The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-23
@@1 CADIz OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1854. e

Fearful Earthquake in Mexico
. OrIzaba- Nearly Destroy ed---
Great Loss OF Life fin PuebIa---
= The ChurchesandH Houses Lew
eled for Many Miles. $50. '!aa' '!,i
The sHayaHna correspondent of the New
York IIctald, under date lof October 29,i
gives the following particulars Of aaaseFeheo
earthqsakeziR MszieaseastheasaSef Oeto..-
Of{ fo{lSSstSl lSs lGbsnin2 2cf(5dsi insI,' Ill, 6e,
country Within radius Of seven leagues
vGryIoleSf eafflidISse,5 $kiclf collsidefsbly
dalhaged many towns. Z iluebla and 0lizabs
appeaf to have stiffored most, not only in
buildings destroyed, but in killed aud wound
ed Of their population, a letter from the
former place, dated the day of the catastro-
phci says that seventeen French soldiers and
twen!S@ffine citizeiis were known to be a.
mong the victims, complete list Of whom
had notthan been made, The Ech0dt Fesa
CT}g, Of the 18th, gives rtthhe the following par,
|, ticularc: y +..lf,.,,ls. $50 4
|! AT five minutes to 2 clock on the morn
ing of the 3D., one, Of, the most alarming.
and Violent earthquakes was felt In 0rizaba,.
causing the, death Of several persons, and
considerably injuring several houses and ed
isihces. TT has also eimsedl sad ravages IN
some towns in the district According to
I.dispatches, which these latter tayG sent to
| the Superior Prefecture, the accine nentswhieh
!, have occurred are the following: :, In AGplt7
Ilzingo the church has. suffered much and
threatens to fall; also the hotel ond dten'd%elE
ingsin the town .In.the village}of Nozales
the dene of the, ehagch has fdlien, destroy
ing in its fan Tie sacristy, the priest dwell
ing and schQpll, chopssa rllpn4l In lHlailupoh the
| roof Of the church fell, as well as the, walls
of the court house; those of the school
house. also being smuch injured. rlnTenanu
| hechuTch. tower was completely destroyed.
/ The same happened to the church Of La
/ Persia Sthe ewdllsE Of the building as well as
those e'ofethe, townIbeing, cracked in all dit
! rectibus 5!r.lL" hR0 ,o!aSH5L ',al.sH s.olL
t. FFom Orizaba, the, city engineer, Mr..
tollill, reports as follows: 4 9W asEiuT Ty
p To-day October 81 ut five minutes to two
| clock, A. NJ, an exceedipgly strong earth
Equakc. was felt, which lasted very little more
| or less than two nIinutes.i - AT first the
movement commenced with very violent
tTembIings, followed byroseiliatory Vibrations
| which shook everything but particularly
| force.a These oscillations were sometimes
! from Northp4o South, and as often, from
/ East to West. While the earthquake last
cd a, deep and prolonged subterranean noise
was heard, which appeared to tai ke an cas-
terly course; proceeding probably from the
I, volcano Of Cllalepit (otlierwise called the
! Peak Of 0rizaba) distantin an air line about
six leagues to the northwest Of the town,
and some raucheFos who, like at the foot Of
the volcano 5saysthey heard a noise like the
4 rel orr of Il cannon issue from the crater
I about an ahouv before the trembling COM
= nnnccd ,dgly' QFg rHtba9@ GFslgI tll1 VI z
! The terrible effects of the earthquake IN
i this city are of considerable magnitude.
1 siic4 mean ly all the .Eoasesualthough for the
4 most part, arc. .on'y one story--are cracked
I in all directions, and many completely bulg-
ed out. 'Afl1e higher houses suffered much
more in proportion, as may be supposed,
! and several churches are thleatning ruin, -,
The upper partof the tower of. the parish
church, recently constructed, came. down,
and Judging from the condition of the rub
hish it ls noticed that the tower fell during
4 trembling motion, while the other parts fell
l during the oscillations, having been thrown
in every direction to "a DISTANCE of thirty
! yards from the vertical, but falling more par
ticularly III directions, from north to south
4 and from east to west.
The report from Acoltzineo says that for
Fty-eight minutes preceding the earthquake
!. 5tlIet4tmosphere was filled with continuous
detonations; then four slight oscillations
lfrom south to north were perceived, followed
by a calm OF three or four minutes duration
Fat the end Of. which time strong and. rapid
! trembllngs, at the rate of two or thteeia
Y second, lasting some two minutes and a hall
1 terminating in a violent oscillation from east