The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-23
Earthquake and plague.

Earthquakes are by nomeans rari
ties" said scientistto Cincinnati
Enquirer, reporter. Professor Fuchs
the eminent scientist, kept ac
count OF them during our centennial
year. and counted 104. In January
he found ten, February ten, March
fourteen, April eight, May seven,
June seven, July eight, August i've,
September seven, October fourteen,
November Eve and December nine.
Ia 1875 he counted ninety-seyen; SO
it would seem that every few days
there was a disturbance ofsome kind.
Perhaps you know that the Italians
lay the plague or cholera they are
having TO the earthquake at Isehia,.
and among superstitious people in
general you will find that an earth.
quake is always the Sorerunner of
some terrible event. There would
certainly seem something in it by re-
ferring to Chapefs list. in which the
plague is found to follow many great
earthquakes. have it here:
B. &C. 3o-Earthquake in Jpdea, in
which 10000 persons perished, fol-
lowed By a cattle plague.
A. D. l7-Earthquake in Asia,
twelve cities destroyed, followed by
the plague.
A. D. 7oEarthquake at Rome,
accompanied by plague, Of which
SO. 600 inhabitants died.
ID. s1A5- hquake, accompa-
MED by a plague, at Rhodes.
a. D. 166-Earthquake, inunda-
tions and plague at Rome.
BE-. V. 3 " ~
AsD. 56i-Great earthquakes at
Rome, in Africa and in Asia; at
Rome and Greece five thousand
deaths daily from the plague.
a. D. 533-Salamis destroyed by
an earthquake; Simultaneous appear
ance of the plague in Asia.
A. D. 55S-Earthquake during ten
days at Conssantinople, followed by
the plague in that city.
a. D. 615-Great earthquake II
Italy, followed by terrible pesti
lence.
A. D. es3-violent storms in ha
ly, and fearful plague.
! A. d. s2S- Earthquake at Aix.l:
4 dChapelle and in Saxony, storms an
Il plague lnsTernnany
A. D. 842-Earthquake in Nortl
ern France, followed by a yiolen
cough probably pneumonia) Of wllicl
many persons died.
A. D. l032-Great earthquake in
the East; virulent plague in Armenia
and Cappadocia.
A.D. l0SS-Earthquake in Eng.
land, followed by great mortality
among men and animals.
A. D. 1085-Earthquake and plague
in Western Lorraine.
A. D. l097-Great fights of me
teors, followed by great mortality.
A. D. 1877, 1921 and 1852 2-Num-
erous storms and exceptional mortal
ity in France.
A. D. 134s-Earthquakes and show
ers of blood shirty-six German cities.
destroyed, followed By q pest which
lasted three years.
A. D. 1370-Similar perturbahons
and disease at Florence.
A. D. 1397-Earthquake and cpl
demic at Montpelier.
A. D. 1401-Yiolent tempest and
plague at Florence.
A. D. 14o3-Eztraordinary tenn
pest IN Thuringia, with 8 simul-
taneous appearance OF the pest in
Saxony.
A.D. 1449-Earthquake and plague
in Carniolu.
A. D. 145s-Tempests, earth
quakes and plague in Italy $4,000
victims.
a. D. 153l-Violent earthquake,
followed by The plague, at Lisbon.
4. D. 16o7-Numerous earth
ouakes, storms and epidemics in
Europe.
a. D. 1647-Great earthquake,
with immense disaster, at Santiago !;
plague and snow during three dsTs.
A. D.. 1730-Violert earthquake,
followed by the plague, at Santiago.
A. D. 17S3-Se7eral shocks OF
earthquake at Rome, followed BY dis
eases of different kinds.
A. D. 179s-Great fight of me.
teors and many pestilential maladies
on the continent.
A. D. 1s31-Earthquake at Am
boyna, sulphurous fogs and typhus.
A. D. 1s39-Earthquake at Am.
boyna, accompanied by violent cpl