Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-07
Floods, EARTHQUAKES and sun epots

1he COUNT Is Just B, glouiUg TO emerge from
one OF the uost t!.ss rCus I'D p ri 5ds 90 r..
cord, toe losses ccnasuuud b. which wtul de-
~ coUpui ston. This memorable rcFied get
10 on the 6 h sad 10th OF f, biu,ty, c!used By
two great storm C: Dtras then passing rom the
Western Gu coast ncrt w.rdly. bearing ep9r-
nous volumes of tropical vapor, which wss
c,td ?Dsed over The higher ATTITUDES OF The u.
s., end raising the temperature high enough to
90 nVert the Wn!er accumulation OF socw
into rushing torrepts Of water. The Signal
Service M)nthly Review. 1T issued, shows
the immeuse raw - Of these foods TIE -ise
OF the u MALTA o: Columri,, 10 Eastern O:..
gon, slJna clusrd des rue 100 of property to
the amount OF five huUifed sod W ,uty five
thousand dtll!rS Ia Louisiana the oreI & W
OF l., * PHic threw tee thousand pe0-
pie 90 The utroes If Nv OIcans, Iu The set.
t!ed pgri CT Wb CT CITY probably 6fy thouS.u
nE a)i'ants wsre driven from treir houses. The
Onlo exec ded spy btig0t il has ever reached
Sloco the great f. ds OF lS47 and 1866. sod
The cutirc losses" It Is rruorttd r." ,uh into
the niOrs;' while the Essen liv rs empty
lng toto hu AtsGric b .v5 had their bo0ms.
I0 thcsC Il JOds W. mast add those of tie Platte,
10 the w cst, AMI uVW. last but n0t least, The
Missouri Is rapidly rslrg between l. svcuHorth
snd y usha. as tho Ir cpiGstoo OF the last
three most! S gav1 r5ss u 20 ,XDact eud ns W IS
prrdic I'd by b Herald 90 Mach II. Ia the
Ot World fl ,ods and irGudl io;s have cot
been ~sutIpg, IS the Earopeau ci patches for
several days past show. Inc Quad quVIr.
sWJ JHen by tofrepiial ralCS 10 lie Sierra ii ,leu.,
Is COW d Iuslog the lbrrian PculusuIa lis u>u.
ally modes: aud sIuggl h stream having been
81 1idenly converted ln'o q ru-hlog v)'u uc ive
Iuilts bt0ad above Srsl i, wh'r, alone the au.
thoil;lcs efficacy ts!imate b: d mage at over 8
mtlion ,Jla;s; and Ii Is prouanIo that with
! the re!urn oi spriug 70 Crntral Europe msuy
such ciirs Toptrs will occur.
TDo aIGIoai o0ntpmpJran a0us occur 'auces Of
the esrtI qI>kes OF lscti4 10 March, at
Chios 90 h 3 Instant. CD 6. Il ote yesterday
s@rms 10 be u T, hsu Mere col: d oce.
Tos abnormal raintAl.s reported from cur OWE
cont nrIt AID Europe for some tim, point to an
extraordinary ACTIVITY Ia the sun aL this season
over the equatorial be t. resulting in excessive
eVspOIai' III Of It's he>ted WS;ers. Tho Royal
AslrCE N Cal Stcieiy in lis latest reprrt, Issued
last moth no,lc.s che iLcreis d numt ter Of
sun s,o.s Oh erv ed IN the last yusr." Wh .teger
ihls iLcreaaed so.a1 activity may uortenl i. ap-
po,rs tnat We sts entgfing puiio1 of uIu ual
praCl! itntlGn IL which tbs magnetic .ni ms
tcorotOSlc, fore 5 srs UNDERGOING m raei
Cha ges and eIertlng their IL Il 1unc. VITA great
effect 10. only ON the Atmospheric tn; upon The
more tragic parts ut tne esrth's crust in the dis
tflcLs liable " seismic Gstur .nces S.sm o'ng-
lss ssy tat their CbervnLlors .olnt to the II
er CO OI currents Of terrestrial magnetism, Vary
Ing wl,h solar changes. In producing earthquakes
Or deter nining The date Of their occurrences
We may, therefore, expecI to hear Of more Of
these cCnvuslons as the sun e'"'nc's into tle
Northern Hemisphere NJ Y Herald