The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-12-27
THE LESSON EARTHQUAKE.
Terrible Scenes that Attended the
Catastrophe Of 100.

Terrible Scenes that Attended the
Cata>,t rUph>. Of l T:5,i.
On November /, l,;.J. occurred ~
Lisbon. the capital Of Portugal, one Of
the most awful earth ual:cs ever re-
corded. tie loss OF life and proper Y
bci4g enormous Vt = n The morning.
in calm and clear weather. 4 hollow.
thundcr-!ilzr sound was heard. AID
aim st Immediately after. without
other warning. such al urheavcl ana
ovcrturuiny Of the = rounI ,ccurrcI rs
destroyed the great = part OF the town
and buried whole str, lets, coI>ign. NJ
to death ~ lever than *o,'.nU pcrs rs,
ana changing many OF tie churches,
at that hcur III. into huge cttacomb.
cncombin. the h lple,s congregati rs
IL the ruins. The whole astrophe
occu; led aD,;tt eight minu c., in the
first ,Wo or three Of which many
sh chs occurred.
In the VIII lc short space Of time
twenty-five 9hO k, We're couutct in
| i5bon and its neigh Dor lood. dc -truy
Jog nc. ~ 600 lives. In one house
four prr-O : only were saved out of
thirty-,i-ht. In the city prison so
were killed. ard i.:,o in the general
h spi,al also succumbcd. / ire and
w ter combined in the dc truction.
! The sea retire. rom he harbor and
then rolled in agar: rs 0.c wave fifty
or xty feet high, and Il new marble
quay sank INTO the abyss Whlc h opened
beneath 1t, a@gl = With l. numerous
boa and $ all cS-els. and cngulting
ong the wrc k the inhabitants who
hal He'd to the q a. for safety. Fire
also broke Out in various arts O the
city, occas; oned either by thu LomcS' ic
E, t.,i1 f,,,., Il
tim bcrs, b the wax tarers carried. il
! being reli 10 5 festival, CT 10y il
| cendiar es, who set tic to the house
! in order t. pijla-c their contents.
| The earth uaka was not confined to
| lisbon. the G ter o. iii turht &C be-
! ing sup "o-ed TO hc -ituitc far out in
! the Atlantic the ocean bed hc ng CON
Vul> c hE hcaV n.y. up and down. AID
I cOnse III nj cnOr N.!~ wave on al.
sid;'~. vc,se : in deep water being 4 =
fcc,eI Il, tin u-n trlning suddenly O.
rtcl> or uicF sands
! Ga lard. the seaport Of Sc:uhul.
twenty Il lies 9outh Of Lisbon. was en-
.rul cd AMI Who'll disappeared. Vt
C;sdi.:. a wave. sixty fett in height.
swept ava, Il = eat tat OF the moe
and tulti ca, ions and at porto the
river rose ana fell violently fer hours
while iUimbra and r>lTa suffered
trcudfully. IN q: I. b y was wholly
overturned. In spain, Il are ,art O
NaiHga he anne rains In the Atianti
wes; ward e island If Madeira va
a ted: and ca-twari 100 house:
Wee vcrthroWn il le Dos or Nifty
lenc. i the or ck archi' cl;tro. Sout II
ward. in Africa. rcAr Morocco. vii
lagc with 50 . Inhabitants. was swal
lowed up 10y tn; cath opening anc
c. ing again: and hai, OF cI an. |.
90 Arab, were dcst Dyed. The cArth
quaA.. in fact. TX ended over 30 &
ST ua q miles IN the north rea .hine
even to our own co lntr..
In Scotland, the waters Of I.cch ! o
mon rose TWO fc1t four in hes. ant
then sub ided Glow their ,l>uai Level
Vt the Hot Wells. 3: the foot o. C!.f
toa. the } + OF suburb thu mi era
waite became a; red Is blnol. aud to-
rbu t. be d iukable while the It'd
, Of the Avon a. Is istol, tn purn it rise
f.r,g feet owed back contrary to il
natural G ur>e.