The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-03-25
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Three Recent Earthou,.

LETT scarcely chimney standing c.r
but slight loss of life. The town ...
in the fat anuvtsl valley of tho S
likely spot. Near the town c,s ave
were opened il the grouni ona .
them three miles long. The ,b,' y
was felt to the north at Vienna sna
Debreczin, and to the south as
Istria.
Few places in Europe have hoo.
haunted by subteIranean movan'
from the earliest time a. tha ~
Ischia. Homer, Pindar, and VIZ
have in turn celebrated its tb.1
which they attributed to the st,ua'
of the giant Typh@us, whom Jn 1S.a
had imprisoned by clapping the m p'
tain marine (now Ipomeo) upon n.
body, just as he secured anoth., 49,
lutionary Titan, Enceladus MAJ
Etna. Desiring to relieve him.",
from the restraint of his uneasy 49,
'durum cubile' as Virgil stiles It y.
may suppose the giant to have no..
the author Of the commotion of M.,.s
last, which shook all the south side =.
the island. Reverting to the .oh..
history of Ischia, we have coptiurs
records of cbnvulsions from the d,,.
of Strabo and Pliny onwards. IpdAsa
not until A. D. 1900 did Ipomeo n.
crest and center of the island ceas0 ;.
pour forth lava and ashes, tbouuh
now ranking among extinct yolc,.
noes. The island has not escarad
without q shock occurring Rss,v
every year; but few have attained thu
severity of that of March 4, 1881. which
concentrated its violence on the town
of Case Micciela, shaking down great
parts af its houses over the heads Of
the inhabitants, with great loss Of
life. So sudden was the catastropbs
that the body OF cobhler was dug ont
from the ruins, with his last between
his knees, and that Of woman, with
the stocking she was knitting upOu
her hand. The part Of the island eI.
clusively affected, consists Of snOr.
mously thick beds Of clay, similar 10
those over which the Csmpanlan
earthquake wreaked Its favages.
What spec ally distinguishes Ischa
Is the development of internal heat in
those parts where the earthquake pre-
vailed. Nowhere within 30 limited
space are there so many, or such In.
tensely hot mineral springs, whose
waters are In part used for the cure Of
malaoies, while the rest goes to scad
pigs and wash clothes. Indeed, in
this part Of the Islam there seems 10
be no cold water whatever. The coll
ia hot, the dry sand on the seashOn
10 hot, and the earth breathes oul
from its creviees, jets Of intensely hot
air, which Is used medically for Fyt
or air baths. Such copious examinations
of heat, gas, and scaldng water, ind.
eating as they do a direct opening or
communication WITH the interior Of
the earth, favorable to the discharge
of electric energy, all combined to
characterize Ischia as a very hot-bed
Of the earthquake.
The rich and lovely island Of Chic,
the scene of the third great earthquake,
which began April 8, 1881, though
standing upon the belt Of suot9rranean
eommotion we have mentioned, had
not been subject In recent times TO
very serious tremors- 1t dees not
appear in DR.. Schmidt's Catalogue
before 1859. The shock Of the 3rd wI
repeated on the 1lth Of April, with
such tremendous force, as to overthrow
what had been spared on the Srd
The ground swayed aud rocked under
il, shutting the ruined walls to and
fro, throwing them on the side oppO-
site TO that in which they first fell
Indeed, there are instances ola second
shock uncovering and releasing thoS
buried under fallen houses at hnt
and allowing them to escape from
their prison. Not until the 10th DID
the surface quiet down. In that tlns
some 1000 persons perishedi from
5000 to 10000 were more or len
manned, and from 80, 900 to 4O,UN rn'
dered houseless. Out Of $50 shoe"
between the 3rd and 18th, the intsHf
gent correspondent OF the Daey nsS"
tells US, forty were capable Of o'a
throwing a well-buils house, but W
brations continued until June lVl'
when a shock threw down TurRsH
minaret and tottering wall. IN Wv
town of Chic the old fortress Is ut1efV
Frustrated, butviewed from the stree"'
many houses present their usual ny
pearsnce, the fronts standing sltnousu
the interior il down. The scene
this fearful and distressing cssasuV
phe, was the 5. E. corner of the isisnD'
consisting, as usual, of modern AliE
vial and slightly coherent depO'iD
Here the devastation of forty-tWo y"
of q total of seyenty-five villages :"