Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-13

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SAS FRANCISCO, CAIN July e Farther
"details Of The New ltAland earthquakes
and eruptIons received BY tho steamer
Alamonda ttste that the most Violent lir.
lgrbapcss were felt In tho uolehborhood
Of lietoua. THE violence Of the earth.
quake led tiio people 20 think that The
island had been blown UP aud would Sink
IN the sea The sensation experienced n
said 10 have been ieatful and almost be,
yond description Immediately after The
nfst earthquake The Inhabitants rushed
ffaniically IN nl. directions When the
oocond one was felt the entire country for
miles around WAS 10 up by glare from
tho volcano which had suddonly burst
forth. The scene was as grand AZ Il was
awful Huge columnsof smoke Illuminated
win Game simultaneously burst forth over
a range OF mountains over sixty miles IN
! length, aud above the famea could ba
distinctly seen the balance Of the ilrp,
presenting the appearance nf meteors
chasing one another along The expanse
Of the sky, The natives who escaped
clustered ~ groups, frightened 90 death,
and held religious service. Then, az
another earthquake would make Itself
/ felt, they would fall with faces ON the
! ground, dulyeflng with fear. IS soon as
| the news Oi the terrible occurrences was
/ Received at Auckland the government
agent made imm' date preparations 90 20
10 the relief Of be sufferers Wagons
were chartered aud Oiled with provisions
1 and clothing. Mr. Johnson, government
agent, on his arrival at RetOna
sent back the following account The
scene among the mountains, as Viewed
/ iiom the Wairoa r0ud, Is terribly grand.
Flashes OF lghiplug poala of thunder and
shocks OF earthquakes are inccssant, while
The dust ~ falling In dense showers. In
addition 20 these Inconvenience the
roads Ia the entire country are covered
with seyersl feet OF blue clay mud,
! elected from the volcano All vegetation
" destroyed. The aspect OF the country
II entirely changed, Blue lake and liota.
kakaha have been transformed into mud
patches. The outlet Of Little lake Is
blocked up aud the bridges which cross
IVA lower end axe covered with mud
Nearly all the buildings have betn crushed
Ia by the falling mud al This place. Snow
Temperance hall aud the two principal
hotels, ps are nearly an the other build.
lnge In town, are completely wrecked.
The house occupied by Mrs. Hazard and
family WAS borne down by tho weight Of
debris. Mrs llaZird was dug out alive.
but four OF her Clildren were found dead
beside her. Her husband ~ also MISSING.
| a detailed report At the killed of foreign
residents al other points WAS not received
az the time of tho Aamonda's sailing.
The captain tho steamship southern
Cross, who arrived az Auckland oo the
18th, reported having felt at sea the eject
Of the earthquakes and volcanic disturb
ances. He said that on the morning OF
The 10th OF June, the day following Tho
earthquakes, hg experienced a downfall
Of dust, which continued during three
hours. From 10 a, m there was dark
ness, with balls Of are playing around The
rigging aud matt-heads. a terrible gale
suddenly Epang up, which carried away
al his canvas before II could DO taken M
The men on board were nnable 10 stand
the binding showers 81 sand, aud the
captain ordered the vessel about and
stood away to tho north, hut moi until II
O'Clock the following day did he got clear
OF tho dust polegr0pbic reports "a.
celved from nearly all points ia New
Zealand show that the earthquake gen.
orally prevailed during the same period