Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-30
TERMS: 5000 PER YEAR.
EARTHQUAKES AND EPIDEMICS.
a List oil Remarkab," Tremors, Followed
by Some Sort of Pest

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| by some Sort of Pest.
| Capt. Delaunay, the scientist, is out with
atheory setting down all untoward things
to the influence or the stars. following in
this the opinion ofthe ancients. who con
nected epidenics with meteorolrical phe-
nomena, which opinion was also shared
by MANY learned doctors who have col
lected facts establishing very strange
condolences, To say the least, between the
appearance of epidcmic,. and atmos-
pheric and other perturbations of which
are quoted the following examples. taken
from Chapel's work on the asteroids:
Is. c. 30 Earthquake in Judea. in
which 10000 persons perished, followed
by cattle plague.
a. ID: l7-Earthquake in Asia, twelve
cities destroyed, followed by the plague.
A. ID. 70-Earthquake at Rome, ac-
comPanled by a plague, of which 10000
inhabitants died.
A. ID. l45-Earthquake, accomnanicd
by plague at Rhodes.
A. ID. l66-Earthquake, inundations
and plague at Rome.
A. ID. 261-Great earthquakes at Rome
in Africa and in Asia; at Rome and
Greece 5000 deaths daily from the plague
A. d. 333-Salamis DESTROYED bv an
earthquake; simultaneous appearance of
the plague in Asia.
A. ID. sos Earthquake during ten davs
at Gonstantinople, followed by the plague
in that city.
A. ID. 6l5-Great earthquake in Italy.
followed by terrible pestilence.
A. D. 6SS-Violent storms in Italy and
fearful plague.
A. ID. 823-Earthquakes at Aix-la-
Chapelle and in Saxony: stolms and
plague in Germany.
A. d. S42-Earthquake in Northern
France, followed by violent cough
(probabiy pneumonia), of which many
persons died.
A. ID. lO32-Great earthquake in the
East; ylrulent plague in Armenia and
Cappadocia.
A. d. 1868 Earthquake in England.
followed by great mortality among men
and animals.
A. ID. 10S5-Earthquake and plague in
Western Lorraine.
A. ID. 1897 Great flights of meteors.
followed by great mortality.
A. d. 1877, 1921 and IS52--Numerous
storms and exceptional mortality in
France.
A. ID. 34S-Earthquakes and showers
of blood; thirty-six German cities de-
stroyed, followed by pest which lasted
three years.
A. D. 138O-Similar perturbations and
disease at Florence.
4. ID. 1397-Earthquake and epidemic
at Montpelier.
A. ID. 140l-Violent tempest and plague
at Florence.
A. d. 1403-Extraordinary tempest in
1hurlngla. with simultaneous appear
ance of the pest in Saxony.
A. d. 1449-Earthquake and plague in
Carniolu.
A. ID. l456-Tempests, earthquake and
plague in Italy; 10000 victims.
A. ID. 153l-Violent earthquake, follow
ed by the plague at Lisbon.
A. ID. l607-Numerous earthquakes,
storms and epidemics in Europe.
A. ID. 1647-Great earthquakes. with
immense disaster at Santiago; plague and
snow during three days.
A. ID. 1730-Violent earthquake, fol-
owed by the plague at Santiago.
A. ID. l7S3-Several shocks of earth
quake at Rome, followed by diseases of
different kinds.
A. ID. 179S-Great fight of meteors and
many prstIlential maiadies on the con-
inent
A. ID. 1S3l-Earthquake at Amboyna,
'ulphurous fog and the typhus.
A. ID. 1839-Second earthquake at Am
,,oyna, accompanied by violent cpl
l. mic.
A, ID. 1s45-Third earthquake at Am
'oyna, coinciding with fresh outbreak
If the epidemic.