River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-02-15

at Zanie. Over 5000 persons lost their
lives at Cape Haytien,in San Domingo,
in 1912, and Point-a-Pure, in Guada-
loupe, was entirely destroyed on Feb.
s. 1913. During 1851 Rhodes, Maori,
Valparaiso, and South Italy were de.
structively visited, 1900 persons los
ing their lives at Meif. In the fall of
1852 the Philippine Islands suffered
severely, Manila being nearly destroyed
and shock even being felt in En-
gland. Thebes, in Greece, was nearly
destroyed in September, 1858, and on
April 10, 1854, st. Salvador, in South
America, was wholly ruined. Anasa-
co, in Japan, and Simoda. in Nippon,
were destroyed on Dec. %, 1854. jed
do being much injured by the shock.
During 1855, Broussa, in Turkey, and
several villages of central Europe were
ruined, and on Nov. ii Jeddo was
again nearly destroyed. On March IL,
1856, at the island of Great Sanger, one
of the Moluccas, nearly 5000 lives
were lost. while on Oct. l2,of the same
year, several islands sank in the Medi-
terranean.
In 1857, Calabria and other towns
were again destroyed, and % 900 lives
were lost in few seconds, making a
total loss in the kingdom of Naples
alone of Ill 900 inhabitants in IS years.
Corinth was nearly destroyed in the
year 1868, and 5000 persons persisted
at Quito on March 81, 1859, during
which year ErZeroum, in Asia Minor,
was visited, and 1000 persons lost
their lives. On Dec s, 1850, many
buildings were destroyed at San Saliva
dor, but no lives were lost, and two
slight shocks were felt that winter in
Cornwall, England. During 1881 sew
eral lives were lost at Perugia, Italy,
at Corinth. and other places in Greece,
while at Mendoza, in South America,
two-thirds of the city was destroyed
and 200 lives lost. On Dee. 10, 1862,
over $50 buildings and IA churches
were destroyed in Guatemala, and a
few months afterward Is villages were
ruined at Rhodes. On June 8, 1865,
Manila, in the Philippine islands, was
again destroyed with 10000 inhabit-
ants and much valuable property; and
during that fall shock passed over
the central, west and northwest of
England. On July Is, 1865, several
persons were killed and 200 houses de-
stroyed at Macchia, ETC., in Sicily ;
while, during the same year, de.
structive earthquake visited San Fran
cisco, Cal. over 1900 shocks were ex-
! perienced in The Sandwich Islands du-
ring the first half of April, 1868, and
the destruction of life and property
was very great; and on Aug. Is of the
same year Peru, Ecuador, and Chill
were terribly devastated by a violent
earthquake, which destroyed several
large cities along the coast, huge
tidal wave finishing the destruction.
Between 10000 and 10000 persons on
this occasion lost their lives, the eX
act number never having yet been ar
rived at. Several slight shocks have
been felt in different portions of the
globe during 1869, 1870, and 1871 but
in 1872, Antioch, in Syria, became
again the scene of terrible destruction
of both life and property. During
that year California, Oregon, the North
Pacific, New Hampshire. North Mis-
souri,, Nevada, Virginia, Caucasus, Ice
land, Japan, Sioux City, Long Island
and Westchester county were affected
by shocks of earthquake, although moi
of a serious character, but illustrative
of the fact that no spot of the whole
earth is free from the influences OF
this destructive phenomenon.