Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-09-30
gust and 5th of September.

gust and 9TH of September.
1929, March l6-In Spain; Murica and
numerous villages devastated 5000 per-
sons perish.
1880, May 26 and 27-CantOn and neigh
borhood; about 5000 perish.
1916, February l4-At Ternate; the is
land made waste and thousands of lives
lost.
1912, Nav AT Cape Haytien, ST. Do
mingo, which destroyed nearly two-thirds
of the town; between 1000 and 5000 lives
were lost
1851, August l4-In South Italy; Meli
almost laid in ruins l4.000 lives lost
1856, March 2-At the Island of Great
Sanger, one of the Moluccas volcanic
eruption and earthquakes; nearly 5000
lives lost.
1857, September l6-In Calahria, Mon
temurro, another town was destroyed, and
about 10000 lives lost
1859, March 22-At Quito, about 5000
persons killed and an immense amount of
property destroyed.
1861, March 20-At Mendoza, South A.
merica, about two-thirds of the city and
| 1000 lives lost
1868, July . and 3-Manilla, Philippine
Isles, immense destruction of property
about 10000 persons perished.
1868. August lS.l5-The cities of Are
quips, Iquique, Tacna, and Chencha, and
many small towns in Peru and Ecuador de-
stroyed about 25,00O lives lost and $4,000
rendered homeless loss of property esti-
mated at eco, 100000.
1875, May l6-lS-San Jose de Cucuta
and other towns near Santander, on the
boundary of Columbia, destroyed about
1900 lives said to be lost.
1878. April l4-Cua, Venezuela, nearly
destroyed; about 800 killed loss about
$780, 600
1881, March l6-Severe shocks in South
Italy; much destruction and loss of life at
Cassamicciola, a town in the Isle Of Isch-
i; ; 2S9 houses destroyed, Ia lives lost,
about f3S,000 loss. March 4, more destruc-
tion by another shock.
1881, April 3-Sco-the town and sever
al villages destroyed about 1000 perished
much destitution ensued successive shocks,
beginning l.S0 p. m.
/ 1888, July 23-The town of Cassamicci-
ola Forio aid Lacco Ameno, on the Island
of Ischia,.in the Bay Of Naples, almost en-
tirey destroyed $3.50 lives lost and 374
persons injured.
1888, August 26-The Krakatoa caiaclysm
in Java, in August, which was the most
stupendous on record An island was shat
tered and sunk, and sixteen others raised
their heads above the surrounding waters.
Nearly 100000 people were buried beneath
volcanic debris or swept of the face Of the
land by the volcanic wave. The floor Of
the ocean over wide area OF the southeast
Of Sunatra was raised into plain above
the waters, and the effects of the general
upheaval were felt as far as the American
coast of the Pacific.
1Ss4-'S5-A long.continued series of
shocks in the Spanish peninsula, which be-
gan on December 26, 1884, and continued
with irregular Interruptions until the mid
die of April, 1885. The greatest destruc-
ton Of life and property was in Andalusia.
Altogether 745 persons were killed and
,4S5 injured, and 1900 buildings were
more or less damaged 400 of the number
being completely wrecked. Widespread
destitution and suffering resulted from this
visitation Towards the close of Novem-
Der there was a renewal Of the disturbances,
which extended also to the adjacent Afri-
can coast
1854 series Of shocks began in the
Vale of Cashmere on May 49, and contin-
ued at irregular intervals until the middle
of August. The city Of Serinagur and nu-
merous villages were almost completely de-
stroyed, thousands Of lives we're lost, and
great destruction resulted from the killing
of cattle and destruction Of crops.
1886, August 25.-In the Morea and the
neighboring island of Zante, several villa
ges being completely destroyed and three
hundred lives lost