The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-10-10
The Earthquake at Gibraltar---Sin-Hl MAR
Phenomena.


or the earthquake which was felt az Glib.
raltar on the 18Th Of August, the Gibraltar
Ohronicls says; "A stang fact 10 reported
By steamers and ships passing lhIough the
Straits about the time OF the shock. al
though the wind was westerly, there was
such d strong current running to the
eastward that steamers which bad been
making eight knots, and ships under full
sail, could make no Roadway whatever, the
ships even actually making stern-way. It is
also SAID that shoals Of ish of all kinds
were seen lsaping out " the water, and APP
parently ia a state Of great alarm. At Al
geciras the shock was felt more severely
than at Gibraltar. Here, in me south, the
aisturbs6ce was greater than in the town
another argument in favor Of the theory
that tue neigbborheod Of the Struits was
the part most affected. ttt,
The London Daily Mems says: "The oc-
curreDce If an earthQuake 1t Gibraltar al,
most simultaneously with a renewal of the
action Of Mount V,suvius is q circnms tance
well worthy ofnotlee. Ii seems 10 Afford
strong evidence IN favor Of the view that
the subtsrrsnean forces, whose effects have
been exhibsted from time TO time over the
whole basin Of the Mediterranean, and for
many miles from its shores, form y single
earthquake distfics, OF whlcp feneritfe,
Vesuylus, Etna, Stronlboli and the Aren't
pelagic and Syrian volcanoes are tle sKfety
valves. Doubts have often been thrown
upon this view, aud we p0stcs that m eml-
nent modern Physicist distinguishes i've VI
six distinct disturbap &c belts ID the region
We nave nssaed. But the vi.ienees Of siRnul-
tsneous or ofrsc,procal scd n are suiRaefs-
ly numerous and striking to leave little room
for dabiesy on tse suejecs.r
/" Gibraltar is no region very frequently
disturbed by Earthquake shocks, though
froE its situation betgeea the noted earth
qaake regions Of the spanish peninsula vas
Northern Africa eae weuld rexpses 20 find s |
the scene d WIDEN y sub4srransaa sctiens |
The provinces Of Malaga, Murcis and Gran
ada have been rsva:ed by numerous and i'm |
pertast earthquakes aud the shocks mhsch
devastated Lisbon in l75S-Were among the
mast terrible eyer reeoTded. Somelof the
earth auakts which bAss bess Experienced
ia Algeria and Morocco have also b. ought
on widespread districts. Yea
the country On either side Of the Straits OF 4
nas seontinusd comparatively free
rom disturbance, though occasionally VS.
had BY shocks Of considerable violence"
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1 From shs Haxsferd Cour snG
A Man Will Two Hearts. ss4lr
This man lives in Hartford. He is about
iky years Of age and IL able bodied.
BE had lived upWards Of fkirty,flve ysars
before the phenomena Vas dssc6vered. The \
sins ular feature a. - oass.ia tbeA tksssi
~ separate aartsrisl eonnecsions, bete sen
'bs ~ hearts. and The hsst Aathorisies,
Mo have given attention to the subiect,
agree 10 saying that the smaller organ per-
Iorus the general fancsi 5ns Of the body in .
~ blood relati 3ns, rhile the larger APP
pears to have distinet existsnoe in chat 4
matter, and only operates upon ths. nsyypns
Iystem through peculiar Inschanism MOI en- | /,
irsIy unfamilinr q ztheH Hofpnsipnx This I
srksr organ shows Frequently nnnsnal -. ls
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arr shs. saaa - ~ Brsse. ylAsl isssel
rnaa, dspsndeot oniE nDops - G1pe1eE in 4
aoh degree y tho ssVerof eerans u phyBi- u
lpss ~ 1SAhl'IdI n aISzl6o ii ~ lhaIai
lsetanisn, has bss1ss. 1rI1sin11n nlnhss1
leefset efafnw eheepnae6Ge dlnazy persoaa
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