Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17

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II two q TIE sections sitaasea oppo-
ste sSes ether IA TIE Northern hsn-
ispbsrs ard ia he Sozshern - VEL. tae
oceans ~oal1 retreat saa inFAas TIE
t~o other sections. e. posing each etoer
il each q shs two eeDlsEhsrs>
q the first secLon. The Atlantic
Ocean wcula De nearly entirely enptled
snd TIE maximum poins q depression
being nearly a. the ragiol u Bern ada,
where th9 ground would appear, Il tie
depth OF the ocean vas inferior AZ that
point 70 s. as meters Consequently be-
tween Europe ani America vast terri
tories ~0uld Dc discovered ~hleh the
United States, England. France Spain
and Portugal could claim, according 10
the geographical situation. - these
powers might Wish 70 dc. IL must Be OBJ
served that in conseq uenee OF the fall
ing Of the oceans the AIR will also fall
equally as much. Therefore TIE baron
etFic pressure 81 Europe and that OF
America will be modified 70 such an ex-
tent that cities situated even 20 or 50
degrees from the maximum p0i7ts would
only have the quantity Of air which Is
now actually found in q height OF one
league in the atmosphere. The prin-
eipal cities, such as New York, Philadel-
phia. Charleston, Panama, Lisbon,
Madrid. Paris. London, Edinburgh.
Dublin. Cairo. Constantinople, Dantzig,
Stockholm. on one side and the cities
corresponding in latitude on tho other
side would keep their normal position
with regard to the general level OF the
air. In regard 10 Bermuda, air would
be missing there the same as IL would
be wanting 10 aeronants who go higher
than S. 900 meters. Therefore IL would
be impossible 20 live there.
The Same effect would obtain in the
opposite section. which would contain
the Indian ocean. Australia and part
OF the Pacific Ocean, which would be
thrown partly on the southern sea-coasts
OF Australia
The air into which they would be
thrown would be very clear; there was
no doubt on that point. but it would not
be dense enough for human wants.
These in general were part OF the
notifications which would take place in
the two sections in which the oceans
would be more or less emptied. There
would undoubtedly appear new islands
and mountains in such parts as the
water did not entirely abandon
But If the diminution of the thick
ness of the air did not bring enough in
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continents raised to the high zones Of
the atmosphere, what was 70 be the case
of those parts which the Eruption of
waters put below tho surface? We may
still breathe under the diminished press
ure of air below the atmospheric press
IRE. On the contrary, under ve-y few
inches OF water we can not breathe at
all, and this was the condition in which
the other two sections found them
selves. In the section northwest OF Kill
manjaro the maximum point would be At
Yakoust. in Siberia
From this city submerged s,415 meters
under the water. less its present actual
altitude, the liquid mass, decreasing,
would extend TO the neutral lines,
drowning the greater part OF Asiatic
Russia and of India, Of China, of Japan
and of American Alaska 10 the Behring
+ Sea. In regard to st. Petersburg and
Moscow on one side, and Calcutta, Bang
kok, Saigon, Pel1in, Hong Kong and
Yeddo on the other side, these cities
would disappear under cover of water
sufficient 20 drown all Russians, Hin
docs, Siamese, Cochin Chinese, Chinese
and japanese. if they did not have time
to emigrate before the catastrophe.
In the section southeast OF Kiliman-
jsro the disasters would be equally
marked. This section is in great part
covered By the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, the level of which would raise
s.415 meters at the archipelagos of the
Azores. All this vast area would dis
appear under this artificial deluge,
among others the angle of Southern
Africa from Guinea and Kilinanjaro tc
the Cape of Good Hope. and the triangle
OF South America formed by Peru. Cen
trail Brazil, Chilli aud the Argentine Re
public, as far as Terre del Fuego and