The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19

In 1775 the city Of Lisbon in Por-
tugal was visited by onc Of the most
memorable earthquakes in history Not
only Was the principal portion Of the
city thrown down, but the sea retired
auA came back in an enormous wave
Fifty feet or mere in height.
The waters flowed ever the city bury.
| iae everything This earthquake was
fclt il foreign lands and WAS accom-
panied by yarion. phenomena II other
quarters 81 the globe, sueh ~ the tenn
porary disappearance of the warm
springs IT Teplitz in Bohemia. When
they burst forth again the region round
about was showered with ecbre-stainsd
waters
Changes took place in the waters Of
Loeb l.omond. in Scotland, which ,ose
several FEET above its usual level and
then fell again In distant Iceland there
was an eruption III one Of the vol.
canoes Of which there arr many in the
Island.
The erucifxion IL Christ ~as folIawed
| by an earthquake and great darkness
fell OH All the surrounding coastry,
throwing The Romans int panic This
Roman Emperor Trsjan was hurt ia
an earthquake nc Autioeh A. ~ is.
The most disastrous a-e OF NHieh there
Is any record took place IL that city
IN 5s6, when, according 10 the historian
Gibi,on, 2s0y0s0 persons la~t their livs.
In 1871 there vas an earthquake. in
the Wiley ~ the Mississippi in Missouri
whrn oTer section III country s0B
uilrs long the ground rose and sank and
lakes stefs fsrHtd and Nen drsined
sgnin. Great assures appeared ~ the
earth and mnd anil water vsre thrown
A. high a. the tops Of tall trees.
Their was famous esftssnak- be-
.fsre this in 1855, which made itaslf felt
with great force in New England. fol
si1winf disturbances IN other earts ef
The World. Tn. earts rose until Win
working in the New England fields ran
70 catch hold Of the nearest object at
hand no that they wosiId not be throws
10 the Fronnd.
In nsston chimneys III suiidings wer.
thrown down. new springs 81 water were
opened. vessels in tbe hsrsoy felt the
ss-ek and ssh were killed BY the thou.
sand and hosted on top Of the water.
The history Of earthquakes seems t.
show that they are connected with vol.
eanie eruptions. ard Il fney he that the
present ene IL the result Of the eruption
( a Nssuyius.
Science has evolved very delicate
Instrument for the purpose of record
4 Ing earthquake sI0eiSs, which Is known
ss the ssismesTaph Until rs..ntig. at
least, thsrc was no seisFscrrayh In The
I dty 81 San rFaBesseo. 1orne If these
are formed III horizontal pistes II glass,
wood Or stone. strewn Nth sand.
The charges worked upon the posi-
( tions II the sands OF other movable ma
tsriai- show the direction and force Of
the shock. A HieTeuFi<i haromstsT viii
often make . good earthquake recorder
and the Instruments e astronomers an.
swer the same purpose.
Even pendulum may furnish a sifa.
[ pie method of showing the direction Of
shock While earthquakes occur most
I fFequensiy in volcanic regions, they are
I net entirely confined to such neiehbor-
hoods. Something's they Great volcanoes.
One interesting fact rBay be noted
among others History says that the
qaakcs occur most frequently ia SEA
sons u rainfall. and the rsirv season
Is not over in san frsaeiseo until May.
y rains there Almost continually dtlr-
/ ine tie Writer months. Two years ago,
vt.a the city was visited b. til. sue.
crs=ions Of teIabloreS, there were some
very semerc storms.
Some students N the subject are III
elin>1 70 regard the existence Of the
cTeat mountain chains AZ due To angie
severe shocks It = aid thaf ABOUT
ore hsif the Islands II the Pseisc ocean
are believed to be gisfn-. ard the for.
nation II the earth shows QeoIorjsts
that every portion of the earth surfsc.
has az one time OF other BEEN visited
" earthquakes.
The theory whiest s believed 70 IL
Nearest the truth in regsfd 20 the origin
n TIE quakes u that the sudden 81,
panaion 81 gteam u1der high tension in
The bowels If the earth Eifte the rarth's
must
Msliet has demonstrated that II IL
pcssthle 10 construct buildfnga which
vii ,, enabled 70 Withstand earthquake
shocks, and the pfiseiRIes h laid down
have been appliet N the construction Of
" hsdses for TIE Japanese govern
n ~. a. vii - il the erection Of the
csieeoni houses at Valparaiso.