The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-10-01

Earthquakes In History.
Duringths Amt half Of thiscentury, B..
24O of these visitationswere noticed, or
about one every week. In Euppe,
during the last ten years, there have
been $50 earthquakes, or one every nine
days. At the teommsncsment Of ths
fifteenth century, only $50 Of these
shocks had found . place In history.
During the next 300 yssr. 3.so4 earth.
quakcs are recorded, :or alnost fous.
times as many as during all the pre-
ceeding ages. From these facts 1t has
been inferred that, whatever may be the
origin af these uphsayings OF the crust
of the harthy sthe phenomena are greatly
increasing In number, and their csuses
in violence. S@s @z.a -a@~0& E.4@E5
Among the earliest earthquakes re-
ported is that by which the famous
Herculaneum and Pompeii were destroy
ed in ths year g. ~FJfty-tw years ater-
this, ANTIOCH, In Syria, was alnso6t ssn.i
tirely destroyed, the calamity occurring
just at the time the Emperor TrajsR,
was on a visit to the place. In ass, 1t
was again visited with N earthquake,
and then again in 526. The number Of
persons perishing in the ruins on this
latter occasion being estimated sta quar-
ter OF a million.
In 1902, Port Royal, the capital Of ia
maica, was entirely submerged by the
force of an earthquake, which swallow
ed up OYER thousand acres, ssfd drove
ships so far inland that they foated
above the buried city. ~9.-
In 1772 an entire volcano sunk INTO
the earth In the, Island Of Java, carry
ing with 1t forty villages, the mountain
itself, which was fifteen miles long. and
six broad, accompanying the hamlets
and their 2, 95s Inhabitants. - ID &
On the first Of November, ITS, occur
red the memorable earthquake ct Lis
bon, by which 10000 persons persisted
in the twinkling Of an eye. Here also
was the great tidal wave seen 81 IN alu.
tude Of fifty feet. One Of the most aw-
full incidents Of this earthquake was the
sinking O! the city qaay. This hid Just
been constructed Of marble, at an i'm
mense expense, and to 1t, ~ TO . last
refuge, fed thousands Of the hapless
inhabitants. Without . fmoment's
warning, the earth opened to receive Il,
and after sucking in the mass, must
have closed over it, - not . single body
Of all he~theussnd. that went dows,
nor spar or mark from any Of the ships
near by that were sucked into the chasm,
ever came to the top. The water there
is near 600 fati,oms deep, and q IN un-
known distance beneath the bottom re-.
pose the hapless Lisbonese. This Lis
bon earthquake, Humboldt estimates,
affected portion Of the earth foar times
as large as Europe, and was felt In the
Alps, on the coast of Sweden, In the
West Indias, on Lake Ontario, and
along the coast of Massachusetts,.
In 1911 the earthquakes on the Missis-
sppi, severest at New Madrid, Mo-,
shook the ground for many days, aud
alternately raised aud depressed it here
and there, the latter sections forming .
sectioa- called the suuken country to
this day. ~ )
On the 2eth Of March, 1912, a violent
thunder storm, with incessant flashes,
was observed by the people ofNew Mad
rid, aud at the same time the city of
Caracas, in South America was laid in
rt,ins, 1900 of its people perishing.
The great eruption Of Vesuvius in 1857,
with accompanying earthquakes, will
also be remembered as leading to an
immense destruction OF human life,
varIously estimated u from 1900 to
10000 lives.
In 1850, June 10, the valley Of Next
co was also devastated by ole of these
pisitatious, demolishing houses through
out its length and destroying the costly
aqueductsupplying the city with wa
Marcel p, 1859, Quito, in Ecuador,
was nearly destroyed by an earthquake
and thousands of lives were lost.
January, lses.-Nene~ed shock At
st. Thomas, but slight, apd no damage
done.
March,, lsGs.-Slight shocks lasting
several seconds in Augusta, Me.
March 9th occurred tie great earth
quake and volcanic eruption in the
sandwich Islands, extending more or
less to allof them, but causing the great
est damage at Honolulu Or, the 18th
OF March, the day succeeding II. erup-
tlon OF Mauna Loa, one hundred distinct
shocks were felt. and from that drse to
the l5tlnof April, two thousand occur.
red At Waischina the earth opened
IN many places, and . tidal wave, sixty
'eet h'oh, rose above the tops Of tho
co.'oa trees for a quaster Of q mile In
land, sMseping human beings, houses,
trees, and SO on, before it. A terrific
shock prostsated churches and houses
and killed many persons. In all one
hundredlives were lost. The cratess
W. tod 1T