The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-14
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the following account Of the hurricane
in Sicily. which destroyed the town o.
Hallazz0lo:
There has been no instance Of such
a calamity within the memory Of living
man, and no earthquake ever caused 40
much destruction There are houses
mined, houses fallen TO the very ground.
walls cleft from end to end, and walIs
hanging outwards as if TO rest on the
adjoining houses. There are roo, whel-
ly swept away, sunken vaults, balconies
torn from their places, windows ahd
shutters either entirely carried o. or
hanging loose from walls, lamp posts
forced from Their sockers upr4led
trees, and this is all one sees Al he
northeast side Of the town sot single
house remains in W. :. the whole roof
and windows do not require Thorough
repairs. The streets are a n7Ess OF rub
bish and fragments
1.-The incidents Of thlelisaster are 30
strange as to be almost incredible.
There was store with twenty-five hec-
tolitres of wheat, of which not trace
is anywhere to be seen. The books Of
the excise and land registry offices have
vanished, and only their torn leaves
have been found here and there at great
distances. In one house all the copper
kitchen utensils were blown through
the roof; in another benches and heavy
chests flew through the windows.
ris.----s,~as.- i..s-s- - -
to be seen curIed up one tay those
of another twisted up another way
There is pillar Of the palace, which
has been moved forward one foot with
out breaking, and stands up isolated all
in one piece. There is the wall Of an
other palace which has fallen back more
than three feet without n crack. Here
is the beam of one house which hhs
thrust itself into another house.
There is half bedstead, the other
half of which lies no ono knows where.
All the tiles of one building are hud-
died together in one spot on the roof,
crushed and broken up as small as II
they had been pounded The rafters
of another building are AL lsFe rs
tiles have blown no one cah 81 A.,ss
In stable on the bare ground ar. go
the bodies Of men, one by one. ley
are being dug ont. Most Of them hFe in
their night dresses, having been crushed
as they were quietly sleeping. Their
features and forms are so disfigured that
one cannot look at them without shud-
dering. Their nostrils, ears and mouths
are stopped up with earth. The white
dust has every where pierced through
the skin. Here is the body of man
holding close to his heart a child, prob
ably his own child. The skulls Of both
are shattered. There are two young
men in each others arms, probably
brothers. The chests and backs OF both
are crushed. Near them is another
youth covered with blood. He was
clerk in q government Office. He has
his eye-glass still stuck in his right eye.
He was probably reading or writing
when he was struck. There are some
manned past recognition Others that
seem unhurt, and look as if they were
sleeping. without exaggeration one
third of the town is dismantled, and
more than thousand families literally
without home About one thousand
more have only one little corner o
what was once their house to shelter
them. The dead number thirty-two.
The seriously. -burt are about mtlft.-a.
score besides. w - Fa-r =.