Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
GREAT SEISMIC DISASTERS.
This Year Has Been Remarkable by
Their Number.

The Baltimore Sun makes the following
summary of the great seismic disasters for
which the present year has been remark
abe:
April 1o-News received Of volcanic activ-
ity at Unalaska, Aleutian Islands
April 1S-Earthquakes in Guatemala and
Mexico killing l 600 persons, injuring 5000
others and rendering $4,000 homeless.
May 3-Mount Redoubt. in Alaska. erupts.
May Eruption of st. Vincent
May s-Eruption of Mount Pelee, destroy
ing st. Pierre and 10000 persons.
May 12-Mount Colima, near Guadalajara,
Mexico, becomes active.
May 13-Severe earthquake in st. Thomas,
Danish West Indies
May 15-Mount soconusco, Mexico. be-
comes active, causes many casualties
and a few fatalities.
May 1S-Earthquakes in the southern part
of Portugal
May 1S-Second eruption of ST. Vincent.
May 20-Tidal wave destroys portion of
the village of lie Carbet, Martinique.
May 20-Basse Pointe Martinique, mum
dated by mud.
May 21-Earthquake at st. Augustine, Fla.
May 24-Mount Pelee resumes and contin-
ues with great force for several days.
May 2S-Earth tremor registered at Bay
onne, n. j., and at Chattanooga, Tenn.
May 30 Another eruption of La Soufriere,
accompanied by severe earthquake.
May ol-SulpnufOuS from
Mount Trabochetto, between Nice and
Genoa, Italy.
June Announcement of eruption of
Mount Blackburn in southeastern Alaska.
June 4-The Gusygran, mud volcano,
near the village of Kobe, in Caucasa,
erupts, killing many persons.
June 4-Landslide, Mount Grigna, near
Lake Lecco, Switzerland, kills two noted
scientists.
June 6-Another violent eruption of
Mount Pelee.
June S-News received of the eruption of
Tacana, in Guatemala, accompanied by VIC
lent earthquakes, which RACED many build
ings in several towns. One thousand per-
sons killed.
June 91Columns of steam rise from
Mount Rainier, in Alaska.
June 14-Discovery of slight elevation Of
localities in Pennsylvania.
June 14-Still another violent eruption OF
Mount Pelee.
June 15-Strong earthquake shocks in
Sicily.
June 19-Mass of slime elected from Pelee,
practically destroying the town of Basse
Pointe.
June 2O-Disastrous earthquake shocks in
TyroL.
June 21-Volcano of P;chincha, in Ecua-
dor, becomes active.
June 22-Violent earthquake shock at cas-
sano al ionic, Gala Italy.
June 24-News received at San Francisco
of the eruption Of the volcano at kilauea'
near the city of Hio Hawaii.
July Earthquake shocks in Salonica,
European Turkey, causing heavy loss of
life and great damage to property. On the
same day, also, earthquake shocks were felt
simultaneously in twenty towns in Asia Mi
nor, causing the collapse of many houses.
July 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 earth
quake.
July s-Tidal wave at New Orleans forces
salt water up the Harvey canal, killing
millions of fish.
July s-volcanoes of Miravallis and Ri
cond de la Vieja, in Costa Rica, reported
to be in active eruption.
July 9-Severe earthquake shock at Bun
der Abbas, Persia, doing much damage.
July TO- II, 12-Loud detonations from
Soufriere volcano
July 11-Fresh eruption from Mount Pelee.
July 12-Violent earthquake shock in Ca
racas, damaging the towns of Guarenas
Guatire, Valencia and La Guayra.
July 17-Other severe earthquakes at
Kingstown, st. Vincent.
July 27-Destructive earthquake shocks in
California, doing much damage to property
in Los Alamos, San Maria and Santa Bar
bara. simultaneously a series of severe
shocks was felt in Nebraska, the Dakotas
and western Iowa.
August Is to ,5-Island of Torshima, ia
pan, destroyed and 100 persons killed
August 15-Mount Pelee begins another
eruption.
August 21-Serious earthquake shocks in
the Philippines.
August 30-Fresh eruption from La Sou
friere.
August 3O-Two thousand killed by erup-
ton of Mount Pelee, which destroyed Morne
Rouge, Ajoupa Bouillon and other towns.
August 30-Strong earthquake shock felt
at Campano, in South America accompa-
MED by noise heard along the whole Carib-
bean shore.
September 2-Heavy earthquake shock in
Algers.
September S-Earthquake at Pau, France:
news received of terrifying shocks in India