Osage Valley banner., 1881-05-05

nailOn was roacneu III tne tcrriDle con |
vuisions of November 9-22, affecting all
southeastern Europe from Venice TO the
Black Sea, Bohemia to the Balkans.
AT the Croatian capital, AgtNm, was the
greatest damage done. Though there
we're few lives lost, hardly building in
the town remained uniniured, the daui-
age amounting 10 several millions of
ilorins. Hot springs burst out OF the
earth, aud two active mud volcanoes
were formed. II Is curious TO note that
while Vesuyius had been showing par-
tjcular activity during each Of the earlis
er periods, aud so lHeastlle fortnsgbt,
October 20 November 10, during the
Agram manifestations itremained near
" Quiescent. 1t may be added that on
The Sd of February, 1881, Agram was
again visited byan earthquake. Japan
where, by the way, most valuable
series of observation has been taken
experienced two severe earthquakes
-Oue ut Toxic in December, 1879;
another in February. 1880 (Yoko-
hama. 22d; Toxic. 26th), the most vio-
lent felt since the country had been
opened 10 foreigners. On the Alert,
which was anchored in the horbor, it
was thought that the vessel was
dragging her auchot in n squall. At
the beginning oi May the earthquake
season opened in Asia Minor, the viii
/ lage OF Heleddi. near Sinope, being en-
/ gulfed by the sea so that not trace OF
( its buildings remained. But the con-
vulsons reached their height toward
/ the end of July (July 2S-August y
when SMYRNA and the surrounding
/ places suffered enormously. In one
( town, Menemen, of lao houses, 665
/ were demolished aud the seven mos
/ ques and churches were laid in ruins.
Ia the six neighboring villages, OF 900
houses. barely half dozen were left
standing. The earth opened in 100
places TO yomit for three hours floods
OF green water; the Hermus sank three
feet below its usual level; the streams
OF the Gipyla range lost four. iifths of
their water. while at Bournabat the
long dried fountains flooded the plain.
Almost at the same time (July. 1920
the Philippine Islands became the
scene of notable commissions. At Ma
Mia not single public ediliee was
spared; the inhabitants were forced to
fiy to the fields outside, aud $40 lives
were lost Inc water III the river fuse
81 feet almost in q moment, and sank
agai0 as suddenly. The shocks, some
lasting more than minute, were fell
all over the Island Of Luzon; the vol
canoes started into activity; the earth
opened to emit hot ashes and jets o
boiling water. In September violent
shocks threw down pagodas and light
houses near Raugoon and along thC
, coast of Java. In America the mani
. 1tVanut,nIlsr n
; and violent, beginning at San Salvador
January l-10 llopango was destroyed
and its lake, the crater of au eNtinc
: volcano. boiled up with mud and sal
phurOus yapors, n crater being event
! ually formed in its center, On the All
: the boiling lake in Dominica burst int
. fresh activity, and toward the close o
l the month all western Cuba was visite,
= severely" General Grants earth
Z quake" On the LIST of February sever
4 shocks were felt at Vuelta Abajo ant
: in Mexico; on the 9th, volcanic erup
1 tion in Sauto Domingo had an echo il
= the shape of smart treBl6iemetn in th
{ Ottawa valley. On the l4th OF Apri
5 San Francisco experienced the heavies
! shock known for years. June % tn
+ eruption of the volcano dol Fuego il
{ Guatemala marked the commencement
I of an era Of terrible activity. A column
!, of flame shot up to the height OF 90
I feet, throbbing with strong regula
d, pulsations for nearly two hours, ut In
I tervals of fifty seconds; the River Qua
C eolate rose suddenly and ran warm
z July 20 much damage was done 10 NeN
g Amsterdam and other parts of Guiana
a and August Ii a terrible convulsio
: visited Chill, though, happily, the los
: of life was not proportionate TO II
i severity. The shock was felt on TN
n highest points OF the Andes, where til
s telegraph wires were broken and throw
J. down, and at Mendoza, east OF the Coz
L dilleras, earthquakes occurred on tn
|, 10th and 18th such az, had not bee
!, known since 1861. II was about th
}, time that an earthquake was felt in tn
n Azores, followed by the emergenc
o from the sea OF new island OF 1890
& square yards area. With the horror
II of the earthquake at Casamcciola
II the first week of March our readers al
> familiar.
n The most notable and disastrov
n earthquakes on record, il may be sall
z are those OF Italy (526), when 1900
persons persisted, aud OF Sicily 16S3
Df when 10000 losttheir lives, Aceordin
N 10 Glbbon towards 5i2 each year ".
IN marked with the repetition OF cart
h auaGes of such duration that Coz
IS stantinope was shaken above forty dal
A -of such extent that the shock vi
* communicated TO the whole surface
y the empire At Antioch quarter OF
lr million persons are said to have peris
le ed. This period of earthquake az
< plague (542-7) was the period when Il
l. superior planets were In perihellon,
In they are now. Arabian and Persia
ID chronicles record III earthquakes b