The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-09-11
The Great Historical Earthquakes
of the World.

estine and Asia; more than 500 towns were
DESTROYED, and the loss of life surpassed all
calculation.
1137-Catania, in Sicily, overturned
and $4,000 persons buried in the ruins.
1158-In Syria, etc.; 10000 persisted.
1268-In Cecilia; $4,000 persisted.
1455, Dec. 5-At Naples; 10000
persisted.
1909, Sept. 14-Constantinople; thous-
ands persisted.
1881, Feb. 26-At Lisbon; ], 800 houses
and 10000 persons buried in the ruins;
several neighboring towns engulfed
1896, July I'm Japan; several cities
made ruins and thousands persisted.
1926, July 30-In Naples; 80 towns OF
villages ruined; 10000 lives lost.
1867, April 6-Ragusa ruined; 5000
persisted.
1667-At Schamaki, lasted three
months; $4,000 persisted.
1872, April 14-At Rimini; above Il
500 persisted.
1892, June 7-On the Island of Jamai-
ca, which totally destroyed Port Royal,
whose houses were euSuleu ~ ldCnome
deep, and 5000 persisted.
1893, Sept.-One in the Island OF
Sicily, which overturned 81 cities and
towns and 300 villages; of Catania and its
$4,000 inhabitants not trace remained;
more than 100000 lives were lost.
1903, Feb. 2-Aquila, in Italy, ruined;
5000 persisted.
17O3-Jeddo, Japan, ruined; 100000
persisted.
1906, Nov. BIN the Abruzzi; 5000
persisted.
1716, May and June-At Algiers; 2G,-
900 persisted.
1926, Sept. Palermo nearly destroy
ed; nearly 5000 lives lost.
1871, Nov. 3O-Again in China, and
100000 people swallowed up at Pekin.
1872, Nov. 29-In Naples, etc.; 1,94O
persisted
1746, Oct. 29-Lima and Calao de-
molished $4,000 persons buried in the
ruins.
1854, Sept.-At Grand Cairo; half the
houses and 10000 persons swallowed up.
1855, June 7-Kaschan, N. Persia, de-
stroyed; 40, 900 persisted.
1855, Nov. 1.-The great earthquake at
Lisbon. In about eight minutes most OF
the houses and upwards of $4,000 inhabi-
tants were swallowed up, and whole streets
buried. The cities of Colmbra, Oporto
and Braga suffered dreadfully, and St
Ubes was wholly overturned. In Spain, a
large portion of Malaga became ruins.
One-half of Fee, in Morocco, was destroy
ed, and more than 10000 Arabs persisted
there. About half the Island of Madeira
became waste, and 1000 houses in the
island of Mitylene, in the Archipelago
were overthrown. This awful earthquake
extended 5000 miles, even to Scotland.
1853, Oct 30-In Syria, extended over
10000 square miles; Baalbec destroyed
10000 persisted.
17S0-At Tauris; $4,000 houses thrown
down and multitudes buried
1873, Feb. 5--Messina and other towns
in Italy and Sicily overthrown; thousands
persisted.
1884, July Buckingham, near Ere.
roum, destroyed, and 5000 persons buried
in its ruins.
1897, Feb. 1.-The whole country be-
tween Santa Fe and Panama destroyed
including Cuzco and Quito; 10000 people
buried in one second.
1905, July 26-At Frosolone, Naples
5000 lives lost
1872, March 16-At Caracas; 1900
persisted.
1919, June 16-Several throughout
India; district of Hutch sunk; 1000 per
sons buried.
1s22-Aleppo destroyed; above 10000
perish; shocks on 10th and 18th of Au,
gust and 9TH of September.
1929, March 16-In Spain; Murcia and
numerous villages devastated; 5000 per
sons persisted.
1880, May 26 and 27-Canton anC
neighborhood: about 5000 persisted.
1886, Feb 14-At Ternate; the islan'
made waste, and thousands of live
lost.
1912, May AT Cape Haytien, St
Domingo, which destroyed nearly two
thirds of the town; between 1000 and 8,
900 lives were lost.
1851, Aug 14-In South Italy; Nell
almost laid in ruins; 1000 lives lost.
1856, March 2-At the Island of Grea
Sanger, one of the Moluccas; volcanic
eruption and earthquake; nearly 300
lives lost
1857, Sept. 16-In Calabria, Montemur
TO, another town was destroyed, and abou
10000 lives lost.
1859, March 22-At Quito, about 5,
900 persons killed and an immense amour
of property destroyed.
1861, March 20-At Mendozr, Soutl
America, about two-thirds of the city an
1000 lives lost.
1868, July 2 and 3-Manilla, Philip
pine Isles; immense destruction of proper
ty; about 10000 persons persisted.
1868, Aug. 13-15-The cities of Are
quipa, Iquique, Tacua, and Chencha, ant
many small towns in Peru and Ecuado
DESTROYED; about $4,000 lives lost and 30,
900 rendered homeless; loss of propert,
estimated at 96O,000,000.
1875, May 16-18-San Jose de Cucut
and other towns near Santander, on tn
boundary of Colombia, destroyed; abou
$4,000 lives said to be lost.
1878, April 14-Cua, Venezuela, near
ly destroyed; about 300 killed; loss abou
100000.
1881, March 16-Severe sh ocks il
South Italy; much destruction and loss o
life at Cassamicciola, a town in the Isle o
Ischia; 299 houses destroyed, ia live
lost, loss about 93S,0OO March "a, NOR
destruction by another shock.
1881, April 3-Scio-the town anc
several villages destroyed; about 400
persisted; much destruction ensued, sue
cessive shocks, beginning 1.30 p. m.
1888, July 23-The towns of Casa
mieciola, Forio and Lacco AMEND, on the
Island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples
almost entirely destroyed; 1890 lives lost
and 374 persons injured.
1888, Aug 26-The Krakatoa cataclysn
in Java, in August, which was the mos
stupendous on record. An island wa
shattered and sunk, and sixteen other
raised their heads above the surrounding
waters. Nearly 100000 people wer'
buried beneath volcanic debris or swept of
the face of the land by the volcanic wave
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