Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-16

TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN New GRE
NADA.-NcWs have been received in IIava-
~ of a terrible earthquake in New
Grenada. The destruction is the Creates
IN the valley of Cucutn. on the Venezuelan
frontier. 1t is reported that lG,OOD lives
We're lost by the calamity.
Panama advices furnish The details of
the earthquake in a letter dttel ''Salazt II.
leagues from Cucuta, My 10, which
says: Al II: 10 A. NJ, yesterday. 18th. a
severe earthquake shook this city AMI r.
rion In TIN, city large part OF a church
fell. several houses Were destroyed. and
some people were killed. The CITY OF
Cncu;a is entirely destroyed. only few
families being saved. The Boticl Nrm-
ana a Gel MIN drug store. WIS Sc! on fire
bv Il bail Of fire. which WAS thrown ont OF
4 volcano which Is c instantly belchinr
lava. This volcano has opened itself in
front of Santiago, in 4 ridge called FL Alto
de II Gracha.
Ii Il reported, it is far the greatest
calamity of the sort that ever happened in
die western hcmiSl herc, and is probably
sur a~scd hv none in the history of the
world. except the Lisbon earth quake, by
which more thtn $1,000 lives We're de
>uoyeI in Portugal and the country acro-,
the Mediterranean in Africa. The whole
valley of Cucuta was devastated.
The country is in the province Of Pam
pluna a mountainous region of New
Granada. near the border of Venezuela.
he peak Of AlmolZ t!ero, $50 feet Ii Oh
being the principal On" of the range Ihc
country * about 30 miles from the Pacific
coast. about the same distance from the
Caribbean sea and IN an c;tSttrlv direction
from Panama. The earth in the region i
very Volcanic. and shows traces of pre-
vlOu> earthquakes on every hand. the sol
being III uch heated at some parts even be
fore this disturbance. But in spite of the
well-hnOWn instability Of the earth. there
WAS a large populttion. and an extensive
foreign trade. which has made the Culom-
bln portion of the territory and the sta,e
of StntanIcr we'll known to the outside
world. coffee and cocoa being the leading
articles Of export.
The destruction was caused not alone hv
he shaking of the earth bit by direct
volcanic action upon the towns. The city
of san Jose de CUcuta, from which only a
few families are reported saved. had IS
uoD inlabitanrS \ neirhborinr volcano
opened on this town and Santiago, con-
SANITY pouring out lava and ashes and
one store in the former is particularly
mentioned as having been set ablaze by Il
ball Of fire from the mountain The
greater part of Santiago, having 2o10 i'll
hanitant~. was DESTROYED. san Crstobal
with 5000 inhabitants, Arbo!ed, and
Cucutilla. with 1000 each, We're nearly
wiped ont, and little is left of san Cavetano.
which had Il population of 1000. while Il
portion of Granalote population $1,000 is
gone. San Jose de Cucuta was founded in
lj34. AMI was the principal city of the re-
public of Santandcr. The work was done
too speedily, Of course. to admit of flight
OF any other precautions, the shock lasting
but thrce-qnarter> of Il minute.
This IS the first earthquake Of any ac-
count since the one at the city of san
) Salvador, March 10. 1873, when about 500
lives We're lost. The great earthquake
which destroyed snveral thous md people
II the city of Conception in Chill. occurred
February 20, 1850. originating near the
island, of Juan Fernandez in volcano
which burst to:th through 40 feet OF
wtter. In 1871 occurred the famous series
of earthquakes in Missouri which ex-
tended over a track of country stretching
for 800 miles southwark from the mouth
of the Ohio river, the ground rising and
sinking in great undulitions for months.
The Disturbances continued over what has
since been called the sunk country" until
March 70. 1872, When they ceased coincd-
entity with the great earthquake of Caracas
in Venezuela. The san Francisco earth
quake of October, 1868, was quite severe,
but did not destroy many lives