Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-03
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Erief History Of tEze ffinss Ese'
M;;fkakic Eartheuakcs.

The recent terrible earthquake in
South America probably resulted from
an eruption OF Areqnipa, a volcano in
Peru, 10000 feet IN height, only l.
miles from the ill-tated city Of the
same name, numbering 35 1000 inhabi-
nts. which is SAID to have been en-
tirely destroyed.
little report Of the loss OF life by
this calamity lie true it was one OF the
NEST destructive earthquakes on rec
ord. The first il importance, OF
which there is any authentic accom-,
latter that OF \. D. 63; III which tue
cities Of llerculaneum and Pompeii
were buried, but with comparatively
lite css OF lite,) occurred in year $50
in SYRIA, which had been twice visited
sith.i}s.the previous 800 years, the first
tire almost destroying the city Of An
tioch. But in go it is SAID that go,
Geo peisonspcrished, the population .
the city being largely increased at the
time by strangers present in attend
ance atthe feast of the Ascension. So
large an estimate may, perhaps. be
questioned, though accepted by Glib
bon, as the ignofait and uncultivated
arc prone to the marvellous. When
we come down q tster times, however,
tie record ia mere trustw orthy. In
the Lisbon earthquake, in i4l5, Co.
O0O persons perished within six minu-
ties, a large portion OF them being IN
stantls engulei in a chasm, into which
4 marble quay. where they had taken
refuge, sank instantaueously.
SO lately as 1857 an earthquake oe-
CURED in December in the kingdom OF
Naples, in which thousands OF lives
were lest in the provinces, variously
estimated from o2,a0o to 10000. In
1858 the city OF Qaito.in Ecuador, was
nearly destroyed. and thousands OF its
inhabitants were said to have been bu
ried in It's ruins. Several small towns
north OF that capital were destroyed
by the same CONFUSION.
Peru has been infested with earth
ouakcs and volcanoes from the earliest
periods OF history. In 1856, during
one Of those visitations, tidal wave
submerged the city OF Caiiao and
drowned 5000 people.
The great earthquake of this coun-
trv is doubtless remembered by many
of our readers. aud is known rs tha; OF
New Madrid, Mo. 1t began on the
,4::.rht Of December 18th, ISL. 1t was
not so remarkable for its loss ci life as
Tor the long continuance, for several
OF the quakiag Of the ground
80 lar from any volcano. From The
month Of the Ohio 10 that OF the St
Joseph the ground rose and fell III
great undulations, lakes were formed
and dried a AIN, and assures opened
from which mud and water We're
thrown to considerable height. These
phenomena continued till March Of the
following year when that unlucky
city of Caracas, IN Venezuela, by the
sudden shock OF an earthquake, was III
stantly DESTROYED and $4,000 oil Its IN
habitants buried 10y the falling waiisof
It's churches ana houses. There vas an
earthquake in Mexico in 1883 which
spread death and desolation lar and
wide through the Southern provinces.
The South American cities have been
so frequently and fatally visited by
that the houses are sll
built low and broad, with especial ret
erence 70 salty from these irightiHl and
terrifying visitations In that country.
At the slightest shock of an earthquake
he people ial. upon their knees to