The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-26
SOME FAMOUS QUAKES
Millions of Lives Lost AS The Result
of EARTHQUAKES.

Since 1877, when the first reliable
records apparently were made OF
such disasters, 1,O96,000 persons have
lost their lives by earthquakes. This
total does not include the destruction
wrought by kindred c~atastrophes like
The burial of Pompeii and Hercu-
ianeum.
In periods earlier than the twelfth
century the losses were doubtless cor
tespondingly great, at least, but rls-
tory is vague or silent on these events.
it is supposed by scientists that many
carts of the earth surface now quite
ere in ancient and pIlmeval periods
ne scafes Of terrific shocks.
No earlier earthquake remains re-
,orded than that of 425 b. c., when
e Island of EuDoea was formed
hat loss of lie there was thenlnoi
ven legend reIates. An earthquake
ccompanied the eruption of Vesu,
.ius IN 70 A. d. In 742 A. D. SYRIA.
lestine and other regions were de-
stated by a seIi~s, OF shocks which
.>troyed more than 500 towns and
undreds of thousands Of persons.
Sicily's earthquake in 1137 took
5000 lives, and from that time h.
~ is replete with records Of similar
atastrophes. Earthquakes have oc-
AIRED with greater frequency IL vol
anic districts and particularly along
e boundries between great eleva-
ions and depressions. But sucn
locks are not confined to volcanl;
:Ieas, and, indeed, they have otter
ccurred in regions remote from them.
ne large o Il particularly liable to
llthquakes encirclcs the earth. IN
Guides the Mediterranean lands, tbs
cores, the West Indies, Central Am
RIGA, the Sandwich Islands, Japan,
nina, India, Persia and Asia Minor.
The Great Lisbon Quake.
November l, 1755-Great earth
quake at Lisbon. In about S minutes
most of the houses and $4,000 in
abitants were destroyed and whole
streets. The cities of Coimbra, Opor-
o, and Braga suffered much and St.
Jbes was destroyed. In Spain a large
art of Malaga became ruins. One
lalf Of Fee, in Morocco, was destroy
ed and more than 1900 Arabs per-
shed. The upper half of the Island
f Madeira became waste and 1000
houses in Mitylene, in the Archipela-
o, were overthrown. The quake was
felt over 5000 miles, even in Scot
land.
October 30, 1759-In Syria over
10000 square miles, Baalbec destroy
I'd and 10000 persons persisted.
June Is, 1763-Comorn, Pesth, etc.,
much damaged.
August, 1767-At Martinique 1000
persons persisted.
June z, 1773.-At Guatemala, San
tiage, with its inhabitants swallowed.
July 3, 477S.-A destructive one
at Smyrna.
17SO-At Tauris $4,000 houses
thrown down and mulititudes buried.
Calabria Overwhelmed.
September, 11S6-At Calabia, a
city with its inhabitants overwhelmed.
.126S-In Cilicia, 10000 persons
persisted.
1274-One felt again throughout
England; Glastonbury destroyed.
November IA, Understandings
thousands persisted.
February 26, 1531-At Lisbon, l.
500 houses destroyed and $4,000 per-
sons persisted in the ruins; several
neighboring towns engulfed.
July 2, 1596-In Japan, several cit
les ruined, thousands persisted.
April g., 15S0-In London, part Of
St. Paul's and Temple Churches fell.
July 80, 1626.-In Naples, 80 vii
lagos ruined and 10000 lives lost.
August 1915, 196S.-Cities of Are
uipa, Iquique, Tacna and Chincha ana
many small towns in Perm and Equa-
dor destroyed; $4,000 lives lost, 80
600 homeless; damage $500, O0O,O O0.
Destruction of Mt. Pelee.
The destruction by volcano Mont
Pelee Of st. Pierre and other towns
on the Island of Martinique on May
s, 1902, was accompanied by earth
quake shocks through all the West
Indies. In this series Of disasters
more than 10000 lives were lost. OF
those who remained in the city of st.
Pierre only two escaped alive.
The Charleston Quake.
Charleston, S. c., was visited on
August 81, 1886, by a severe earth
quake that shook down many build
ings and caused the loss of many
lives. The property loss was $8,000,-
900. This disturbance was felt over
the entire eastern section of the Unit
ed States.
Thirteen Earth Shocks in Tuscany.
Rome, By Cable.-Thirteen earth
shocks were felt in succession in the