The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-08-08

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Earthquake in Italy.


Earthquake in Italy.
The earthquage which shook th,
whole of the Venitian territory last
Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, wa:
! felt from Bologna to Renuno, and
| from Trieste to Milan. It's direction
was from east southwest to west
northwest, and it lasted for forty
four seconds. At Belluno, town OF
10000 inhabitants, the inhabitants
were awakened by a loud rumbling
sound, followed by q most curious
noise, resembling something between
a whistle and a groan, and then a
violent upheaVing of the ground.
The quiet of the sleeping town was
changed in tWinkling to a scene of
wild confusion, one heard the falling
OF chimneys and walls, the ringing
of bells and the skrieks of the ter
rifed and frenzied people. In an
other moment the streets were filed
with half-dressed men women and
children, pale with fright. The first
mass was being celebrated at the
Duomo at the moment of the shock.
The worshipers all escaped safely,
but the cupolo of the church was
thrown down, and the wall was
cracked, Part of the bell-tower of
another church fell, a third church
was so damaged that it will be nee
essary to rebuild il. Nearly every
building in the town has been injured
and some wholly demolished, and
there were only four persons killed.
At the moment of the shock the sky
was overcast By leaden-colored
cloud, and Immediately afterward
the air was filled with a strange dust
or powder, and was hot and scorch-
ing.
The effects of the earthquake ct
the village of ST. Pietro de FeIette
were terrible. 1t was the fete of st.
Peter, the patron saint of the place.
The inhabitants were all up betimes.
to take part in the early mass-the
church was gaily decorated for the
occasion, and was crowded with wor-
shippers, for it was a MESA cantata-
when, without moments warning,
the undulation swept beneath the
village, and down came the roof and
walls of the church, burying its liv-
ing contents. Those nearest the
door were able to make their escape;
but the remainder thirty-eight were
killed on the spot, eighteen men and
twenty women, and great number
not yet ascertained, seriously hurt.
The priest who was officiating at the
altar had his arm broken, two others
who were assisting escaped. The
entire village was one scene of fallen
and falling houses.
In the surrounding villages the
ruin has been as great, but not the
same fearful loss of life. At Pieve
.d'Alpaga a number of houses have
been thrown down and many per-
sons wounded. At Torres two have
been killed, at Curago four, and at
Puos, eleven. At Visions one third
of the houses have fallen, and two
persons have been killed, with many
wounded; at Cavessago one killed.
At Venice the shock was preceded
by the same loud subterranean rumb-
ling and unearthly whistling. The
CONSERVATION throughout the city
was immense, but the shock was felt
by every one, but with the excep-
ton of some walls which have re-
ceived cracks, and a chimney which
fell at the Frari, no damage has been
caused, nor, with the exception of
an unfortunate occurrence at the
church of San Pietto, were there any
causalties to be regretted.
As elsewhere, st. Peters was the
fayorite church of the day. 1t was
crowded at the early service and
more particularly because of a mar
riage ceremony being celebrated.
The people, taking fright at the
violence of the shock, which caused
the lamps to swing violently, and
some stucco from the ceiling to fall,
made rush to the door, where they
became massed, and a violent strug-
gle to get through took place, those
behind screaming with fright At
this moment up came a company of
soldiers. Hearing the cries, they
supposed there was some religio-
political disturbance in the church, |
and barred the exit. They com
menced a desperate parapiligo, those
inside struggling to get out, the
soldiers forcing them back into the
church in order to prevent the escape |
of the supposed delinquents, and in
the confusion, q woman and little |
boy got thrown down, trampled up
on, and seriously hurt.-Ne'0 York |
World.