The Iola register., 1902-08-08
RUINED BY EARTHQUAKES.
cities That Have been Overwh eImed
and Destroyed by seismic Up
heavaIs In Ages Past.

Among the manifold disasters
which are constantly overtaking tho
human family there is none so full
of awe and terror as the earthquake.
From the beginning of history-and
long before 1.-THE habitations of
men have been leveled or buried un-
derground by earthquake shocks and
volcanic eruptions, and the number
Of human beings killed in this way
passes comprehension. In IS years
that is, from 1853 to 1S57--the king
dom of Naples lost III 900 inhabi-
tants by earthquakes. This is at the
rate of more than 1900 per year out
of population of 100000.
The most disastrous earthquake OF
recent history was the great Lisbon
shock on November 1, 1855. In less
than eight minutes almost all the
houses of Lisbon were overturned,
10000 of the inhabitants were killed
and whole streets were buried The
cities of Coimbro, Oporto, Braga and
ST. Ubes were destroyed. Malaga, in
Spain, was largely reduced to ruins.
OhN-iiilA VI ItEf li NlplbNNps NNiN hf-
stroyed and 1900 Arabs killed. The
island of Madeira was laid low. The
shock was felt 5000 miles away, and
even Scotland was given slight up
heaval.
Following is list of the principal
earthquakes of history:
S45 b. C.-Twolve cities in the Campana
hflpigd IDurac in a
with immense loss Of life.
2S3 B. C.-Lyslmchia and fits Inhabitants
buried.
70 A. D-Pompeii and Herculaneum de-
stroyed-thousands perished.
l06 a. D-Four cities in Asia, two in
Greece two I'm Galatia destroyed.
1b7 a. Done hundred and fifty cities in
Asia, pontus and Macedonia buried
651 a D.-Constantirople partly destroyed
thousands perished.
742 A. D.--Five hundred cities in Asia, Sy-
ria and Palestine overturned-immense loss
OF life.
1886 a. D.-Constantinople again destroyed.
All Greece shaken.
1853 a. D.-England thoroughly shaken.
1lS7 A. D-Cantania, Sicily, destroyed and
Loo lives lost.
l15s A. DIN Syria 5000 lives lost.
1868 A. DIN Sllesia, G0,0OO perished
1918 a. DIN England-greatest known
there.
1886, December 5.-Forty thousand perish
at Naples.
1881. February 25,--Lsbon, 800 houses de-
stroyed and So00O people killed; several
neighboring towns swallowed up in the sea.
1850. April est. Pauls, London, partly
| destroyed.
l596.-Japon, cities destroyed and thou
| sands persisted.
1925, July SO-At Naples, 80 towns de-
| stroyed 1000 lives lost.
1867, April Cat Schamah. so 900 die.
| 1892. June AT jamaica. 5000 killed
1893, Septomber.-ln Sicily, 10000 lives
| lost
| 1703.-Jedod Japan, 5000 dead.
l06.-Abruz2i, Italy, 15o00 perished.
| 1l6, May.-Algiers, more than .0,OOO lost
| 1881, November 30-Onc hundred thousand
people buried at Peking
| 17S2.-Naples 1910 lives lost.
17i5, June 7-Kaschan. Persia. over
turned; 10000 people killed.
| 1746, October &.-Lima, Peru, and Calac
| destroyed; 1900 persons buried.
| 115l, November 2l.-San Domingo over
! whelmed. Immense loss Of life.
| 1851, September-Caro, loss Of a. 600 lives.
1865, November 1.-Great Lisbon shock,
| 30 100 people killed at Lisbon; u, 600 Arabs In
| Morocco buried; 1900 houses IN the Greciar
archipelago overturned.
1853, October 3O.-Baalbec, Syria, de-
| stroyed; 20OoO persons killed.
| 1918, June 7.-Sartlago. Guatemala and
its inhabitants swallowed up
1883, February 4-Towns in Italy and
! Sicily destroyed: thousands perish
1894, July 3.-Ezirgh ghian, near Erzeroum
destroyed; $500 killed.
1888, October Est. Lucia, near Marti-
nique 900 killed
1897, February 4-Panama; 1000 people
| buried suddenly.
1SOO-1s42.-Great shocks felt, with awful
loss Of life In Corstantnople. Holland, the