, 1881-04-28
THE sC1O EARTHQUAKE.

scenes OF Deaoiaaton and ETorror-A
Vivid Description or tho Calamity
Nont from ille Ruined Ialnnd.
iAtDr jsnm sefn IN fordan Ntps.
Tho temperature on tho I'D was heavy and op'
prcss1vr. xud tho hntlxHn was broken by broad
i!aAtcs of light that socmed to denote ct,n1iug
sturln. In all this atmospheric disturbance,
however, tho lnhabltants saw nothing extFaor-
.lfnary, aud were fur from being alarmed by
what they faucled would result In q thunder
storm. Al ton minutes to in the afternoon
terrific shock waa felt. bringing threc-fourths OF
tho houses In tho town su tbs Rspumd tIko 40
many packs Of caris, and buryInR thousand
persuns undor tho falling ruins. Then COM
srsund ttsS rocked and 'si' daSced, knsstiins DO
sS a sss x fessa gns hss Tss q srxsofs s
hlthor ano thither, not knowing whero to tieo t1
1 %s u nas ap Is ne SesyS
,earih Ike featners iu hreozo. On avery BLDG
tho sinister runbilngs ot tho earth. tho nolse Of
wAllsnf houses, and the ehriofs or the wounded
lent Il fcarrnl horrDr 10 tho scunc: All sought tn
"a @ avid boinF purteti Under tbe falling b.iiIi-
ings. but even those who gained tho open coun-
* SsS ny NJ W e sa s9 m
worked its r1lyaget In tho hills and mountains Of
tho island. Enormous tnassee Ut rock and earth
tearing roads il the soltd rocKs uf tho mountain
sne = right axs boen formed by sorrent
son,o itae oiapsod before any Of the survivors
recovered from tho terror cnuaed ty the shock
ea of tae osiassrspbs, ot 70 sh|nk q looking rs
| friends or relatives still perhaps alive beneath
.surss pand eseSees
tho streets. walls wore falling with crushing
report, and cnt!rc bu'ld!ngs crunbled In fraY-
stfects had disappeared, and il was hard to say,
whcro tho different uclI.known buildings had
frient.a. Tho Eround siill heaved md tossed.
bringing fresh buildings 70 tho ground At every
nd ho hS5 s ,eSkr q yss ~ef9 70
lug lug Saiis or wero crushed BY tho entire house
a tsresSod t. Il u ia aE npo,sISle o' 70 say wnat sho
number Of yic.Ena would hayo been II
by tho drst, and thus permitted thousands Of
sufferers 70 esSape. Or 70 De rescued ' By Others hers
bes sa eoffoe Is ns awn "a sh
da,nascd sH s are the eiiads. tho Atzxes quarter.
or M do citadai aono TOO viotims ii ieass must be
buried. Among others, there nro lofty !usklsh
Tse 81 ha sS m 81 e. c u an S5a ac
Government Pnaco and buildings, tbs. te!o-
xraph-oalce, and Tho mosques ars ilsle y better IT,
be said to have suffered the lcast of any. hnt
dsG" g. oa oshSit ons ~ @ re ore ON
croyiccs. Xii the ssuEes and creviccs run from
east to west ~ tao industrial quarter hardly
from ton TO fifteen persons haso porishcd, or
must perish. beneath tho ruins. -
heaysl huve bcen even 1nore tcrrlhte than ln the
towil. Here tho victims mny 30 20 Gonnteu d.ssl "
,ns,a y 1y rase 70 to
groat,d. mud sixty monks lie buried beneath IT,
wills. Tie sito Of III. village Of Nehtts presents
| d truce Ut 4 building remains Tho Inhabitants
havo disappeared. u u thought that the num-
p.s s # sissf a e. n5Sf e1es sssss ss
population OF tho thrpo districts y between O.
sn @ n so9ls hays isst ib v,s,ed @ cory IT,
bs bus is very = considerable. 1t Tchcssne Lou
sds I as, ii ,tty W woded nsve boon dicovsrci
ut kato tanaya. Eyory house. and there %re ,rg
y Il buya rs Sce teuna b aspee
tweon +60Oo and N..to persons Of all aEcs and n.
sheitsr tho.n, md I'D and young. alok md we!l
iscsi'ainatciy as s @ aoous the p. fsrcnts wander
' from group to group Il! tho arowA seekinE thett
r 3an v If m fna mem
Whols WI % ;siano Ill il i'll stadius aud tho ent!re pop
arrivo fron, tho exterior. At ono moment Ut
cuttre village. bni!t IN tho form of nn amph!the
afro on tho side Of h1lI. bfoKo ota!ly away lfou
4 / tho plaln.
The shocks arc now diminishing. In R1l We
have counted a5u since the trzt three awful up
0 tcnyals which deAtr0yed the Hrcntet part OF th'
Island. OF those 20 shncRs Ht least furty.seve1 M
' wero cprRbIe Ut uyerthrUwfnQ u solidiy.bIlll
2 ho,,se, Tho work nf excavation has been cum
tiu1ccd. but how few ol ths buried victims ahaI
we DO able to extstcnte frun tlcir living to1nas
: Tho sccnc ls sfckeatng. ifcre u hand nAke
, teNtlo signs through u vruvicc, while tho I'm
a fortuiaiU wretch u whon 1t belongs IL burlc
: UpneNth thousands OF t1ns Of nIsnHry. Hero
! agnIn, II voice calls for Md from underground
4 daughter, aObhnR, cntaeay0rs 10 ut1couFny
D her father, who ks lnpFls,ned down below r.
surface: afld ut every turn VI tho spRtlB or pic
sumo horrible, nluttIatu,i corpse IL brought 7
IIxttt, Numbers ut dead arU unb.rie1. and |!
9 taoIAtcd places tho auNs nre tstsputlnG tho pos
| session OF tholr mAntled corpses.
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