Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-16
SEISMIC CATACLYSMS.
Earthquakes That Have Buried Cities
and Wrought Ruin.
Note No. 7.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Among the manifold disasters which are
constantly overtaking the 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 leveied or buried underground by
earthquake shocks and volcanic eruptions,
and the numbers of human beings killed in
this way passes comprehension. In seventy
five years-that is, from 1888 to 1S57-the
kingdom Of Naples lost Ill 900 inhabitants
by earthquakes. This is at the rate of more
than 1,5OO per year out of a population of
100000.
The most disastrous earthquake of recent
history was the great Lisbon shock on No
vember l. 1866. In less than eight minutes
almost all the houses of Lisbon were over
| turned $1,000 of the inhabitants were killed
and whole streets were buried. The cities
of Coimbra, Oporto, Braga and ST. UbeS
were destroyed. Malaga in Spain was large
ly reduced to ruins. One-half of Fee in Mo-
rocco was destroyed and 1900 Arabs killed.
The Island of Madeira was laid waste. and
the ruin extended to Mitylene in the archi-
pelago where half the town was laid low.
The shock was felt 5000 miles away, and
even Scotland was given slight upheaval
Following is a list Of the principal earth
quakes of history:
345 B. C.-Twelve cities In the Campana
| buried and Duras in Greece destroyed with
immense loss Of life.
2s3 B. C.-Lysimachia and it's inhabitants
buried
70 A. D.-Pompeii and Herculaneum de-
| stroyed
LOG A D.-Four cities in Asia, two in
| Greece. two in Galatia destroyed.
157 A. Done hundred and fifty cities
| in Asia, Pontus and Macedonia buried.
| 557 A. D.-Constantinople partly destroyed
| thousands persisted.
| 742 A. Drive hundred cities in Asia,
Co.; o,I oil tna INN ,nvl a
| loss of life.
936 A. D.-Constantinople again destroyed.
| All Greece shaken.
1889 A. D-England thoroughly shaken.
| 1877 A. D.-Cantania, Sicily, destroyed; 10,
| 600 lives lost.
| lbs A. Din Syria, 10000 lives lost
1858 A. DIN Silesia, 10000 persisted.
1918 A. DIN England-greatest known
1856 December 5-Forty thousand perish
| at Naples.
1881, February 26-Lisbon. 1 800 houses de-
| stroyed and 10000 persons killed; several
neighboring towns swallowed up in sea.
| 1880 April est. Paul's, London, partly
| destroyed.
159e-Japan cities destroyed and thousands
| persisted.
1896 July a0-At Naples, thirty towns de-
| stroyed 10000 lives lost.
1867 April 6-At Schamaki, $4,000 die.
1882 June TAT Jamaica, 1900 killed
| 1888 September-In Sicily, 100000 lives
/; lost.
1703-Jedod, Japan. 100000 dead.
| 1706-Abruzzi, Italy, $4,000 persisted.
| 1716. May-Algiers. more than 10000 lost.
| 1871, November 30-One hundred thousand
people buried at Picking.
1732-Naples, 1910 lives lost.
| 1T46 October 2S-Lima, Peru, and Callao
destroyed; $4,000 persons buried.
1851 November 21-San Domingo over
whelmed. Immense loss of life.
| 1854, September-Cairo, loss Of 10000
| lives.
| 1745, June 7-Kaschan, Persia, overturned,
| 10000 people killed.
/ l755, November 1--Great Lisbon shock;