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EARTHQUAKES AND EP1DENnCs.
A List of Remarkable TremOxs, Fol
lowed in Every Case by Some of Pest.

A List of Remarkable TremOxs, Fol
lowed in Every Case by Some of Pest.
Capt. Delaunay, the scientist, is out
with theory setting down all untoward
things to the influence of the stars, follow
ing in this the opinion Of the ancients,
who connected epidemics with meteorolo
gical phenomena, which opinion was also
shared by many learned doctors who have
collected facts establishing very strange
condolences, to say the least, between
| the appearance of epidemics and atmos-
pheric and other perturbations, Of which
are quoted the following examples, taken
from ChapePs works on the asteroids:
B. G. 30-Earthquake in Judea, in which
| 10000 persons perished, followed by
cattle plague; lJosePhus..)
cities destroyed, followed by the plague.
| Rockenbachius.)
A. d. 70-Earthquake at Rene, accom-
! panied by plague. of which 10000 in
habitants died. { Id
| A. d. Earthquake, accompanied by
a plague at Rhodes. (Id.)
A. ID. 166-Earthquake, foundations
and plague at Rome. Academy Of
A. d. 261-Great earthquakes at Rome,
| in Africa and in Asia; at Rome and
Greece 5000 deaths daily from the plague.
/ Id
A. D. 33S-salamis destroyed by an
! earthquake; simultaneous appearance OF
! the plague in Asia. (Id.)
A. ID. 55S-Earthquake during ten days
at ConstantinOple, followed by the plague
in that city. (Sigonius.)
A. ID. 6l5-Great earthquake in Italy,
| followed by terrible pestilence.
A. 3. (e88-violent storms in Italy and
fearful plague. (French Academy
A. d. S23-Earthquakes at Aix-la-
| Chapelle and in SaxOny; storms and pla-
que in Germany. (Id.)
A. ID. 842-Earthquake in Northern
France, followed by violent cough (prO-
| badly pneumonia }, of which many persons
| died. Perry
A. D. 1O32-Great earthquake in the
East; virulent plague in Armenia and
CappadOcia. French Academy
A. ID. 106S-EarthqIake in England,
followed by great mortality among men
and animals. Id
A. D. 10S5-Earthquake and plague in
Western Lorraine. (BOuquet.)
A. d. 1097-Great flights of motors fol-
lowed by great mortality. (Quetelet.)
A. d. 1877, 1921 and 1352-Numerous
storms and exceptional mortality in
France. (Id.)
A. d. 134S- Earthquakes and showers
of blood-thirty-siX German cities de-
stroyed, followed by a pest which lasted
three years. (Bertrand.)
A. ID. 1360-Similar pertubations and
disease at Florence. (Id.)
A. d. 1397-Earthquake and epidemic
at Montpelier. (Perry.)
A. ID. 1401-VioIent tempest and plague
al Florence. (ROckenbachius.)
a. d. 1403-EXtraordinary tempest in
| Thuringia, with a simultaneous appear
ance of the pest in SaxOny. (Id.)
AID. 1449-Earthquake and plague in
CarniQlu. (Perry.)
A. u. 1456-Tempests, earthquakes and
plague in Italy; 10000 victims. (Rocken-
A. D. 158l-violent earthquake, fol-
lowed by the plague at Lisbon. (Babi-
metz
A. D. 16O7-Numerous earthquakes,
storms and epidemics in Europe. (Freuch
Academy
A. D. 1647-Great earthquakes, with
immense disaster at Santiago; plague and
snow during three days. (Perry.)
A. d. 1730-Yiolent earthquake, fol-
lowed by the plague at Santiago. (Id,)
A. ID. 17S3-Several shocks of earth.
quake at Rome, followed by diseases Of
different kinds. (Id.)
A. D. 179S-Great flight of meteors and
many pestilential maladies on the con-
tinent. (Quetelet.)
A. ID. 1831--Earthquake at Amboyna,
sulphurous fog and the typhUs. (Perry.)
A. D. 1S39-SecOnd earthquake at Am
bOyna, accompanied by violent epide-
mic.
A. D. 1845-Third earthquake at Am
bOyna, coinciding with fresh outbreak
Of the epidemic.
Capt. Chapel, who has supplemented
the work of Capt. Delaunay, concludes
that in or about the year 1899 something
specially awful may be confidently ex-
pected. Capt. Delaunay quite agrees
with his colleague, but seems not so
sanguine about the fifteen years. respite
promised by him.
In recent years number of very violent
earthquakes have been recorded, notably
the CONFUSION at Java 1888, and the great
earthquake which devastated the island of
Ischia in the Mediterranean in 1882.