Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1893-06-01
EARTHQUAKES.
C0Ryuisioms Of the Earth which
Have Killed Many Thousands.
Chicago Herald.

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[Chicago Herald.l
/ At Pohin, China, 300, 900 person
were buried in moment in 1862, AND
100, 900 again the same city in 1881
The earthquake at Lima on Octobel
Is, 1916, extended ~ Callao, and Is,
600 persons persisted. THIS convul
sion. which spread along the coast 20(
leagues, began about 1890 o'clock d
night. The noise, the shock and tb<
ruin took place in the space Of only
four minutes. -
The day being one dedicated 10 81
Simon and ST. Jude. The people d
Lima attributed to the sssncjo q
these aiuh the fact that csly IL. 00q
persons persisted out Of q pcpslat'ou
Of $1,000. Vast quantities Of gold,
silver and and jewels were buried
among the seventy-f5ur churches and
the fourteen monasteries. The pub
lie fountains were buried, ihe statucs
Of the Spanish Kings crushed and the
streets barricsded with fallen houses.
Callao was utterly destroyed, and
even its very shape was changed by
huge heaps Of sand and gravel. At
the moment Of the earthquake the sea
rose mountain high and rolled on till
it buried the city and destroyed every
thing except the two great gates. or
the 5000 inhabitants, only about 200
escaped by clingiug to timbes aud
pieces Of wreck.
The most tremendous earthquake Of
modern times was that Of Lisbon, Of
November 1, 1856.
The people had risen a. usual that
morning, aud looked out upon Belem
and the Tagut, the little villas among
the olive groves, the orange trees, the
bull ring, the hospitals, the converts
and the shops. In the seventy-iiive
converts and forty churches Of Lisbon
the bells had tinklee aud the early
prayer had been said. The birds were
gayly singing their mathis in the su-
Durham gaIdens Of Alcantars and
Campo Grande. The blue sky gave
no omen ofevil, and the river lay for
mile after mile smiling in the golden
sunlight.
Suddenly the city fell tn pieces like
a children's tower Of carls Roof
crushed in. arcades gsnA-j ~ s.an-- a--..--
tered, walls were leveled. The air
grew black with rising clouds Of dust
and was filed with the crash Of cease
less destruction. At the same time,
as If the terrors Of the apocalypse had
broken at last on Lisbon, the sea, agi-
tated to its depths by the awful CON-
qulsion, rose and spread over the shore.
One Of the quays also opened its dark
Jaws and swallowed in an instant 600
persons who had taken refuge on it.
In minute or two more fresh cal
antilles fell ON the unhappy city, for
the fires being hurled down among the
fallen timbers, CONGREGATIONS broke
out in several parts Of the city. To
add to the general misery thieves and
murdcrers. escaping from the shatter-
ed prisons. plundered and robbed in
discriminatory. One Of these williams
confessed TO setting fire to the Indian
house and another to burning the
ruins in seven places. The earth
quake continued with gentle, inter-
hitting tremos, felt even on the river
for eighteen days.
The first great shock convulsed the
earth for 5000 miles--0verturned
many cities and never halted in its
tremendous march till II reached Scot
land. The year 1855 was very wet
and rainy. The summer was unusua-
lily cool, and during the forty days
preceding the earthquake the weather
| was clear. bat not remarkably 30. On
the day Immediately preceding the
earthquake remarkable gloominess
| prevailed, but on the morning Of the
fatal day the fog was dissipated by the
sun.
There was no wind nor the least
agitation of the sea, and the weather
was remarkably warm. This great
Earthquake of Lisbon, which in few
| minutes swallowed 80, 900 persons had
q precursor In 1881, when in the same
city 1900 houses and $4,000 were
destroyed and several neighboring
towns engulfed with all their popula'
tons.