Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-03-23
Falb's Prophecies.

The forecast for 1898 is as fOllows:-
january and February-Unpreced-
ented cold waves, cyclones and
hurricanes at sea, with great loss
to shipping, particularly on the
American continent.
Toward End of March - Earth
quakes and destroying hail
storms.
~ v-August-Tidal wave, destroy
eastern coast of America.
IN and California becoming
E.... ~ submarine earth.
"Novem Gr net 80 come
in con own
to astrC 0mers -. :
lSG8-our planet to be, II Il. .~-
solutely, partially destroye,
This is the cheerful prediction th.
Professor Rudolph Falb, of Vienna,
a noted scientist and world-renowned
authority on earthquakes and meter
illogical conditions. in March, 1894,
forwarded to the Imperial Academy
Of Science at Vienna. Probably moth
ing more would have been heard
the prediction il the meteorological
conditions of the latter part of Jan
uary and early part of February, of
this year, had not corr"sponded with
Professor Falb' .r.r.. --H the
scientific journ. ....r 9, in
&C cnsequence, gi.nle III Falb1
and his predictions a great deal of
N.N. f sor Falb is, by many
b, n..st lsidered "crank," his
predictions on seismic disturbances
have been remarkably fulfilled. AS,
for instance, the great earthquake at
Zante in 1898, he, several days before
the earthquake occurred, sent warn
ing to the press all over Europe.
Again. in March, 1898, he was invited
to lecture before the Tourist Club, of
Vienna, on the subject of earth
quakes, but, while accepting the in
vitation, postponed the lecture until
after April l3,as an earthquake would
take place about that time and he
would prefer to include the results of
his investigation of this earthquake
in his lecture.
And, as the German proverb has
it, HAS du mir geschen," the earth
quake did occur on April 8 and was
felt all over southern Hungary and
did much damage.
Many incidents like these could be
quoted, where predictions have been
made one to two years in advance
and been fulfilled. Professor Falb
disclaims in the most peremptory
manner that his warnings should be
classed as predictions or prophecies.
81 am not prophet" he said in an
interview. my theories are simply
scientific investigations into mum
dane anatomy. The interior of the
earth is filed with a matter mass,
subject to ebb and flow just like the
waters of the ocean. Every intelli-
gent and educated man knows this.
Between the surface of the earth and
this molten mass, which is slowly
cooling, there is only a shell of an
average of eighteen miles in thick
ness, in some places thinner than in
others, and here the confined force
escapes in the form of gas. But
not finding such an outlet, through
the influence of the moon, a great
tidal wave sweeps round the inner
crust of the earth and produces the
terrible phenomena known as earth
quakes.
This is, in short, Professor Falb's
theory, and it has been much dis
puted, particularly his reference to
the influence of the moon. Professor
Falb calls attention to the "fully es-
tablished" instances where a comet
has come in contact with our planet
and the results.
GIG. January IA, ten people killed in
China by the fall of meteor.
s2S. November s, 3,thirty- villages
destroyed in Saxony.
1911. September 4, many lives de-
stroyed by falling meteors at
Crema.
I7i9. November 4, ship crossing the
Atlantic was struck, killing
several sailors.
Each of these instances, says Pro-
fessor Falb, can be regarded as the
fall of a small comet upon our plan
et.-EX.