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

! the Severer throes that it is now th
fashion to prognosticate.
The Yokohama Herald of Ma
| 22d says:
Lately Yokohama has been visi
ted by succession Of minor shocks
Of earthquakes. That which oc
CURED on the 18th, at about u a. m
was one Of the most violent fell
since the calamity of 1855. The
houses rocked alarmingly for about
a minute and a half. plaster being
dlslodged, paper burst from the par
tltions, and stones cracked. or Mt
terly thrust out from the walls.
Whether this is the end of "tbe
earthquake season., or simplx the
prelude Of a serious catacivsm. is
impossible to tell; but the latter
Judging from atmospheric indica-
tions, appears the most probable
supposition. The master of the
schooner Anna reports that while we
were experiencing this smart shock.
his vessel was coming up the Gulf
OF IedO, between Kanonsaki and
Treaty paint, when a concussion was
felt as if the ship had struck a rock
the lead was Immediately hove, and
found fifteen fathoms of water. A.
bout 34 lighter shock was felt
The water was smooth and the wind
light at the time, but Immediately
after the shock the vessel swung
completely around, being immersed
In temporary vortex. In the Vi
clnlty of Nries Island large fields of
pumice stone were noticed floating
round, samples of which Captain
Peterson brought on shore. There
is little doubt that the volcano on
Nries Island acts as a safety-valve
for the neighborhood, as shocks Of
earthquake are mostly accompanied
by increased action on the part of
the volcano. Reports have reached
of the gulphing of several villages
in the neighborhoOd of Vries, but.
though ''ill news flies apace, no Of
fetal information to that effect has
yet been Pceived.
\ CRATER At SEA.
Reports have been brought to the
American Consulate Ofan active vol
cano at sea, as observed by CAPTAIN
Eldridge, of the Benefactress, about
two hundred miles southeast of this.
port. Some portions of the ridges
appeared above water, whilst clouds
issued from the center, and the wa
ter, for some distance around. was
white with boiling sea.
AN ERUPTION INLAND.
A gentleman, who has completed
an overland journey from Nilgata
says the shock was still moe severe
ly f,lt in the interior Of the country.
and threw the Japanese into great
alarm. Their terror was heightened
by an eruption of the great volcano
Asayama, in the province of Sinshiu,
which has not been in actual erup-
tion for three or four centuries-al-
thou gh just prior to the commence
ment ofthe last civil war, it indicat-
ed latent activity by the appearance
OF flame and luminous vapor about
the crater at night time, and dense
clouds of smoke. These. however.
subsidized, and the mountain has re-
mained quiescent until the above
date, when a violent outburst came
Showers of lava and dense SULPHUR
GUS vapors were constantly elected,
and fell on the slopes of the noun |
tains, while the earth's violent trem-
blings caused the peasantry to quit |
the fields in great terror and seek |
shelter In their miserable dwellings |
or adjacent temples. where thev
strenuously invoked the gods to pre-
serve them fIom peril, adding the
the nps of their tOm-tOms to the |
Of the volcano. The
passed within few miles |
Of the mountain, which still emitted |
clouds Of smoke the next dav, and |
he noticed the land about strewn |
with pumice.
No catastrophe, as rumored, oc
Cured but the absorption of a whole
village in chasm, by one lying near
the mountain was ruined by the con
yulsion-its huts and statelier build
ings being overcast, and the frag
ments strewn in disordered masses.
What loss of life occurred is not vet
known. The natives predict a more
terrible outburst, arguing from for
mer experience.
Up to the 10th there had been no
less than 123 shocks of earthquake. |
1t is reported that a volcano, extinct
for centuries, has broken into erup- |
5ion in the interior, and that Vries !
Island Is more than usually active.
The spars of the shipping whipped !
about In the most alarming manner
Turing the earthquake of the 18th.