Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-22

world:
742-Syria, Palestine and Asia; 500
towns destroyed.
1l37-Sicily; 1900 persons buried.
115S-In Syria; 10000 perished,
126S-In Cecilia; $4,000 perished.
1456, December 5th-At Naples;
10000 perished.
1909, September 14th-Constantino-
pie; thousands perished.
1881, February 26th-At Lisbon;
500 houses and persons buried.
1926, July 3Oth-Naples; thirty
towns and 10000 lives lost.
1878, April 6th-Ragusa ruined;
5000 perished.
1867 - Schmaki; lasted for three
months; $4,000 perished.
1872, April 14th-At Runni; above
1900 perished.
1892, June 7th-Island of Jamaica;
whole Of Port Royal engulphed forty
fathoms deep and 5000 perished.
1893, September-Fifty-four cities
and towns and more than 100000 lives
were lost.
1903, February 2d-Aquila; 5000
perished,::
1703-Jeddo, Japan, ruined; 2OO,-
600 persisted.
17O6, November 3d-In the Abruzzi;
1900 perished.
I716, May and June-At Algiers;
10000 perished
I726, September lst-Palernio g.
600 lives lost
1871, November 3Oth-China; 1OO,-
coo people swallowed up at Peking.
1892, November 29th-Naples; L.
$40 perished.
1746, October 2Sth-Lima and Cal
lao; $4,000 persons buried.
1754-Grand Cairo; half the houses
and 10000 persons swallowed up.
1855, June 7th-Karschan, North
Persia, destroyed; 10000 perished.
1855, November 1st-The great
earthquake at Lisbon. In about eight
minutes most of the houses and up
ward of $4,000 inhabitants were swal-
lowed up.
1859, October 3Oth-Syria; 10000
perished.
17SO-Thauris 1900 houses and
multitudes buried.
1874, February 4th-Panama de-
stroyed and 10000 people buried in
one second.
17O5, July 26th-Frosolone Naples,
5000 lives.
1912, March 16th-At Caracas, 12,-
600 perished.
1919, June I6th-Kutch sunk; g.
600 persons buried.
1S22-Aleppo destroyed; about 90
600 perished.
1916, February 14th- Ternote
thousands lost.
1912, May 7th-Cape Haytian, San
Domingo, between 1000 and 5000
lives lost.
1851, August l4th-South Italy, A.
600 lives lost.
1856, March 2d-Island of Great
Sanger; 5000 lives lost.
1859, March 22d-Qui. %; 5000 per-
sons killed.
1861-March 2Oth-Mendoza South
America; 1900 lives lost.
1868, July Cd and 3D. Manila,
Philippine Isles; 10000 persons per-
ished.
1868, August 18th and 15th-Peru
and Ecuador, 25,OOO lives lost and 3d.
600 rendered homeless; loss of prop
erty estimated at $3OOOOO,OOO.
1875, May 10th to 1Sth-San Jose
de Quota, Columbia; 14,OOO lives.
1881, March 10Th - Ischta, 2S9
houses, ia lives lost; March oath,
more destroyed by another shock.
1881, April 3d-Scio; 1900 perished.
1888, July 23d-Island of Ischia, in
the Bay of Naples, destroyed; 1890
lives.
1883, August 26tn-Java Island was
shattered and sunk and sixteen others
raised their heads above the surround
ing waters. Nearly 100000 people
were buried beneath volcanic debris or
swept off the face of the land by the
volcanic wave.
1884 and 1885-Andslusia, 745 per-
sons killed, 1,485 injured and 1900
buildings damaged.
1885-Serinagur and numerous vii
lagos almost destroyed.
1886, August 2Sth-Morea and the
island of Zante, several villages and
800 lives.
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the New York Central road at given
periods. 1t is provided with tank of
colored fluid, and when the wheels roll
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