Smyrna times., 1872-05-08
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g IhySclsts have held theory that ,boI:,,
aoloeS Vi nature which shake the eanh hiuuen rue
e. Io"F ulSlohS have long been gr.d,,oIi''
iosI"g strength, aud there is const.n,It,
,ToN udhger OF the recurrence of snrb atos anu
r. 'tS as me earthquake that DESTROYED J;"hao
nanny ny 'oicanlc outburst which buried Horo,,I"
,n,nnr nn9 Lompell: Recent events mns, 6,,,'a
! lief Ant; oueiI Ialth IN their comfortable be,
one of ~ ooIa mas mas just been laid in ruins hv
- Iiie Severest earthquakes of the cont,,r1:y ~
"a "hole island in the Pacific was daYoy; I century;
lG" months ago by "a similar catsotma''Lg ca
En.n oW cSuVlus bursts forth with evtoor.
JJ;;n"'y violence, and the people ara a,;o
u!iSHdy from the villages along its foa, ~
el9p'een hundred years since fbn frSt - II =
dnPtioh OF scorfe and ashes from thiy 49,
d o"id o'er"helmed Hercuaneum and pon,nu;i
Ln@o,i 81: ~ INJURED years since the flow of I,vo
,;nco "as continued at intervals eyer
,rnJ:: rnJt Long before there was anv wr;ttoo o.
WraultIonal account of the phenomen. ,'u" bn'a Vi
'cSaFluS must have been vomitinr E,n,L ~ ~
pIouuct or the central fires. for r. or,, tiie
oe ""Ie Is OF volcanic character. Tn. o,,an,;',,
!. al"on 'nroWn out by ii in A ID "a evo,oa y
NJ n NV y" II 3ulK. In 1888 volcanic rona ooiioJ
Ioh'e Nuovo, mile and half in c;ro,,,''1 .'i'eu
dnu 440 ieet high, was raised nv !, IN ~
oa!s LAY III inc Bay OF Baie In 1871 il ,bro,o
vii. .,oi ie'.'H OF lava and boiling water over tbn
huge masses OF thick, white. sulnbprons1 ,e1 io[h
three miles in hight and sbnt Gns ;nso Sl.pke' .p
:, a''uwe[s or stones, scOria, and ashos ~ I.
-'ovo ieet nigh, and sheets of Aon,n ,rb;oL "o'
c1nueu nearly two and a half miles W.
tne ne town OF Tore del Greco was daS,rouo1 nen
IL''f' II was calculated that single streom - -
asa o"u5d'hed more than forty-six million cub;o
heh the same unfortunate mace ,vaS
ponts ~ ' ,bn' ~; - io3l assures opened at various
ssn;nc rsd' .ne sue OF the mountain, and the lava
tou'ng from numerous craters unitod -
'tream no less than twenty five feet daen raL in
HS 70 the very roofs Of the houses. - 'o''u ;
Ohe can hardly understand the ind ;froro,oo. =.
""lch draws the wretched inbabitantS ;
s.' 80 'iine aICer time, to villages which bovo
= .pSeaeGuy y Oeen swept 10y the burning torren, 4
inu "here the mutterngs of the earth tba
6 Eaus eulIttlhg smoke and gas, and the scars
= ~ ue' catastrophes are such eloouent ra-
cconn,s of 81 ever present danger. Yet in the a
smos ,I "c VI Tue present eruption we find the d
auieS OF the same towns and vill,ooo uL;nL :,
k kule III the story OF former deyastations Tbn y
cCtNlty OF the volcano began to attract cro,rde o.
tourlSts as early as the beginning NJ Al q.
Ut IL seems to have been only few davs na
ia' t,iG nI phenomena became especially alarm. II
X Inc most terrible features of sn,b or,,.,
Jus are all present. The violent exnlos;onS ar
nmo0a oiu'"h: OF name shooting upward TO an |
'-'$iA1' bne showers OF StOnos and | M
mes, new craters opening snddenI' oocs o ana III
q 'oteu PAGES burning gases breaking ont % Of tn
r. earth I 10 the very midst of the villages and no
wn 'Es. o oT all the dreadful flow of lava pouring M
=. WI u al sizes OF the mountains-sucb are tbe wa
tails of the scene depicted in our dsnatcbns @ b
II a. morning. 1 = The people are camping in the wi
1gs rrs 5ei 5nd the Government is feeding them
'H m;no oe, Greco Is deserted and once more in ira
SSllnent Danger: San Sebastiano and Massa 90,
oomma have heen ruined and the desdIv sdiv po DO.
cam an. is advancing toward Portici. CercoIa' ira
G,Urgo, cr.9aTH and Pontice The opening Of ira
N OF these outbreaks comes a nercert;hIo dis
nin1tlGn t in the force of the whole ERUPTION sho
ough the strong winds now threaten mann Um
'ns !, > hitherto considered sufficiently remote
m danger, the general impression is that tbe
'st ls over The extent of the destruct;ou rs ;ne
so far, much below that of some formor orroon Y
rs, and, unless the eruption shall largely ,i1 The
greater caastrophes % hr9pFrG af Sn with Of adj add
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