Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-10-01

Thexye.t India Islands lke also from
.tinc t. time suffered terrib9 from these
awful visitat;ons. There WAS the eartf-
quake at Jlmaica, in 1892. which de-
stroyed Port Z va that at Martinique,
in January. 1899, by which nearly 700
persons were killed. nearly half the capt.
til or the is aud destroyed, an the whole
Island dana ccd that Of Mayt 1912. It
Cape Hayrien, in Hayti, whieh destroyed
nearly two-tlirds Of the town, with from
/ coo to 5 900 of its inhabitants; that at
Guadalonpe in February, lS43, resulting
in the entire destruction Of Polnt-a- Pitre;
and lastly, beside several inarior onss,
that with which theisland 4 -, To-
as, and other partssof the West Indies,
were visited in October of last year, caus-
ING the loss of properly valued at several
millions Of dollars. The St. Th mas eat
astrophc was followed in the early part Of
this year, by the earthquake in the Sand
wich Islands
Earthquakes are not peculiar to any
particular portion of the earth. In Asia,
they have been frequcn; and terribly de-
structiye, especially III China. In Atrl-
ca many haye occurred. Egypt being
the only country on that continent that
has not been several times visited by
them They have been felt in France,
England, Germany, Holland and Hunga-
ry, and III the southern portion Of Eu-
rope they havy been both numerous and
terribly des' ruct,ve. Their frequency and
violence in such countries as Italy, 81 am
aud Greece, are attributed to volcanic ac
,ioh III those parts and, indeed, "ohsar-
ycrs. Of vo'canlc phenomena have noticed
that every eruption IN whatever part of
the world observed, aud whether from a
volcanic vent Oh land or beneath the
ocean is accompanied by earthquake
shocks Of great.r or less violence aud du-
ration while on the other hand those
observing earthquakes speak Of them as
accompanied by volcanic cruptions, an /
o lem often beng stopped on the open
ing Of yoican vents
+ ON the details above given, it W Il
be seen that TIE A,.cr.can 1ntncnt-ex
c-pt ii tle northern .atitud Sis quite as
ou get to earthquakes OF dcst uctiye
kind - The ro2ious ., Northern Europe.
Ia this country, the only earthquake of
importance oI winch We. nave any re nd
is Lat ich ,ook place at New Maarid,
below st Lous, vi the Miss ISL ppi in
1oll lI@ pa npaeu atten ing i We're
.. /, WY tl,,bt caAr,c;er. Over All
eXtent o..cuuutry 800 m les in length,
# IL tie moutn OF tn Ohip to chat OF the
; Francis, the ground 5 and sunk in
great unuuiatIens, and lakes were Aermei
and were again 4. .au4d tie sur ace turst
open IN h,surcs, from W ich mud and wa
ter were thrown as ii4h IS the tops Of the
tie 5, and the quakiug Of the gronnd-
{, n;inued for several succ ssJye months.
The crea Effected on the casion Of
this last ear hquake III South America, It
viii be seen by 4 reference to Il map, was
an extensive one; but not near so eXtcn-
oive 8, that affected by the great Lisbon
earthquake, II which instance the shock
Was tclt on the one side as far as the
southern shores Of Finland, and on the
Other reached tcyond the St. Lawrence in
Canada, ana was obsery q in some Of the
West India islundS--an area OF no less
than ! 500 ,0U0 square miles. An earth
quake in Chii in 1888 was tclt at. all
places between tie island of Chloe, 10
d prees south latitude, aud Copiapo, y
degrees south latituae, consequently over
Is degrees Of latitude, and extended from
the island of Juan Fernandez to the town
of Mendoza on the east side of the range
Of the Audes. over 10 degrees OF longi-