Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-11
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MOI sinos she fatal frsi day OF Se-
,ssabsr, I7ss. vhen in the city ct L's-
bon alone 5000 psoVSe are said 10 have
cs,ssbsd sv ans slightly sock. has tie
Ibsrisn peninsula known sash qnakines
and rumblIuss aud ya~HfnRs OF ne
.as,h A have shaken it within ihe past
too weeks. Earthquakes sesn 10 have
sssunsd esnpists pos'ession OF tts
isnd. and shock has followed acocE
until the fsorls are half EAd Siss
fright So long eontiaaed saeeess'oo
ef closely recarrfng earthquake shoeEs
ham rarely, If ever, bean s1peF'sneeo
within historic timea- The nrst shocks
AZ Ibis series weEs felt on Chriasmas
aav. and almost every day since hsH
buuQhs With 10 q BsS qaaking' ~
srsaser or less force. Thsesnier OF as
turbancs seems 10 be 10 the exfFelne
southsru part Of the psDinsola, In to-
ufov;nce Of 0ranads. Here the EOS
WIDEN. shocks have been felt, ones OF
Issser intensity extending throughooi
sosin and into southern France Ih+
aNxtruesion wrought has already been
sreas. The nnmbsr Of lives lest ns'
psnntsd into the thousands. and the
los. Of property 10 almost iAcalculaois
In the city Of GrAaada many boiidins'
has, besn destroyed, and the beautiful
ruin Of The Aihambra has been greatly
injured.
On shs merearial Spanish people s1ee
a sucoeaslon Of esiAmiiiss has bad al
sascs far different from that which .
similar event would have upon the n'o,t
pAisemaile peopls Of the North. IL
EoeIand, Germany or Aue iea alarm
ana sonder would doubtless be oeoa-
siouea, bet AZ an ultimate effect seien-
,it,e research woald be greatly stirsu'
lssed. A fund for the relief Of suffer
era vsnId be raised, and the great
masses of the population would inelod'
earthquakes in 8 mental category viii
sssshoppsrs, foods aud forest nres
IN Spain, however. the effect " TO throw
a bieossd and deeply religious peopl'
into Q fssnxy Of sapsrHtitious fear IL
t,,esr frightened i.naRininRs. the Al
niahsy IL 10 singer. the crack OF aooa
ana sbs anal crash Of worlds is a: hand
ths futnrs bears death, destruction ant
rtribuslon for al the sins Of the hu
man rsos. Accordingly all work IL 50.
headed. whai need IL there Of esrninI
Y 4 living when tomorrow must bFin
dessh7 No they reason. and through al
tins earthquake district long religion
PROFESSIONS move from placa 10 piaos
sryina so Heaven for mercy. 10 sh
stsy Of Granada, on Tuesday lasi
tsslvs thousand people joined In pre-
osssion, following an Image Of the VII
sis Mary shroaeh thu streets, singin
aad chanting prayers for forgiveness
Nad a esseation OF their woes. So ETea
d the alarm and 80 serious the disturb
a,ace threatened, that King Alphons
has departed for the scene TO try whsth
or his royal presence will have any effec
IN qalesine the fears OF his people.
hs succeeds 10 restoring quiet, and Il
averting the threatened destruction. o
n the earthquakes happen TO cess
about ths time be arrives, 70 will doub,
lees 30 far toward STRENGTHENING bis no
ailoge,har imperishable throne. Th
spanish peasantFy would hesitate lou
before revolving frsm king who eoul'
not only quell tina earthquakes, bu
postpone the Day of Judgment. So !
may happen tina. King Alphonso
among all the millions Of Spain, will b
the only enc who will profit by TIL
present calamity. 10 would not be th'
hfst time that throne has beeI
strengthened by the sufferings Of tn
people, or that kings power has beeI
semsntsd b. tho blood OF his subjects