Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02

lt|on 10 cons,pdndsneo 81 tho n. y. Timss.l
IlIt Emrslq&nke lm NapScs--s
te Eho. sais4 Hodle9 a -
fhzty Nseco vsred M Il
NzFLis Dec. 30.
Ih8 deftiie which, cpfti1,le 70 arrive
from the protinces ot BasilicatA and
Pfincinaio Citeriore, are OF the most dis
tresSihr Character, and arc much more ex-
|plioil. Fullas they are, however. they do
not give us one-tenth part Of the injuries |
that hive beef, inflicted, partly because the /
laulhofitiSs viii not make them Known
and partly because theysare not ss yet in-
formed OF the greater portion Of them
The official journal of Saturday night con-
ttains the names of 46 other townships, |
thitI.erto not named; which have sufferedi !
severely. and yet MI are not neptioned.--
| or these, it Is said, some are mass Of
ruins; others leyelled with the ground;
others almost entirely destroyed-church-
Yes. dwelling houses, and all; in some
4 ]workmen are pulling down the houses,
and in others large fssures are opened IN
the ground. s3lais ssa ah
Out Of these 46 places, 80 are reported
Ito have lost sone Of their population; Of
fIoneit Is said 100 coFpses have been taken
lout; Of another. 7Oi aud it is expected
that 800 win be found; but of the amount
4 Of the disaster an alarming ignorance is
professed by snch terms, as these: Many
yictims, not all unburied;" ''Vast num-.
Ibefs persisted, the number not yet known"
Fac Great, but unknown, the number Of vic
ftims.1 II Is my opinion, therefore, that
a,hSt haSa heen called the exauRerations of
The public much more nearly aPpFoAima.s
70 the tuih insn tne scAn.y snn unIes :"
intcrmation Pnohshsa "A .ne olnSAs
nal. According to'n,sS:eoo Doo'es nave
already been aug out le1rini numDSr 20
think Of, TO which live aoa the numbers
! Jet gnknown, we shall not % very mucn lc !
! startled at the medium statement gwen OF
about $4,000 or $4,000 Victims Inc
> first efforts made are TO erect temporary
. wooden buildings for the survivors,
: Men are employed, too, In knocking
Z down the falling houses and IN Durying the
] numerous dead. Care Is also neing taRen !,
b to disinfect, those places where the dead
: lay in the greatest numbers. But all tne
n exertions that can DC made VIII only 'snu
i to slightly aiieyiate tne Misefy wnlcn nns
been occasioned Dy the ieariui Do" Inat
!. has fallen upon this unlortunate peoPie..
j; The character OF Inc TWO awiui shocks .lNls
i. which were the occasion OF tne oisas.er {,
: u thus described from Potonsa, me capi'al
e OF basil,eata: lney were .. sdaa Ia a -"
d tieens hhu wy hss W. t-Na.'s .t,.s.
% compaauied by ieariui suoterrane0us 20 nun,
NIL der, the same we oDserveo IN NaP,es Ps:,u
1t The sky was serene ana the an .lanaun AI
1. The hrst was 9nau,atory anu su,sui
" TARA; that when iolloweo y, aoou. snies
Il minutes. Win yet more yloien' unIu,a
o. lions and suisultaria' was marAeu y
j. Vertical and convuislve movements. ~,
vi The walls were thrown one over IN
nj other; heavy fnrniture was moved OUT 9 !,
r. tits place, OF, as IL wefe, Wnirieu arounu
40 while the hghter areeies ana -, giass weI'
OF thrown 70 q great Instance Inc enec' q 2
it the, second shock upon tne houses may 2
IS imagined, quring Wnicn the ia,nhg ~, louoe
struck one against another, ne ne Ylc.'t,i cum
l. IN Potenza seem 70 nave oeen an,ons vi
O. poorer casseswho nasing rs Iss's:u = ,es,
he sss.ss s ~ pnss;cs ... sLo escaned n his sh;r,
q seems 10 haya Ebee,iv ivmest meritoriolsl
ie. active. Those who remained alive afte
's- The underground thunders and The shocks
US says the Journal, considered themselye
We rather 10 have been born again than pre-
It'll served. 1t would be tedious to give 20
be aha fresh details which have Just bee
on brought in since the commencement {
= Ethis letter. Is 80
he Thev are represented to be Of ever II
up crossing gravity, and the names Of man
nd fo.har nIaces damaged are given. On IL
lld S5lb. the nomini proctici had been sent
if The Site of destruction, and on the 2at
leo three other persons 70 disinter and dlsll
as' feet. From Gaeta had been dispatche
'ry 200 soldiers, Of the 7th of the line. an
viii 200 pioneers, but the movement was lat
From the hospital 2. 500 military ten
es- have haan .desnatcbed' and great quaint
'.ee'0 SNS'- ~ 80. . z r. :.