New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE KING
DON OF NAPLES.

N,PrrS, Dee. H.
must for the present leave all other subjects ana
appy myself in the hrst place. to description OF tie
earthquake which occurred IN this Kingdom On the
nirht of edne sday the 10Th and which threatened
The destruction of Naples. think | mentioned in
former letter iha, the cone OF Ncsuv!us had been de
stroyed by the shock of an earthquake, felt slightly
here on the night of the 9Th inst. We'll, nothing nor.
b.J occurred in the interval the Old mountain smoked
I'm, nine NJ usual and people went 10 the flare
mn Which he made. On "Wednesday night last how
over was writing when the table began 20 snake
Violently the lamp 10 rock aud the bells oil the "use
,n ring a. If they rad been pulled by q strong hand
The walls of nv room too visiby waved backward and
and forward, and creaked as might Doat 'Uanlhs
heavily at sea. There could o. no uoup' a.
IN tbe rau-e of these awful phenomenon, aud
| rushed out OF my house. There had a.
raodv been two shocks mp TO thiS TINE, tueh
came n third 90 strong that | thought INA! thc no"So
would have fallen aud buried IN" IN IT. Ilh>' SUN
women were, 81 atrd on the ground ana III nearly Il
,;n,;r stat leaning nganst tn. wall to whose move
n.Its they yielded, 10, king backward ana Iot""tu
as in cradle. BY this time people Were eScdPus
rapidly into the streets, and making inquiries a. -
,rrh other experience. Every one came % lo"A al
v.u,iu. Int the mountain gave little comfort;
il threw ont bu. little fire. and seemed suIhy ana
0loon,y II was not an agreeable prospect III view ~
returning 10 oncg own house. 80 that resolved
., walk the streets and the scene which pre-
so,,sJ t.ef will never be elaced from my memory
They were full of anxious, trembling persons some
hnIfdr.s-,d some in their shirts, some wrapped
in Snppts
tie gay dresses in which they had "?caped
from the drawng-rOom or the theater. All the paHIds
were tul Of carriages, which were occuP,'u W
families who had Abandoned their houses. ~ 49,
hundred steps fires lighted, round "hich VIZ
hvouacked from fifty 10 one hundred persons OF an
ranks painter might have found wonuetiui sluL's
if he had been 40 inclined, but, alas, othcr tnous"T
were upucrmost. Leaving the RIVIERA I'll ohlaJa,
n, in,n th. citv aud found there the same excite
ment To exist. The palace yard, the Largo CastS!lI
and other open places were luli OF carriages u, w'"
their inmates repOSinS tor the night iiuhut'u'
of persons were cOuChed on the steps oi the clu'hI'
and later in the night the images OF the SAINTS were
carried in procession, while the people sang n'ahS.
A. the houses were in many Instances lett vacant the
refuse of the population, VINO are 1I"ay t.a? !" ~
nfenXety 10 profit by the fears the more tmd bt!h
q, crpac confusion IN order to rob. kepuDhchn Ci''
were raised of viva Iorne.i ana 'S 'b -
entered. Strong PATROLS therefore, OF the ponce,
g,ndarmcre, and military paraded the streets and
much praise il due to the authorities for maintaining
order. Most of the population passed the night in
the streets and the next day brought with the same
wonderful summertime weather that We have had for
the last two or three months During the day great
anxiety prevailed among the provincials to know
TO what extent their families might have suffered,
and the telegraph office was so besieged, that sen
tinel was placed before il to prohibit all persons
from entering. On walking through the Toledo,
crowds were assembled looking nj the assures that
had been made in some of the lofty houses. The
monastery OF the Jesuts gave similar Indications OF
the terrois of the preceding night, and ] was told
that the great bell had been RUG by the shock. Ac-
curding TO opinion entitled Ia some respect, the
electric current had travelled from south 10 north.
Naples having been At the extremity OF it, 80 that
intelligence from the Calabria, anNiOusy expect
ed. The Official JoNrHal Of the nigh. of the 18th
says that news had been received at Salemo from
>ala LagOnegTo or the Caabras, Notwithstanding
repeated inquiries by the electric telegraph. On the
same evening the following letter to the directors Of
The DHcjdI IObradi from the directors Of the Royal
Astronomical Observatory a, CapO d Monte was pub
lshed: II hasten to apprisc you that last night at
m Tho l..I nf nm Sas fplf
which lasted four five seconds. This was fol.
lowed by another of much greater intensity after
interval OF two minutes listing about twenty seconds.
Both shocks were undulRtory, and in the direction of
IRE m south 10 north. The destructive character of
this shock j. shown by the fact of two pendu-
lum clocks OF the Observatory havag been stopped,
while three continued in movement also by the IFS
sures at the base OF the tower which the equat
machinery il placed Two other light shocks were
f,lt at 3 and on the following morning On the night
e the 18th, as there was common expectation that
the shocks would BE- repeated, great numbers of people
passed the night IN the streets. On the morning OF
the 18th details were brought into the city which
condense. The electric telegraph had been interrupted
between Eboli and Sala from which latter place very
affecting intelligence had been received. Three lives
had been lost and the prison and the barracks had
been opened from top to bottom. In Atena half the
houses had fallen in Paduia than 100 houses had
given way and il Is not knnyn how many persons had
persisted. In Pola the disasters were Immense and
the victims numerous, among whom was the brigade
of gendames; in Auletta Petrosa, and Caggiano
the deaths and ruin of houses were very many;
in Salerno too, numerous houses had assures
opened, among which were two churches, the
Palace of the Intendenza, and the barracks
of the gendarmes; the belfry and the church of
SaldaDa also gave way, and two women in neighbour
ing house killed; in Campagna many houses
were injured. Toward evening OF Friday (ast night
news arrived from Basicata that in Potenza great de-
strucUn had been occa~ioned, many houses had been
thrown down, aud a large number OF perSons, how
many j. not known, had persisted. The telcgraphic
dispatch from Bari i3 imperfect; il runs thus: The
greater part OF the inhabitants - This in
tsllgeDcc is official, but from other and very reliable
sources L~hear that the Disasters have been greater
than given ont. Every moment brings notice Of
some fresh misfortune but must further de-
tails for my letter In this capital most OF the
houses have suffered more less and every place in
the immediate neighborhood ha. some disaster TO re-
count.
cyYyINDENv