The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-02
THIS YEARS VOLCANO RECORD

The New York Times has compiled a most In. teresting and scientifically valuable list of tn, worlds record of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions from April 10 to September % The list shows an almost continuous series of earth ! quakes, eruptions. tidal waves and lesser phe nomena throughout the summer. Seismo.ogical. 1y the year has been one of the most re markabie recorded in history. The extraordi nary eruptions of Mont Peiee and La Sou friere form only a small portion of the general disturbance to which our earth has been sub jected. The list is as follows: l, April 1O-News received of volcanic aetiv ity at Unalaska. Aleutian Islands. April lS-Earthquake in Guatemala, Mexico | Amatillan. San Juan, San Marcos. Escuintis and St Lucia, killing 1.0o0 persons injurina | 5000 others md rendering 5000 homeless. May S-Mount Redoubt. in Alaska, erupts. May 7-First eruption of St Vincent. May S-First eruption of Mont Pelee, destroy. ing St. Pierre and it's 5000 people. May 1a-Mount Coima, Guadalajara Mexico becomes active May is--Severe earthquake felt at St Thomas Danish West Indies May i5-Mount soconrsco. State of Mexico becomes active. causing many casualties and a few fatalities in Aquespala, Laverga and , Comitan
 May Is-Earthquakcs in the southern part oi Portugal.
 May 1s-seccnd eruption of St. Vincent. May 20-Tdal destroys a portion of the VllloEe or La OarDet- Ietdnu Oi
 May eo-Basse Pointe, Martinique. inundated by mud.
 May 2i-Earthquake experienced at St. Au- gustine. Fla.
 May 24-Mont Pelee resumes and continues with great force for several days.
 May 2S-Earth tremor registered at Bay onne. N J.. and at Chattanooga. Tenn.
 May Se-Another eruption of La scufriere. accompanied by severe earthquake.
 May 31-suiphurous exhalaticns from Mount Trsbochetto. between Nice and Genoa. Italy.
 June 2-Announcement of eruption of Mount Blackburn. Southeastern Alaska
 June 4-The Gusygran. a mud volcano near the village of Kobe. in Caucasia. erupts. kill ing several persons.
 June 4-Iandslide, Mount Grigna. near Lake Lecco. Switzerland. kills two noted scientists.
 June 6-Another violent eruption of Mont pelee.
 June s-News received of the eruption of Tacana in Guatemala, accompanied by violent earthquakes, which razed many buildings in several towns One thousand persons killed
 June s-Colunns of steam rise from Mount Rainier in Washington.
 June 1-Discovery of slight elevation of localities in Pennsylvania.
 June r-stiil another violent eruption Of Mont Pelee.
 June 1b-strons earthquake shocks in Sicily.
 June ls-Mass of slime elected from Pelee, practically destroying the town of Basse Pointe.
 June so-plsastrous earthquake shocks in Tyroi.
 June 2f-volcano Pichincha, fin the province of Manabi Ecuador becomes active.
 June 22--violent earthquake shock at Cas- ano al Jonio, fin the department of Calabria, in Italy
 June 24-News received at San Francisco of the eruption of the volcano of Kilauea, near the city of Eiilo Island of Hawaii.
 July 1-Earthquake shocks in Salonico. Euro pean Turkey, causing heavy loss of life and great damage to property On the same day, also .earthauake shocks were felt siplultaneous- Iy in twenty towns in Asia Minor. causing the collapse of many houses
 July 7--Large powders and gases elected from Tulsa, a small volcano In the Indian Territory.
 July 7-Guvesne and Zelisova. in European Turkey. partially destroyed by an earthquake.
 July s-voicanoes of Miravaliis and Ricond