New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

SIR JAMES FERGUSON
Who is reported killed at Kingston
course. being hand and still terrifying
tn the imagination. but these two disasters be-
long only TO a series which began q year ago
iast september with the destruction Of eighteen
villages In Calabria, Italy. where thousands of
people lost their lives and fifty thousand were
mace homeless The shock came at 2:5 o'clock
on the morning of September 8. and lasted only
eighteen seconds II was accompanied by a vio-
lent eruption of the volcano on the Island Of
StromboH, just off the coast. A large part of
the army Of homeless. terrified Italians refused
to rebuild their homes and came to North and
South America in a vain endeavor TO find some
land where they need never more fear the hor-
ror Of heaving ground and falling walls
Some OF them were probably settled in Ecua-
dor. in the Province OF Esmeraldas when, on
the morning Of January 81, 1905, about 10
o'clock, the solid earth heaved under them again
and made them fail covering the ground.
while their homes collapsed about them and
buried them and their families. Four small
islands off Port Limones sank out of sight in
that earthquake. and monster tidal wave
swept over the city of EsmeraIdas, drowning
and devastating. The loss of life in Ecuador
was great and that in Colombia towns reached
300
month and & half then elapsed before the
many trernors and slight shocks recorded by
sefsmographs again eliminated in a shocking
calamity the island of Formosa on the other
side Of the world. On March IL the whole
island shaken violently from early morning
until late al night In the village OF Kagi 2,oo1
persons lost their lives aad 1.4O0 houses were
demolished. Three other towns were destroyed
and other thousands killed. while the total dam
age TO property was estimated at S45oOoOo0
Then, a month later. the mysterious horror
came again, and on April - finished the de-
Etructon Of Kagi. killing 109 more OF its in
habitants and making thousands more homeless.
Only five days elapsed and the newspapers OF
San FRANCISCO were sun printing accoul's ia
the devastation and suffering on the other slde
Of the Pacific when. at 5:13 o'clock In the morn
Ing of April Is. two short shocks laid that city
low and caused "A fire which destroyed IliLeeil
SQUARE miles nr closely built city territory,
killed 800 and made 10000 homeless, caus-
ing S390Oo0.opo damage. The same earthquake
Santa Rosa in Monterey and . in Berkeley
doing about S3.0000O0 damage outside of the
city of san Francisco
on JuIv u the town Of Socorro began to suf-
fer sustaining over fifty shocks between the
18th and the 18th. The town was reduced 10
ruins and the one thousand inhabitants left IL
for good fleeing in the box cars PROVIDED py
the Santa Fe Railroad.
quake disasters. that which on the nights OF
August IL and II destroyed Valparaiso, klliihg
1000 81 its inhabitants and causing a nIe which
August 16 and 20 the region for hunoreoso o oi
miles around Valparaiso was visited by 90
earthquake shocks The towns or Los AIIu I'll
with 10000 Inhabitants, and or MeHppllld WIN
1900 were completely swallowed up Win the
greater part Of their inhabitants In Sant1ag oo
the capital of. Chill. % were killed ana olbooO,
worth of damage done. The towns Of Vina del
Mar. Quirihue Limache and Quilota with
total Of 5000 inha bitants. were conpielelS ue
stroyed.
Since then the surface OF the earth has rested
in comparative quiet On september - , 90,
;,,s1 amir
which lasted five seconds and cracked lew
buildings. On November - a sea Gap ta.
brought news TO Victoria British Colufnoia Iile
= tidal wave raised by an earthquake had deyas-
tated the shores OF German New Guinea, hIii! y!
numbers Of natives ana Iea ,ot % half the
side Of the mountains On December 20 nan ~,
town OF Tacna Chill. near the Peru poui n ds
was destroyed by an EARTHQUAKE puI he sn we're
~ life and property was not great DE- 'i'eie We
only three thousand inha btants -, 90
This year. January ~, otochl JOCK N,,ca "a, y
Christiania the capitals Of Sweden ana No 49,
resnecfiVeJy we're gently rocked by rude Mother
Earth ard on Monday last the potion Vi ~
Pacific was reported greatly tho7al,es which
brief summary Of other earthquafA.e - ~
have startled humanity into state OF terror =,
ne last one hundred and fty f7ss Caracas
destroyed fsi2: Aieppo destroyed. 1922; Mount
Ararst. 1910: Busa. Asia Minor. 300; 1SS
Manila 1880 Valparaiso. 1880; Ischia. $50
those accompanying the erupGon OF ,anasa AND
1s cOch 5sss and ans 1898 1885
Japan 1891; Chilpancugo; Mex" lo0- A'''
ouezaltonango. Guatemala, l"oZ Iii, have DC.
Adding the severe shocks whicn -, nc a. seer
Cured Since september. 1905. IT VIII be SCI =,
tha, csIahris Italy has been visited twice ps
severe seismic disasters. as have Manifa a..
valparaiso, and that out OF the twenty - e.er,
aster. recorded IN the list previous to 5ep.slr
Der 1905 eight have occurred IN the "e''e'
hemisphere. cu,+.,.Ia
The destruction Of Quezaltenanso Guatennai e,
IN 1,1 4. uorthv of notice, because II seemed .
have sorne connection with the eruption OF MON
Pelee and the obliteration OF ST. Pierre MOI stat
Peise broke out on May 8. but previous to tha IA,
on April 1s and 49, the western slope OF t'
sierras in Guatemala was visited by series ,,n o
OF Solo. Nshuals Amatitlan Santa Lucia ahe
San Juan. and badly damaged Qus.altenango.
city OF $1,000 Inhabitants. killing two NUM- ato ~
People This city and the surrounding resp'
were s~.tn Voted IL seems. by week or EARN
quskes while Mont Pelee was having ITS see,s
OF eruptions. rendering fifty thousaho non an.
Theu on Nav % the Job was nnlsneo. a1
Qussaitensnso was wiped on the map by
Ghoel vhlch iasfad thrAe~Quayt1pD o. nspus>