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THE GREAT sHISTOKIUAE EARTH
t'4e QUAKES.' e's.

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THE, GREAT HIST KhUlAH EARTH
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The following is a succinct record
Of the most destructive earthquakes
which have been recorded from
the eighth century down to, the pre-
sent time:1o - sIau q,ss ol~ .asm
earthquakel,in i'm Syria,
Palestine and Asia more than 300
towns were destroyed, and che loss Of
life surpassed all calculation. alq 81
Y 1877 Catania, IN Sicily over
turned and $4,000 persons buried ii d',a in
the ruins. s,..,s,., -. ..r,
y l15S-In Syrias ETC.; 20, 900 perish
edsss alr. as.ae siqoe + 4as!a 81
Cecilia /, so, O0Olperished.
,ai1455, Dec. Sat Naples. 10000
ipperished. saaigtl .9lispi t9ial
1909, Sep. oonstantinopls +;
thousands persisted. . ~ .'''s
I. 1851, Feb. 26-At Lisbon 1900
houses and 10000 persons buried in
the ruins; Il several neighboring towns
engulfed. aa has gstssa 10 W6ds
5Lg 1896, July 2--In Japan: Several
cities made ruins and thousands
perished. .aHos siii1 iAdi soe ~
3 1925, July soAIn Naples; 80
towns or villages ruined 10000 lives
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iosp. siI lnsaln asiaasa sas4.ii!5s
sai1ee7, April 6rRagusa ruined ; 5,-
QQ0lperished. s1ss.Ieas4iig sdt isiliaga
raa1667-At Schamaki. lasted three
months ooOiperished .igaf 1oa4 I
1872, April AT Rimini !; above
], 500 perished.l u ieds iaAl 9ii' sqp
= 1892, June 7-0n the Island u
fe4 a. fIlnfF
2 Jamaica, which totally destroyed Port
Royal, whose houses were, ,engulfed 40
fathoms deep, and 5000 perished. d..ssd
ii 1898, Sept,-0ne in the Islaud of
Sicily, which overturned "a cities and
towns and 300 villages Of Catania
and IT'S $4,000 inhabitants not a trace
remained !, more than 100000 lives
were lost. ? ii'l 6 - l'
~ s17oS, Feb. 2-Aquila, in in Italy ruin.
ed 5000 persisted, 81 ~ s l..as1
ia E03-Jeddo, Japan, ruined .200,i
600 persisted. .isal
Nov. 3--Inthe Abruzzi I'D, !
'oooI perisked. .sas ssaislt adj tua lad
'i7fe, May and June At AIgiersi J!
10000 persisted. hiias' 8 s'ii'jeai9s
!, 1926, Sept, Palermo nearly des.
troyed nearly 5000 lives lost. ''s
1871, NuvS8-hgain in China,
and 100000 people swallowed up at
tPekih!Dou sAGt iasmfaes 9iIdpq
.IHI732,l Nov. 2s AIn Naples, ETC.; !, ).
1s40 0perished.s sivad - Ilses .l5ief'
l74S, Oct. 2sMLirbiial III ina and Calao de-
mloIished; $4,000 persons buried in the
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eot 1754, Sept.-uAt Grand Cairo halt
the houses and 40, 900 personsswalloB1
edup.d sisiias q iial naassalioH Hagh
1855, june p Kaschau; N. Persia,
destroyed !; 10000 perishsd. aae
i,''a , 1755, Nov Tho great earth
quake at Lisbon. In about eight
minutes most Of the houses and up
wards. aof 10000 inhabitants were
swallowed ii up, and whole streets
buried. q The cities Of Colmbra, Oporto
and Braga suffered 'dreadfdlly, and
St. Ubes was wholly overturned. In
Spain, a large portion of Malaga be
came ruins.H iOne.half Of Fee, in Mo
rocco, was destroyed, and more than
10000 Arabs perished there. About
half the Island of Medeira became
wasted, and 1000 houses in the Is
land Of ofMitylene, in the Archipelago
were Ioverthrown.s This awful earth
quake extended 9, 900 miles, evenato
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~ 1859, Oct. 3o--In Syria, extended
over 10000 square miles; Baalbec
destroyed 10000 persisted, 30
17SO-At Tagris;; 5000 houses
thrown down and multitudes buried!
81 Messina and other
towns in Italy and Sicily oyerthrown
thousands perished.qa aea hIa ~
no 1884, July5423- -Ezinghian. near
lErzeroum, destroyed /, 5000 persons
buried in its ruins.sdi osE9 lHssl no
ID 1877 Feb. a. Whole country be-
tween Santa Re and Panama destroy
ed including Cazco and Quinto 4O. !
900 people buried in q second; s.Ii
s!hlS05, July, 26-At Frosolone, Ma Ma
plest; 5000 lives lost. sdl llaa
bsl812, March I6--At Caracas ! l2,-
00O,perished. Isii taii05 50 eQqai q
June 16-Several throughout
india Z district Of Hutch sunk z, 900
persons buried. ""' "Ns9e = .
8 1s22-Alsppo destroyed; 10000
perished, s4N 4. 5000.
oielS29, March 16-In Spain; Murcia
and numerous villages devastated ;
5000 persisted. 51aaine9 g4fn .9tel
May i26land 2T-OahtOn and
about 5000 iperished.
% 1s46, Feb. 14LAt Ternate, the is
land made waste and thousands Of