The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-01
A rR1GHTFUL DISASTER.

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strOyed.
Further information has been received
by way of Havana of the terri
bic calamity in New Granada The
whole valley of Cucuta, IN New
Granada. near the Venezuelan iron
tier. has been devastated by an
earthouake. and it is said that Is, COO
persons have lost their lives. The val
lev of Cucuta is IN the province OF Pam
Iona. a mountainous section OF New
Granada. in which the peak of Amor
zsdero. 10. $50 feet high, is situated.
The range to which this belongs Is
about two hundred and fifty miles from
the Pacific coast, about the same distance
from the caribbean sea, and but short
distance from the Venezuelan frontier.
In this region traces of the most violent
volcanic action are visible on every
hand. This action is of so recent a date
as in many places to keep the soil IN
heated condition.
There have been numerous earth
ouakes in the United States and South
America. but none in connection with
which such tremendous destruction Is
recorded as in the above. In 1871 oc-
Cured the famous series of earthquakes
in Missouri, which Humboldt studied
and described. Over an 6xtent of coun-
try stretching for 800 miles southW ard
from the mouth of the Ohio river the
ground rose and sunk in great unduia-
fions for months. The disturbances
continued over what has since been
called the ''sunk country" until March
&c, 1912, when they ceased cOincidently
with the great earthquake of Caracas.
About midnight on February 20, 1885,
the city of Conception, Chill, was de-
stroyed by an earthquake. 1t probably
originated near the islands of Juan Fer
nandez, where q volcano burst forth
through a depth of 400 feet of water,
sending up a column of fiery eiecta,
which killed immense numbers of fish
in the vicinity. Many thousands of
persons lost their lives on this occasion.
On March 10, 1873, the city of San
Saliva or was utterly destroyed. Three
shocks were experienced, but the inhab-
itants were, by the previous noises, so
we'll warned that comparatively small
loss of life (about five hundred) took
place. The frequency of earthquakes
in this region is expressively told in the
name given to it by the aboriginal In
dians-C uscatlau-"thela land thatswings
like hammock"
But by far the most awful earthquake
ever recorded IN history Is that OF LIS
bon, on the LIST of November, 1855.
About nine o'clock in the morning a
hollow thunder-like sound was heard in
the city, although the weather was clear
and serene. Almost Immediately after
wards, without any other warning, such
an upheaval and Overturning of the
grouUd occurred as destroyed the greater
part of the houses, and buried or
crushed no less than 10000 persons.
As it was a festival day most of the
churches were filed with their congre-
cations, and each church became a
flaming sepulchre for the hapless vic
Tins, for the burning tapers set the
woodwork on fire, ana the people were
both crushed and burned. In the
whole region about $4,000 persons lost
their lives and on tie opposite side of
the Mediterranean, In Morocco, the
earth opened and swallowed a town
with 5000 inhabitants. The enormous
| sea-waves caused by these disturbances
destroyed hundreds OF vessels with their
crews.
Charles Dickens said that any man
who would eat tripe was only one eg
below an heather, and now let some
body climb on 10 that statement.