' anu ZONE "us"es'
anu sue ""''en 10 Aho" "ha' Tue mat
yet w"S' anu ""'n Pcop'e were so"'g
10 ''Ne "e' o''' rIa"o'-ea ""s s,oe nos.
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en', "'u sue '"Ous"' ".' u,"u' a.; ~
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cruz los'",e' anu !" = eu'' n NAV . "c'
s',e'" vas 'o' ~ NUN ''o,n o'''seS
o' 'os, " o'oou' as .1" eneeeu"'s oo''-
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e",''' s"c !'"','"ny ,A'', ,, ",' egs'
ana so waited uea'n' VIM the ne"
nay ann hsh' reaehed her' ana 'ne
eh'u "MoAe, ana again moahcu' inese
",""'s ''e '"'"e' "e",u' 'o' u haPpc"-
| of his wife and smaller child out OF the
ground, where they had been found
dead. The child, when released said
sne hau been taxing WIN FRANCESCA