Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-25
RECORD OF DISASTERS
Millions Of Lives Lost AS The Result
of EARTHQUAKES.

wrought by kindred c~atastrophes like
the burial Of Pompeii and Hercu-
laneum.
In periods earlier than the twelfth
century the losses were doubtless cor
respondingly great, at least, but ris-
tory is vague or silent on these events.
1t is supposed by scientists that many
parts Of the earth's surface now quite
were IN ancient and primeval periods
the scenes Of terrific shocks.
No earlier earthquake remains re-
corded than that Of 425 B. c., when
the Island Of Euboea was formed.
What loss of life there was then not
even legend relates. An earthquake
accompanied the eruption of Vesu-
vlus in 70 A. D. in ~ A. D. Syria,
Palestine and other regions were de-
vastated by a series of shocks which
restroyed more than 500 towns and
hundreds Of thousands of persons.
Siclly's earthquake Ill 1137 took
$4,000 lives, and from that time his
tory is replete with records of similar
eatastrophes. Earthquakes have oc-
cured with greater frequency in vol
canic districts and particularly along
the boundries between great eleva-
tons and depressions. But such
shocks are not confined to volcanic
areas, and, indeed, they have often
occurred IN regions remote from them.
One large zone particularly Liable to
earthquakes encircles the earth. In
includes the Mediterranean lands. the
Azores, the West Indies, Central Am
erica, the Sandwich Islands, Japan,
China, 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 III
habitants we're destroyed aud whole
streets. The cities of Coimbra. Opor-
to and Braga suffered much and St.
Ubes vas destroyed. In Spain q large
part of Malaga became ruins. One
half Of Fee, in Morocco, was destroy
ed and more than 1900 Arabs per-
lshed. The upper half of the Island
OF Madeira became waste and 1000
houses in Mitylene, in the Archipcla-
go, were o%verthrown. The quake was
felt over 5000 miles, ever in Scot
land.
October 80, l75e-In Syria over
10000 square miles, Baalbec Destroy
ed and 10000 persons persisted.
June %, l763-Comorn, Pcstl, etc,
much damaged.
August, 1767-At Martinique 1000
persons persisted.
June 7, 1773.-At Guatemala, San
tia@e, with its inhabitants swallowed.
July 3. LISA destructive one
at Smyrna.
17S0-At Tauris $4,000 houses
thrown down and mulititudes buried.
Calabria Overwhelmed.
September, 11S6-At Calabia. q
city with its inhabitants overwhelmed.
l26S-In Cilicia, 10000 persons
persisted.
1274-One felt again throughout
England; Glastonbury destroyed.
November IA, 1509-Constantinople
thousands persisted.
February 26, 1531-At Lisbon, j.
500 houses destroyed and $4,000 per-
sons persisted in the ruins; several
neighboring towns engulfed.
July 2, l596-In Japan, several cit
les ruined, thousands persisted.
April 6, l5SO-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, 1S6S.-Cities of Are
uipa, Jquique, Tacna and Chincha AHA
many small towns in Peru and Equa-
dor destroyed; $4,000 lives lost, 3d.
coo homeless; damage $300,000,O00.
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 man
lives. The property loss was $S,O00,-
900. This disturbance was felt ove1
the entire eastern section Of the Unit
ed States.
Thirteen Earth Shocks in Tuscany.
Rome, By Cable.-Thirteen earth
l l. l. $500 fjL