The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-05-15
ABOUT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS


Interesting Story Tor the Benefit Of Thos,
Interested on Account Of Recent Disaster.
Below the Teller prints few fact
concerning volcanic eruption:
Vesuvius-Volcano extinct from re
hottest ages, revived in s. A. D., and il
20 A. d. overwhelmed Pompeii ant
Herculanaepn1, in whose destruction ar
unknown number Of people persisted
In 1851 an eruption destroyed 5000 peo
pie.
Aetna-In Sicily, active since the dawn
of history, noted for tremendous volume
of its outflow of lava; most destructive
eruption in 1869. when it overwhelmed
40 towns and $1,000 to Ioo. 900 lives
were lost.
Mauna Loa-One Of the principal
Hawaiin volcanoes; always active, but
eruptive only since 1881; destructive IN
1868, when eruptions, in connection with
tidal waves, caused an unknown, but
great, loss of life.
Krakatoa-Eruption of this volcano,
one of Java's as, on August 2s-2S, 1883,
perhaps the most stupe ndous, physically,
in the entire course of human history.
Estimated mortality. $500; previous year
1000 lives lost by eruption of Galoenggaen
same island.
Tarawera-Eruption on June and 10,
1886, of mountain, never before active,
in New Zealaud; 100 people persisted un-
der the shower of cinders, lava and mud;
broad valley filled with mud to depth
of GOO feet; mountain itself obliterated
HISTORIC EARTHQUAKES.
Volcan de Agua-On September II,
14I, Gutemala. then called Antigua,
destroyed and 600 lives lost, from
peculiar cause. A tremendous rainfall
filled the crater Of Volcan de Aqua. above
the city. An earthquake rent the crater,
opening the immense reservoir upon the
city; city again destroyed and site
abandoned in 1878.
Yedo- (now Tokio)-Ear.hquake in
1907 demolished and swallowed up. to-
gether, this city; last eruption of Fujiya.
ma, Japan's most celebrated mountain.
Lima and Callao-Lima capital OF the
Spanish possessions in America, DESTROY.
ed in four minutes on the night of Oct
%. 1916; casualties, 1000 killed. Callao
Lima's seaport, six miles distant, utterly
overwhelmed by a succession of tidal
waves; 5000 persisted. Vessels were car
ried to point I27 feet above present sea
level.
Lisbon-Capital of Portugal, and at
that time richest city in Europe, totally |
destroyed, November I, 1855, by earth.
quake; tidal wave and hurricane COM
bined; by the earthquake shock lasting
but an instant. 10000 people killed un-
der fallen buildings; tidal wave swept
away 10000; fire broke out and con.
sumed the wreckage.
Calabria-City and province situated
at extreme southern point of Italy; city
demolished and province desolated, Feb.
ruary S, 1888; several neighboring towns
buried and no trace ever found; 20 600
lives lost in city of Calabria alone; phys
'cally, most tremendous European earth
quake in history.
Caracas-Capital of Venezuela; March
10, 1873. earthquake threw down two
thirds of the houses, shattered the re.
mainder, and killed in less than minute
$4,000 people, half the population. This
was the elimination of series of dis
turbances which had included the United
States. the New Madrid earthquake ha.-
ing been the severest manifestation, but
IN which no lives were lost.
Sumbawa-Island south of Borneo: /
earthquake and tidal wave on April $,
1873, left only 26 alive out of its popula.
lion of IL 900.
San Salvador-City of Central America,
DESTROYED by an earthquake shock of 10 .
seconds duration, on the night of April !,
TO- 1855; loss of life only $50, Fremont
'ory shock having warned the people,
who fed into the streets.
South American earthquakes of 1868: =
600 people killed in Peru and &C, 900 in ,
Ecuador; Arequipa, africa and other
titles utterly destroyed; series of tidal )
waves at africa one of the most remark | i,
'oie on record; ships of war carried
inland, among them the United States
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