, 1870-06-28
The Earthquake with Volcanic
ETnptfonH IN Japan ON the Morn.
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We printed by telegraph from San Francis
co, brief account Of the earthquake in Japan
on tho 13th ult- The following dstaiis are
tho steamship Great Republic at San Francis
CO. The Yokohama Gazette SAYS:
Wars, tumorB Of wars md earthquakes in
divers places have certAinly been prevalent
during the LIST few years, and Japan has como
In for its full share. The earthquakes, in par
ticular, to which she Is a1wsya more or less
subject, have been Of such constant OCCUR
renee lately that they almost escape comment.
Approximations have indeed been felt that the
tubteHanean commohon which has given 80
many warnings Of it's presence, would, ere
thhs' thiss morning, At = about 20 ac1oei, tho1o orc
quake any foreigner has ever fol-
in Japan. Many OF tho Japanese, aroused
Of their dwellings,; and eyen among foreign
r1u, VINO, ~ = FaIe, take these things moro
coolly, there were some who got up md dEcaaed
themselves, anticipating heavier shock stu.
In some houses, articles that had not 4 ve1y
firm support Hcre thrown down, and tho
HlA1m, which proves to have been very general,
was by no meanB without cause Before day
| light there were several more shocks OF com
!, pasatiyely Light character, though one, which
| happencd Just an hour after the other, WAS
pretty sharp. In ono house mantelpieco
WAS shaken down, and in another a mirror
but no do not hear OF any sezioua damage
having been done, and wo can only hope that
We may escape the scvercr throes that it il
| uow tho fashion to prognosticste.
Lately 1olonama has beou visited by a
succtesion of minor shocks Of caSthluaSes.
That Which occurred Oh tho 18th, 4. Ahous p:
T. M, was one of tho most violent Salt since
tho calamity Of 1855. THIS Aoases rocked
al.rming1y for about minute and a hall,
kt.tt, 1fHJn f,n
partiGons, and stones cracked, or utterly
thrust out from tie wn1ls. Whether this is
the end Of tho earthquake season, or simply
the prelude Of d serious 'cataclysm, Is iupos-
sible to tell; hut the latter, Judging from 1s-
able snppoeitiop. Tho master Of tho schooner
Anna reports that while We were experiencing
this EnaIt shock, his vessel WAS coming
up the Gulf OF Iedo, between Kanon'
eaki and Treaty Point, when coneua;
struck = rock; the lead WAS immediately hove,
and found fifteen f.thons Of water. About
81 q lighter shock was felt The water vas
smooth and the wind light at tho time, but i'm
uaediatelv after the shock tho vessel swuns
completely round, bcing immessed in tenn
targc fields Of pumice stone were noticed tloAt
| ing round, samples OF which Captnin Peterson
> | brought on eharo. There is little doubt TIM
t tie volcano on Vries Island acts as safety
4 valve foE the neighboFhood, as shocks .
:. earthquake are mostly aocompauiod BY in
Reports have reached here Of the engulphfn
Of several villages in the neighboThood o
Vries, but, though "ill news lies 1pacc.r n
official information to that effect has Eet bee
q received. -
d Reports have boon brought TO tho American
= Consulate Of an active volcano n sea, a OF
Il tress, abont 100 mus -.S.Sosst q thus Por1
: water, whilst clouds issued from tho cente!
r and the water for sone distance around va
i, white with boiling scA
o A Ecnt1eman who has completed an Owe,
), land journey from Niigata says tho shock v,
still more teTesel. fels N Tue Interior o. M u
% alarm. Their terror was heightened by
TO eruption Of the crest volcano AsayAma, in II
province OF ssnahiu, which has not been
o artul eruption tasn. for r.. three st,, OF fo,
d commencement 81 Tie last civil WIZ,
"a | indicated latent activity by the appearance
70 Aama and luminous yApor about the crater
a nighttime, and dense clouds Of smoke Thef
NAMED quiescent until the above date, wher
se violent outturzt catnc- Showers OF laws I
= dense sulphuruua vapora were coossan
e. elected, and fell on tho hlopcs Of tho NOR
g e. taine, while the eatth's violent tEembin
IS caused tho peasantIy to quit the fields n s.
IL Ings CT adjacent temples, where they str
- noSely invoked the gods to prcservo thom {,
~ peril, adding tho thurnps OF their ton-soma
~ Tho g.umblinss Of the volcano. The tAve
10 passed within few miles Of tho ncunts
=. :. which still emitted clouds Of smoke the n
~ ~ daY, and noticed the land about stscwn =
~: a. puInicc. No catastrophe, as rurnored, oocu1
,Mes M by the Absorption Of whole village in chas
~ but one lying near the mountain waa tu.
n by the conrufsion-its hats and statelieT hl
ne ipes being overcast, ,anG the fFaKmente etrc
re- in disordefed masses, What loss Ct Gfe
Les Cured is not yet known The natives pret
h,, : more terrible outLurrt, arguing from folr
,, eaa tn 10 the 18th theirs had beun no less Il
',a ru' 123 shocks Of earthquake. Il is reported
~, ~ Il volcano, extinct for centuries, has bro
~ into eruption IN tho interior, aad tha3 v
;on Island il more thaa nsua1ly Actirc. Tho n
BY % ~ enG %oanpp.ng "a.ppeo ~ aauu. -.hr,ste ~ ~
~ ! 18th.