The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-26

mont atyBald sMouptain, NJ q. little
earthquake history viii. pefhaps, be re.
lished, 7.000;is set dow D as the enumbe,
Of Important earthquakes. upsto Ithe
yeat1s6l, of which we haya.any reliable
account. It is estimated that this is bu.
q small proportion OF the real number
that have taken place; for the early re-.
cords are 30 very meagre, that OF 1000
stated. only 787 occurred previous to
the year 1900; while there is q catalogue
OF 5,5i0 which occurred from 1900 to
1860, or one in about Ave days. A
writer in the Popular Science Monthly,
for March, 1872, says: "The means OF
detecting and recording shocks are now
sc perfect thai, when applied ia sii Pssts
of the globe, they will, doubtless, fully
justify our statement, that in no instant
OF time is the earth's crust free from
vibrations" The seismograph is the
name of the instrument used for this
purpose.
Earthquake shocks are not uncommon
in America. Many persons now living
will remember the terrible shock of
1872. which made the bells in Rich
mond ring over the frightened city, end
shook the houses in Columbia. THE
dssures in tho wall of the College build
ings are to be seen to-day. gaping wit
| nesses Of that terrific shook On the
1st OF June, 1888. eighteen years after
the landing of the pilgrims, there oc-
! CURED the first earthquake in New Eog
land. OF which we have any authentic
record; in 1868, 1855, and many times
since. portions of Canada, New England
and New York were convulsed By earth.
quake shocks. A great earthquake took
place at New Madrid, Missouri, in 1911
and 1912, the shocks continuing many
months. The ground rose in huge
waves, which burst, and volumes of
water, sand and pit-coal were thrown
ns high as the tops of the trees; the
forests waved like standing corn in =
gale OF wind, and an area seventy miles
long by thirty wide was submerged and
became swampy lake. California is
the most volcanic region in North Ame-
rico. The crust of the earth there has
been shaken with more or less violence
countless numbers Of times; but further
than the cracking of walls, tumbling of
chimneys, and the overthrow of shaky
buildings, little damage has been done
by them; and they are so common on
the Pacific slope, that they have lost
half their terrors.
The most fearful earthquakes recorded
IN history are: At Antioch, in 52G, when
25O. 600 persons perished; at Lisbon, in
1865. which destroyed $4,000 people;
the Calabrian earthquake OF 1888. which
buried 35, 900 men, women ami children
out OF sight forever, in one awful hour;
and the one at Arequipa, in 1868, which
engulfed 40, 900 persons.
Won Tschudi says that "no familiarity
with earthquakes can bluut the feeling
OF insecurity. The traveller from the
North of Europe waits with impatience
to feel the movement of the earth, and
with his own ear to listen to the subter-
ranean sounds; but, soon rs his wish is
gratified. he il terror stricken, and is
prompted to seek safety in flight"
The Charlotte Observer. gives the fol.
lowing ns the latest from Bald Noun
tain:
A gentleman just from Ola Fort and
Marion says the low rumbling noises in
Bald Mountain arc not exaggerated, but
that the stories about rocks breaking
open and smoke issuing from them are
untrue. Nothing of the sort has oc
Cured. The noises heard FIRST in the
Bald Mountain have extended to Stone
Mountain, neighboring peak, and in
this last the rumbling is much more
audible and perceptibie. A gentleman
slept on Sunday night not great dis
tance from Stone Mountain, and the
noise and shaking were so violent us to
wake him.
The place has been visited, within the
past few days. by Professor DuPre,
scientific gentleman of Spartanburg. S.
G.. who has made an examination Of the
mountain. lie says no fears need be
entertained OF a volcanic. eruption, on
the general principle that the spot is too
fac located from the sea to render it pro.
bable. In the centre of Thibet, moro
than l,0U0 miles from the sea, there ure
two extraordinarily lively volcanoes. |
Tho Professor, however, does not pre-.
tend to account for the phenomenon,
and looks upon it as something wonder
ful. The commotion in the mountain
can bo felt as far oil as Marion.
The religious feeling among the peo.
pie living about the mountain is repro
sented Us beyond description. Moro
than 200 persons have protested religion
and the work continues.
The Athens (renn.) Post, of the goth.