The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-10
MODERN EARTHO LAX ES.

MODERN E1 IL IHO "A "A ES.
During 1910 the island of Ternate
was laid waste A destructive earth
quake occurred in Armenia. and many
persons perished at Zante. Over five
thousand pei sons lost their lives at
Cape Hatien in ST. Domingo in 1912,
and Point Pitre in Gua,iaioupe, vas
entirely destroyed Oh February 8,
1S43. During 1851, Rhodes, Maori,
Valparaiso aud South Italy were de
structivelv visited, fourteen thousand
persons losing .heir lives at MeiIi. In
the fall of 1862 the Philippine islands
suffered severely, Manila being nearly
destroyed, and shock even being felt
in England Thebes, in Greece, was
nearly destroyed in 1852, and on April
16, 1854, St Salvador, i'll South Amer
lea, was wholly ruined Anasaca, in
Japan, and Simoda, in Niphon, were
DESTROYED on December 23d, 1854,
Jeddo being much injured Ivy the
shock During 1885, Croussa in Tur-
KEY and several villages of Central
Europe were ruined, and on November
l1th, Jeddo was again nearly destroy
cd On March 10Th, 1856, at the is
land of Greet Sanger, one OF the
Moluccas, nearly three thousand lives
were lost, while on October 18th of
the same year, several islands sank IN
the Mediterranean. In 1887, Calabria
and other towns were again destroyed
and twenty-five thousand lives were
lost in a few seconds, making a total
loss in the kingdom of Naples alone of
III 900 inhabitants in seventy five
Years Corinth was nearly destroyed
in the year 1858, and five thousand
persons perished at Quito on March
Dist. 1859, during which year Frze-
roum, i'll Asia Minor, was visited, and
one thousand persons lost their lives
On December Sth, 1870, many build
ings were q .stroycd ut San Salvatore,
but no lives were lost, and two slight
shocks were felt that winter in Corn
wall, England. During 1851 several
lives were lost at Pelugia, Italy, at
Cornith and other places iii Greece,
while at Mendoza, in South America,
two-thirds of the city was destroyed
and seven thousand lives were lost
On December 18th. 1862, over one
hundred and fifty buildings and four
teen churches were destroyed at
Guatemala, AMI few months after
wards thiiteen villages were ruined at
Rhodes On June Sd, 1864, Manila,
in the Philippine Islands, was again
destroyed, with ten thousand inhabi-
tants and much valuable property
and during that year shock passed
over the central, west and northwest
OF England. On July 18th. 1865, sew
eral p,lsons weie killed and two hun.
dred houses destroyed at Macchia,
Sicily, while during the same year
destructive earthquake visited San
Francisco, Cal. Over two thousand
shocks were experienced during the
first half of April, 1868, and the de-
struction of life and property was very
gveat; and on August 18th, Of tue
same year, Peru, Ecuador and Chill
were terribly devastated by q violent
earthquake, which destroyed several
large cities along the coast. a huge
tidal wave finishing the destruction.
Between thirty and sixty thousand
lives, the exact number never having
vet been arrived at. Several slight
shocks have been felt in different por-
tions Of the globe during 1869, 1870
and 1871: but in 1872 Antioch, in
Syria, became again the scene of ter
rible destruction of both life and
properly. During that year Caliior
mia, Oregon, the North Pacific, New
Hampshire, North Missouri, Nevada,
Virginia, Caucasus, Iceland, japan,
Sioux City, Long island and West
chester county we're affected bv shocks
of earthquake, although not 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.