The Worthington advance., 1891-09-17

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demonium was succeeded by :
5calr1 that was quite rs dreadful
rs the shock had been, for it was
accompanied by the darkness of night.
No one knew what was to happen
next. Earthquakes, by turn feeble
and violent, continue at irregular inter
valA Every body expects the climax to
come September 81. on account of the
equinox. It is not unlikely this city
will be made . total wreck. 81
The government has sent 800 men to
deepen the outlet to Lakosnopongo, in
order to diminish the amount Of water
in it and to reduce the violent shocks.
Lake nopongo is miles east Of this
city and is 96 miles square. It occu-
pies the area of the old sunken vol
cano. 1t is now filled with
rainwater and is heavily charged
with sulphuretted hydrogen and other
gases. The workmen engaged IL dig
ging the outlet September IL were car
ried away by q torrent of warm, ill
smelling water and were drowned.
The details of the ruin of towns in
the axis of the earthquake are meager.
OF 800 houses at Comaseaqua only eight
remain standing. The loss OF life there
is great. t-i - ~ =. g:e;s-a: ~.
t3s.s5..J DISASTERS AT SEA. :
ATHENS. Sept IA collision has
taken place off Cape Colonna, the most
southern point of Attica, between an
italian steamship, the Taormina, of
the italian Messageries Company, and
aiGreek steamship, the Thessalia. The
Taormina sank soon after the accident,
drowning her captain. seven of her
crew and forty of her cabin passen-
gers The second officer of the Taor:
NINA and number of passengers who
were standing ON the bridge at the time
the collision occurred were saved by
the boats of the Thessalia- ze-..... IS 5 :,
The Taormina left Constantinople
Wednesday morning and arrived
Thursday night near the island Of
Gaiders, when it sighted 3 vessel com.
ing toward it The Taormina repeat
edly whistled, but no notice was
taken of the signal The. Thes.
salia, which was going under full
steam, struck the Taormina mid
ships. The panic on the Italian ves-
sci was frightful. Many of the hatches
were open and the shock caused a NUM-
Der of people to be pushed down into
the hold and killed outright Five
minutes after the ships struck the
Thessalia disengaged itself from the
Taormina and continued ON its course,
paying no heed to the Taorsnina or, its
signals of distress Some of the latter'e
passengers leaped upon the deck Of the
Thessalia just after the vessels struck,
and in this manner many were saved.
Brave Capt Ferroni, of the Taormina,
remained at his post on the bridge
and sank with his ship Capt
Primas declares = that the cap
tain of the .Taormina must have
mistaken its course and must have seen
that he (Primas) did what he could,
but was unable to prevent the collision.
DUBLIN, Sept 12-A steam launch
carrying 'non-union laborers from Dub.
lin to Londonderry sank in Lough
Foyle Friday after colliding with the
steamer Albatross Fifteen persons
were drowned, among them child OF
Graeme Hunter. agent of the London
grain federation, who was aboard the
launch with his family. 80
ES'>.* ~::::sELOsT IN a HURRICANE. ,
HALIFAX, N. s...Sept. 12.-The two
topmast fishing schooner Georgiana is
being ;towed into Halifax by tugs, II
bottom up, by the fishing schooner
Coronett The Georgiana was making
Halifax harbor on the night of the hur-
ricane with crew of sixteen men and
q. cargo Of 800. quintals of fish. Its
dories were smashed and swept away.
It was thrown upon its beam end and
finally turned bottom up and all its
crew drowned, The lost consists OF
two members of q family named Bou.
drot, four members of u. the
LIE Blanc family, five named Por.
ter and five named Surrette. All
were from Yarmouth. A dispatch from
Yarmouth says that the news Of the
loss of the GeorRiana caused 4 great
shock there, and that the thriving vii
lage of Tasket Wedse, where all the
young fellows Of the crew belonged, is
in deep mourning. =. i s ss5.-' % .. ~. =
Vessels driving at :canso, Sydney,
Shelburne and all Atlantic ports bring
details of the severity ofthe gale The
fishing feet on the western banks suf-
fered severely.e One vessel reports
having had four of its crew swept
overheard. Scores OF vessels lost dor
les, travis, sails and other gear, and
many men were carried overheard
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