New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-02
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students Of scismoloyy will find interesting ma
,ori,, f,r studv in the recent earthquake. MI
ro.,or tho bc,d Of the English Telegraph COM
amy n Zop,, has devoted himself to the subject
for many vrors lie has unusual advantages Tor
the study Of such phenomena. lie lives Il" d
seismic region Still more important Ii" Il apP'
10 combine his arches with his POSITION III 'nc
telegraph company. Nine submarine cables radia''
from this island over known seismic centres i"''
run t. al points Of the compass, cohic''ll', wv
island with Crci,. Alexandria. Patras. A,hcnS'
Corfu, Italy and Malta. In all IN" 2icat s''orNS
which the island has sustained slncc Tie ca"ic'
we're ail the cables IN the path oil the "'r'hp"'NC
have hoo, broken I'D In the great earthquake OF
the 9th Of August, 1886 when prcce"'" 'h"' "
Charleston. six miles of the cable We're buried by
a landslide on the bottom of the sea. "hich III
creased the depth from 100 to 800 fathon's. Inc
cable was never recovered. Another one was ia'"
, similar shock to thi,, having precisely the same
characteristics, hut without the same strength DC
Cured IN 1873 and parted tie cable SIX miles
.,v,v from Zontc near the centre Of tn" present
eboc, In the recent catastrophe the cabl" was
mn. affected Mr. Foster regards the shock as OF
uur,Iy local nature Iantc is composed oil rock
surroundcd on the southeast and northwest pY :"
hank Of yellow mud gradually deepening INTO
forty ar fifty fatloms two miles away from III"
.hor, when suddenly there Is depth oil from 'oV
70 300 fathons This latter depth Is the centre
of the carthquakcS. proven by the met tia'
Ccohalonia to the north felt nothing; Tatras
very slightly: Gastouni, fifteen miles duo east rom
Zautc. felt i, severely. ana klakclon and Purgos'
twenty five milrs east an southeast 81 th' Town
IF Iantr felt the shock strongly. but suffered no
lnuonr The lesser shocks were NOT i"lt cSc
,.Lcr, Tho cables tested showed 10 Incrcas" oi
sca ,empcr1turc which. would have occurred II
thor. had boon an active volcano. MI roster
clnims that while "artht uak,s in Japan ana III
III. yjcjnit, Of Aetna ana IIccka ale du" 10 vol
,ouic causes. those in this region are due 10 mo
choticol causes There are evidences OF s'roh2
current even AZ the bottom Of the ocean. some
of thc cables ha,, been eaten away by ch"ihica
action Disint"gration - constantly goinS on ana
vas, displlCcmcrt of Submarine mountain, occur
h,rvir,, tLc cables and causing the tIlal waN"'
which generally accompany an earthquake" VII
lie pnrcy mechanical theory il l. difficult 10 ac
count for the daily shocks which have occhlr'"I
.in~c tie inst and greatest except by stppoSlhS
series Of nud-iGrS ot 4 succession "I 'N-
rlo>inu. which accompany them. ! hav" h'ard
.ori.us acco.ni~ II sup Iia'urnl lights and balls
II fire and clouds OF smok" immediately ai'"f
the shoc, Int none Of them can j" -"hiltIh'h'N
verified Th"r" m. pitch N"li> and tallow wells
and ho, SPRINGS in Ianto. irt no certain evidences
nf Volcanic acton.