Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-11

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A CURIOUS RECORD.
Notable Fires, Floods and other Happen
ings In the Worlds History.
Among some of the more conspicuous
happenings in past centuries, which have
entailed hardships and Affections In IN
usual measure, or which have been OF
an otherwise exceptional character, are
the following:
In the wear 26 the amphithsater ct
Fridonia fell and killed $1,000 persons.
Its ruins are yet visible ct Cssssl dim-
belio.
Prince William, eldest con Of Henry l.
Of England, with two sisters and 100 OF
the nobility, were shipwrecked and oil
drowned In 1120.
A Ore consumed q barn at Burvell.
England, in l727, In which 16O persons
lost their lives.
The roof OF the church ct Fsarn. SCOT
land, fell in during service Oct. ~, l7&2,
aud killed sixty persona. i
The Victory, man war, was lost At
ssa In October, l77l. and 400 gentle
mems sons were lost with It, besides the
crew.
A scafYold for spectators, TO sse Lord
Iovat beheaded, In 1747, fell down and
killed large number Of people, MAIN
ing nearly all the others who were pres
snt.
ThsPrinos George. sloop-of.war, burnt
OF Lisbon, 1758. and as OF her Grew
perishsd.
ACril II, ITO, at the fireworks exhib-
tied at Paris in honor of the Dauphtn's
marriage, the passages became blocked
by an immense crowd Of people, whom a
panic occurred and the terrified speota-
tora trampled each other down until they
lay In heaps. The scaffold erected over
the river broke down and prscipitated
1000 persons into the water, where they
were drowned.
The London. East India ship. was run
down and sunk by the Russell, man-of-
var, and l6l persons drowned, Dec. ~,
l78S.
Four hundred persons were burned to
death In the thsater at Saragossa, spain.
December, ITS.
Six hundred people were killed In the
church ut Bourbon les Aims, France, by
q vault under the door giving way, sept.
IL, l77S.
In February, l779. while receiving ben.
sdiction As the conservation Of bridge
at Pusrta do b. Maria, Spain, the struo-
ture fell and killed 100 yeraons.
On June q, 1852, tbs Roval George,
man-of- war, capsixod ut Portsmouth and
drowned Admiral kempenfelt, tho entire
Grew, with 100 women and 200 Jews who
were ON board.
Al Oxcnhall. England, in ll79, the
earth suddenly rose 10 an eminenoe re-
sembling q mountain, remaining - many
houra; it then sank ~ suddenly with
deafening and terrific roar, leaving
deep chasm.
The Cullen River in Norway buried IL
self underground In 1874, buS soon after
burst ont and destroyed 800 persons, ssv.
sral churches, houses. sto.
Alice Hackney, who had been buried
LIS years, was dug up u Et. 0ary's Hill.
London, In l%04; the akin was whole and
tbs arms pliabis.
On saturday evening, Feb. ~. 1871,
AArcley Hill, near Hereford, England,
began 10 move from its base; u contin-
ned In motion until the snbeoQuent Mon
day; carried along with u trees, hedges
and cattle; Il overthrow . church, de-
molished everything In its path. and nt
last settled into mount forty fest high.
leaving . chasm forty feet deep In its
path.
In 1856 Q similar phsuonenou hap
peued In Doseetshire, England. A Geld
Of three Acrss, with trees, fences and cat
lie, moved from Blackmoor to Hsarn and
sstAlsd there.
In 1913 the town Of Plsuss, Italy, was
buried by alice Of the Alps falling, and
200 people were killed. A town near
by WAS buried In like manner In the tLir.
tssnth century.
One hundred and thirty persons on the
Swan, sloop-of.wAr, vsrs ioss Cd Water.
ford In August, l782.
AtMonspslier. France, 800 people wsrs
killed In q booth where play wss beino
performed, in July, i7S6.
Hixty houses, including tavern full
Of company, wsre blown up In London,
opposite Barking church, In Tower o.,
b. the explosion OF some barrels Of sun.
powder at q shipchandler's near bv. A
child was found safsly landed on the
leads Of the church. This hsppened In
le49.
Three thousand people were killed by
an explosion In 0ravsIinss, EuaIsnd. IN
1854. ~
In Dublin, In i6s8. 100 men we're blown
up by the explosion Of q magazine CON
tainine us barrels Of powder.
One thousand houses were destroyed
sspssnbsr. ifa. 4 large number Of Of