Telegram-herald., 1886-09-05

sartl Is FaEio1slg estimated al from nFe
~ ole Auu4red uIlez, where there Is
Eiri-Ia slis crust d molten mass about
lixlt llgusaDd l-ilss thick. sgpposilg
tie crust to b. ol- hundred llles ihlck
tie relative thickness solld - Is tl-i e
q she'll one shfl ~ a. incl illek ro 8
z.lbs Tea inches Ia diameter lAls e
tie KIND ~ q f9uldstlol ss st4ud 0a
snlls tic ball wlirls aroali at tie rate
cf about flur llDdred leagues a. hour,
All, So lls same tine, Elagges through
sEs1e al TIE rate ~ s Thousand ml7s d
milIte. Considering these taets it Is
1ot Ferg surprising tlar ge should feel
little 81 one= iu ELIie. Ou the ether
hand lt would seem surprising that ELLs
lodging auoaS eonlets sud ~oTlds, all
travelling az tie same Maud 5. gait, We
have ESCAPED So we'll But Sd far as We
zloT se Lzys never sel been shaken
even the least tr.ns by running f1a. II
any one Cf the Mnumei able travellers
thai are rushing az such a reckless speed
through space. The disturbances which
the earth has experienced have come, ike
most of tie troubles which humanity
suffers. from si.hiu.
Bat while. considered Ia reference TO
the siz Of tie earth aud the thiuuess Of
the crust the earthquakes We have expe-
r.eueed have been very insignificant az
fairs, they have been % enough import
alce 10 humanity 10 cause considerable
oouster1atlou
The earthquake that destroyed Lisbon
in 900 is ila most remarkable on record
IL commenced vith rumthng sound
followed BY violent shocks which damol-
isLed most of the buildings in the city,
destroying the lives = 6l00 persons. \
large marble quay upon which many u
the frightened Inhabitants rushed for
safety dropped suddenly out of sight into
an unfathomabls chasm from which ncth-
inx ever h1ated 70 the surface. Ships
were flung upon the beach, walls OF
houses opened from bottom TO top aud
tue selLs closed again. while tidal wave
h,ty feet high rushed IN upon the city,
e lmpletias the disaster. One twelfth q
ths surface OF the entire globe vas affect
ed. The water IN the Scotch lakes rose
and fell three feet. Lake Oatar'o was
egitated AMI the sea of the West Indies
Iurued black as ink Ia / o3 about 300
towns aud villages OF Southern Italy
were shaken down aud 10000 -Ople
perished. Great chasms opened IN the
earth and land was shifted so much that
many disputes arose regarding its owner
ship. Ia ls22 al area Of 100000 square
miles IN Chill was permanently el=yated
three feet by an earthquake. In 1912
Caracas, IN Venezuela, was saakeu 10 the
ground and many lives were lost.
Earthquakes are more frequent, or Ut
least more severe, IL tie vicinity Of vol
canoes. The United States net being well
supplied with volcanoes has not been sub
iect 70 such disastrous snakings rs other
portions Of the globe The most remark
able one in this country previous 10 the
present one was the famous earthquake
~ NeE Madrid in Missouri, which oc-
curred n ISL In region extending
three hundred miles eoutbward from the
Ohio river tue land rose and sank ID great
undulatiOus during period OF several
months. Lakes twenty miles IN extent
were suddenly formed and others were
drained Extensive cbasms opened from
northeast 10 southwest and islands were
formed in the Ohio river. The agitations
ceased with the shock that overthrow
Caracas more than 1000 miles away. The
Lisbon earthquake was felt IN New EGG
land more severely than any other before
or since. Brick buildings in Boston top
pied down, new springs of water were
opened, many dead fish hosted to the
surface OF tie harbOr and vessels lying at
anchor were shaken. Another shock wss
felt IN New England on October l9, 1870.
California has always been subject to
sartbq uakes, that OF Msrch 20, 1872, be-
ing especially severe. Fissures have been
opened IN the earth aud lakes have been
formed.
II Is perhaps worthy Of note that
Charleston, Lisbon, Greece, where such
severe shocks We're recently felt, and the
part OF California most frequently sub
lsct % earthquakes are not in very diff
fereat lstitudss. Ii Is noticeable, too,
that the recent earthquakes IN the two
/ hemispheres have been nearly sImulte-
neous with the renewed activlt, Ot the
+ great Ye.l1wgtone geyser ana the great
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