The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-07-08


Double Shocks at Oaxaca-Fearful
! Loss of Life-Churches and other
| Bdifices Toppling- COnvulsions and
Eruptions in Japan-Sub-Ocea
| Shocks-A Crater at Sea.
The following account Of the ter
rible earthquake at Oaxaca, in Mex
leo, on the night of May 11th, is fur.
nished by the correspondent of that
city, of the Two Republics, published
at the city Of Mexico:
The night Of the 1lth of May,
1870, will be one long remembered
in OaXaca. At III o'clock, one, or
! rather repetition ofsnocks of earth
quakes occurred, which shook the
city to its foundation, causing a
large number of deaths, and the al
most demolition of the southern
part of the city. The movement at
first was oscillating from south to
north and almost instantaneously
followed by a vertical one, which
was fearful to behold. The shock,
or shocks lasted about am lute, anG
in their intensity have never,Ebeen
equaled by anything in its State.
Oaxaca dates back two hundred
years, but bears no scars which can
compare with those inflicted on
Wednesday night. There is no city
in Mexico, probably none on this
Continent more substantially and
solidly built than is Oaxaca. and
vet there is not one house or edifce
which has not suffered more orsless,
while many are in absolute ruin.
The whole of the corridors of the
old convent of San Juan de Dios'are
down, and, in their fall, buried four
persons, wounding and manning
many more. San Francisco, inside
and out, is a heap Of rubbish. The
palace is almost in ruins, and will
require an outlay of many thousand
dollars before it can be rendered fit.
for occupation again. The clock
tower, which was only completed on
the 9th of May, came down bodily,
passed through the roof into the
halls of the Supreme Court, through
the floor of these, and piled itself.
in the portal of the palace under
meath. The whole of the arches are
sprung, and many Of the columns
are shifted eight and ten inches on
their pedestals. The Cathedral, in
its interior, has suffered most severe
ly, and the Saint percLed upon the
top, over the center door, came
down with a crash. The total num-
Der Of deaths known thus far is 1O3;
the wounded and the manned it is
impossible to find out. The shocks
continued at intervals throughout
Thursday, and at ! o'clock there
was quite a sharp one, This morn
ing, friday there were two at
about 6 O'CLOCK, but very slight.
There was an anxiety, a fearful ap-
prehension of coming evil, depicted
upon the faces Of all during yester-
day, which was most painful to wit
ness. A very slight shake would
now reduce the whole city to a heap
of ruins. Very few people remained
in the houses last night, and the
and the Llano had much the
Of a Methodist champ
meeting.
AN ACCOUNT FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
Another account Gin a letter to
the Opinion National) says that |
about III o'clock on the night of |
the I1th of May, when most of the |
were sleeping and the |
city was clothed in deep silence,
there was heard deafening, rum
bling.noise, which seemed to come |
from the center of the earth sound |
ing like the distant echo Of the
tempest or the roar of the angry
sea. This was the precursor Of the
heaviest shock of earthquake within
the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant; the city was shaken to its
Soon all was confusion
and terror, and there succeeded a
scene which no pen can describe.
The cries, lamentations, prayers and
Of the people, who
we're running wildly about the streets
5he cracking of timbers and falling
IF walls in showers of rubbish, all
his, together with the continued
echo, gave a sombre
lue to the scene of dessolat.on. The
earthquake lasted seventy-fiye sec
Jnds. five should have another
shock like this, we might say Here
vas Oaxaca" On the night Of the
18th we had another shock Ia light
,ne) which caused new terrors, in
consequence Of which the greatest
,art Of the population slept in the
streets and plazas. the aspect Of thei
own, in the advanced hours Of the
light, was imposing. The sky was
# lead color, a calm pervaded the
atmosphere, and everybody was
.fraid of repetition of the deplor-
.ble scenes Of the night of the 11th.
He EARTHQUAKE WITH VOLCANIC
ERUPTIoNs IN JAPAN on THE MORN
ING OF MAY 13.
We printed by telegraph from San
a brief account of che
earthquake in Japan on the 18th
lit. The following details are tax
n from recent Japan papers brought
" the steamship Great Republic at
IAN Francisco. The Yokohama
5azette says:
Wars, rumOrs of wars and earth
uakes in diverse places has certain
V been prevalent during the last I
ew years, and Japan has come in
or its full share. The earthquakes,
n particular, 20 which she is always +
rore or less subject, have been of
uch constant occurrence latel " that Z
hey almost escape comment. Ap
have indeed been felt
hat the subterranean commotion
rhich has given so many warnings
f its presence, would, ere long, cul-
innate in a great upheaval, and this
lorning, at about 2:40 o'clock, !
here certainly came the severest :
any foreigner has ever
cit in Japan. Many ofthe japanese
reused from their sleep, jumped up
nd rushed out oftheir dwellings,;
nd even among foreigners, who, as
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