Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-08


ed. About three hundred people were
injured.
A PANIC.
The panic spread through the whole
island Steamers were sent from
Naples with physicians, nurses and
medical supplies A detachment of
military also was ordered to the spot
and did admirable >ervice. The popu-
lation fed in terror to the surrounding
country and along the sea coast.
1t was first supposed the disaster was
connected with the partial eruption of
Vesuyius, which occurred two days be-
fore. But Professor Palmieri stated
that siesmographic instruments gave
no indications, whence he was inclined
to think that the catastrophe was due
to some local phenomenon, possibly to
a sudden sinking of the ground through
subterranean &C rosion, caused by con-
tinued working of mineral waters.
Shortly before the ifrst shock of the
earthquake mineral springs were OBJ
served to be in state of ebullition.
TIE EARTHQUAKE OF 1928.
Another earthquake occurred at Casa
micciola in February, 1928. AS the
morning broke Vesuvius sent forth
smoke, fame and stones, but tthe springs
in the Campagna gave no indications,
as they usually do, before an eruption.
Their temperature remained unchany-
ed, although seven hours previously
slight quakings occurred at several
places in the Kingdom of Naples.
Suddenly, at fifteen minutes after 10 A.
NJ, three loud explosions were heard on
the coasts of Casamicciola as if they
came from beneath upward, or from the
interior of the Eporneo volcano out
ward. In three seconds fatal un-
dulatory shock came, laying part of
the town in ruins and killing a number
of people.
| OTHER FAMOUS EARTHQUAKES.
Casamicciola is in one of the two
great earthquake zones, the other dis
trict being the western portion of South
America. In no century since the
earliest recorded history has Souther
Italy and Sicily escaped suffering from
frequent and severe earthquakes. In
Sicily, in 1893, 10000 people perished
in one rthquake During the reign
of Tiberius, Is A. d., 10000 people
lost their lives in one day in conse-
quence of an earthquake. The earth
quake attended with the most serious
results in the destruction of human life
was that of 536, when 250,0 900 human
beings perished, according Gibbons
figures. An.ioch, which had previous
ly been destroyed at least twice, and
several other Syrian cities, were CON-
pletely destroyed, and the shock ex-
tended into Italy, where great damage
to life and property resulted. In 63
Herculaneum and Pompeii were de-
stroyed by an earthquake, this being
sixteen years before the burial of those
cities by the eruption of Vesuvius
The city of Judea was destroyed in 81
B. c., when 10000 people lost their
lives.
THE MOST FAMOUS.
The most famous earthquake of his
tory was that at Lisbon, Nov. /, 1855,
when 10000 people were buried alive
and 30, 900 more were killed. Calabria,
Messini, and number of smaller vii
lagos were destroyed February 5, 1888,
and some 100, 200 lives were lost. In
1925 Murcia, Spain, was destroyed,
$500 houses being thrown down and q
couple of thousand people being killed.
Lima and its harbor, Callao, in Peru,
were destroyed in 1886, and again in
TAG, and thousands perished. Are
quipa, Peru, was wiped out OF existence
in 1868, so, 900 people being left home
lives In the same year the cities of
Ibarra and Ottavalla were destroyed,
and not one of their 10 900 inhabitants
escaped, or could ever be found after
ward. Catocachy was also obliterated
from the face of the earth, and lake
now covers the spot where it stood In
that earthquake the United States war
vessel Wateree was carried from the
harbor of Caliao two miles inland. The
famous earthquake which devastated
and depopulated Callao in 1882, con-
tinued at intervals for four years. 1t
took but three minutes for an earth
quake to make the entire city of Port
Royal, Jamaica, a complete wreck in
1892, and even less time for the de-
struction of San Salvador, in the West
Indies, March 10, 1873. The city of
Mendoza, in the Argentine Republic,
was destroyed and 10000 people killed
| by a shock Of but moments duration
in March, 1861.
| DETAILS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
NAPLES, July 3I.-The search of the
ruins for the bodies Of the victims of
the earthquake at Ischia was continued
during the night All the bodies re-
covered were buried Immediately, to
prevent miasma.
An eye witness describes the scene
at the theater ut Cassamicciola when
the earthquake occurred AZ an
awful one, The curtain had just risen
when Il tremendous shock was felt A
fearful roar followed, and the ground
rocked like sea in n storm. A great
cry Of terror arose among the audience
who were thrown into u heap and II
large number were buried beneath the
timbers Of the building, which fell upon
them Two more shocks occurred.
All who could rushed outside the thea
ter, and hundreds clambcrcd into the
trees in tho vicinity for safety. Most OF
the people, however, escaped TO the
shore, where bonfres were lighted as
signals Of distress. Hundreds OF half
naked men and women, wild with ter
ror and grief, ran to and fro among
the ruins with torches during the night
searching for missing friends.
Among the persons who were on the
Island of .Ischia Saturday night and
are missing since the earthquake occur
red was Mr. Sommer, an English or