Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-09-29

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stories OK these disasters are dated with
in that period. In A, u. 16, during the
reign OF Tiberius, 100000 people lost
their lives in one day in consequence of
an earthquake, and according to Glib
bon 100000 human beings were de-
stroyed in 526. In 63 Herculaneum
and Pompeii were destroyed by an
earthquake, this being sixteen years be-
fore the burial of those cities by the
eruption of Vesuvius. The city of Ju-
dea was destroyed in 81 b. c., when
| 10000 people lost their lives. An
earthquake was felt by "nearly
- the whole world .. e., the eastern
hemisphere-in 543. There was
an awful one in 742 in Syria, Pales-
tine and Asia, when the. loss of life
exceeded all calculation. Greece,
Turkey, Syria, the Sicilies and other
areas within "the earthquake zone !"
were visited again and again after the
last-named date, and thousands of per-
sons persisted. In Cilicia 10000 per-
sous were killed in 1868. In 1874 there
was great shock in England, and
Glastonbury was destroyed; the island
was again shaken by the greatest earth
quake ever known there in 1913. In
HOO 10000 persons persisted in Naples
In 1909 Constantinople suffered the loss
of many thousand lives. At Lisbon,
Portugal, in 1881, 1900 houses were
thrown down and 10000 persons buried
in the ruins. in 1926 Naples lost
10000 persons. In 1872, $4,000 per-
ished at Schamaki. In 1898, 100000
residents of Sicily were destroyed. In
l7O3 Jeddo, Japan, lost 100000 in
habitants In Pekin, China, in 1881,
100000 were swallowed up. in Grand
Cairo 10000 persons fell victims in
1904. One of the most terrible occur
ences was the "great earthquake y at
Lisbon in 1755, when 10000 people were
buried alive and $4,000 more were
killed. This earthquake was of almost
unparalleled extent and force, being
felt far south in Africa, more than
10000 Arabs perishing in Morocco, and
as far north as Scotland.
Columns might be filed with the de-
tails of later calamities of this sort, re-
sulting in the slaughter of thousands
upon thousands of men, women and
children, but only the more conspicuous
can be referred to. Calabria, Messina,
and number of smaller villages were
destroyed Februry 5, 1888, and some
1907 900 lives were lost In 1925, Muir
cia, Spain, was destroyed, $500 houses
being thrown down and couple OF
thousand people being killed. The
same locality has been revisited with
less destructive effect by earthquakes
in recent years. Our own continent has
suffered greatly from this cause. The
Peruvian capital, Lima. and its port,
Callao, were destroyed in 1886 and
again in 1746, and in each case thou
sands OF human beings persisted. In
1877 great earthquake swept the whole
country from Santa Fe to Panama,
and 10000 persons were killed in Sec
ond. Arequipa, Peru, was wiped out
of existence in 1868, 10000 people be-
ing left homeless and Several thousands
losing their lives. In the same
year the cities of Ibarra and
Ottavalia were destroyed, and not
one of their 10000 inhabitants
escaped, or could ever be found
afterward. Catocachy was also obliter-
lake now covers the spot where it stood.
III bidb edTbuVudke the OHlIeu ICUdlcS
war vessel Wateree was carried from
the harbor of Callao two miles inland.
The famous earthquake which devastat-
ed and depopulated Callao in 1882,
continued at intervals for four years. 1t
took but three minutes for an earth
quake to make the entire city of Port
Royal, Jamaica, complete wreck in
1892, and even less time for the destruc-
ton of San Salvador, in the West Indies,
March 10, 1873. The city of Mendoza,
in the Argentine Republic, was destroyed
and $4,000 people were killed by a
shock of but moments duration in
March, 1861. Earthquakes have often
occurred in latitudes as far north as our
own. and even farther, but as rule
they have been slight and caused but
little damage. The most in urious OF
late years were the shocks felt in Cali
fornia in 1872. There is hardly year
when there is not more or less quaking
in North America, thought is rare that
they cause any sensation beyond tenn
porary amazement and excitement
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