The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-09


towns in Italy and Sicily overthrown;
thousands perished.
1854, July 23-Fzinghian, near Err
zeroum, destroyed, and 5000 persons
buried in its ruins.
1897, Feb 1.-The whole country be-
tween Santa Fe and Panama destroy
ed, including Cuzco and Quito; 49,
600 people buried in one second.
1905, July 26-At Frosolone, Ma
pies; 5000 lives lost.
1912, March 16-At Caracas 12,-
600 perished
1919, June 16-Several throughout
India district of Kutch sunk; 1000
persons buried.
1S22-Aleppo destroyed above 90
900 perished shocks on the 10th and
18th of August and 9th of September.
1929, March 17-In Spain; Murcia
and numerous villages devastated g.
600 persons perished.
1880, May 26 and 27-Canton and
neighborhood about 5000 perished.
1916, Feb 14-At Ternate; the Is
land made a waste, and thousands of
lives lost.
| 1912, May AT Cape Haytien, st.
Domingo, which destroyed nearly two
! thirds of the town between 900 and
| 5000 lives were lost.
1851, Aug 14-In South Italy; Melfi
almost laid in ruins; 1000 lives lost.
1856, March 2-At the Island of
Great Sanger, one of the Moluccas ;
volcanic eruption and earthquake,
nearly 3,000 lives lost.
1857, Sept 16-In Calabria, Monte
murro, 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 Mendozr, South
America, about two-thirds of the city
and 1000 lives lost
1868, July and 3-Manilla, Phil
ipine Isles; immense destruction OF
property: about 10000 persons per.
ished-
1865, August 13 1.-THE cities OF
Arequipa, Iquique, Tacn and Cheu.
cha and many small towns in Peru
and Ecuador destroyed about 25,0OC
lives lost and 10000 rendered home.
less /; loss Of property estimated al
96O,00O,OO.
| 1875, May 161s-San Jose de Gu.
cuta and other towns near Santander,
on the boundary of Columbia, de-
stroyed about $1,000 lives said to be
lost.
1873 April 14-Cua, Venezuela,
nearly destroyed +; about 800 killed
loss about $4,000.
1881, March 16-Severe shocks in
South Italy; much destruction and
loss of life at sCassamicciola town
on the Isle of Ischia; 289 houses de-
stroyed. ia lives lost, about f3S, 5000
loss. March 4, more destruction by
another shock.
1881, April 3-Scio, the town and
several villages destroyed; about 1000
persisted much destitution ensued sue
cessive shock beginning at 1:3O p m.
1888, July 23-The towns of Gas
samicciola, Forio and Lacco Ameno,
on the Island Ischia, in the Bay of
Naples, almost entirely destroyed L.
$50 lives LOST, and 374 persons injur-
ed.
| 1888, Aug 26-The Krakatoa cata
clysm i'll Java, in August, which was
the most stupendous on record. An
island was shattered and sunk, and
sixteen others raised their heads above
the surrounding waters. nearly 100,-
600 people were buried beneath vol
canic debris or swept off the face of
the land by the volcanic wave. The
floor of the ocean over" wide erea to
the southeast of Sumatra was raised
into a plain above the waters, and the
effects of the general upheaval were
felt as tar as the American coast of
the Pacific.
1ss4-5-A long continued series of
shocks in the Sprn!sh peninsula, which
began on December 26, 1854, and
continued with irregular interruptions
until the middle of April, 1885 The
greatest destruction Of life and prop
erty was in Andalusia, Altogether
745 persons were killed and / ,4S5 in
jured, and 1900 buildings were more
or less damaged, 4,4O0 of the number
being completely wrecked. Wide
spread destitution and suffering result
ed from this visitation. Towards
the close Of November there was Il re-
newal of the disturbances, which eN-
tended also to the adjacent African
coast.
1ss5-A series of shocks began in
the Vale Of Cashmere on May 13, and
continued at irregular intervals antil
the middle Of August. The city OF
Serinagur and numerous villages were
almost completely destroyed, thous-
ands of lives were lost, and great des-