The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-07
EARTHQUAKES
OF WORLDS HISTORY
Southern Italy Has Always
Been Subject to Seismic
Disturbances.

THE recent appalling. earthquake in
Sttaiy, carrying death II desolation to
thousands of people, recalls to mind
some of the notable disasters OF a like
nature in other centuries.
sDotted with volcanoes, h territory
~ southern Italy included in this latest
has always been a seat of
H0elsmic phenomena and has expert
4Uaced many N%isitations of varying de-
sAxees OF intensity. One OF h most dis
earthquakes recorded In his
Sstory was that which occurred in Cal
sANria, in 1883, and which killed many
persons. 1t originated IN the
%N6enter OF the province, and extending
the eastern coast OF Sicily destroyed
ME city of Messipa. Il tremendous tidal
wave eng-.ltlng the greater portion OF
HE city.
the earthquakes of early date
Az Italy was that OF a. d. 6S. which
the cities of Pompeii and Her
16 years before they We're
Married under the she and lava thrown
S6nt by Nesuvius. The most notable
in Italy in the last century,
iSpreceding the one which sweEe oNer
@sthe northern part of the country N
ASS and caused tremendous damage.
took place in 1851 in the kingdom OF
Naples.
asSssHS The Lisbon Quake.
tSAstl IC q 4 AohG MtilS31 ~ A'H
IA bon, Portugal, November /, l755, was
one OF the most appalling and remark
able manifestations in the history of
modern times. Sixty thousand lives
are believed to have been lost In SIX
(. minutes. 1t was AL Saints day, and
ors, when the %rumbling noise which
Invariably precedes an earthquake Was
kheard. A few moments passed, and
Efthen came a great shock which threw
down the greater portion of the city
before the people had u chance to es-
tired, leaving the bar dry, and Their
rushed back in a wave so feet high,
engulfing part of the city permanently
to a depth OF 600 feet. The shock was
felt in the Alps and on the coast OF
Sweden. The waves of the shock
reached as far north as Scotland.
Frequent In South America.
South America has been subjected tt
many severe earthquakes. The city OF
Caracas, Venezuela, was destroyed by
three hooks within a minute in 1917
Quito, Ecuador, was almost obltteratet
by an earthquake in 1859. The city O.
lima, Peru, and Its harbor, Caliao
IS46. The latest of IL great seismi.
hpheavals in South America occurred
I'm 1868, on the western coast OF tn
mountain region OF the Ande from
SChi}i to Ecuador, a distance of owe
1000 miles.
AFRICA and Arequipa, Peru. to tn
GHround in a few minutes Thousands
We're killed and man other thousands
were left starving amid the ruins. Tn
city OF Caloocha. in the Ande of Ecua
dor. and its inhabitants We're lfterall.
8s0wallowed up by q gaping mouth op
sSNned by volcanic forces, and a lax
how covers the spot where the cit.
Es1tood. The cities of lbra and Otto
S}aSalla shared the same fate. not one o
53Sfheir 10000 Inhabitants escaping.
III During his tremendous upheaval tn
Factions OF the sea were no less maj
8syelous than those of the earth. A
AFRICA the sea retreated from the shor
Nine beyond the low tide water marl
carrying with it five ships. which wer
In the harbor, and then. returning in
1reat tidal wave, dashed four of tn
he'd the fifth, the American ship Wa
teree. W miles inland. The tida
waves created by this earthquake
.reached to the shores OF Australia. an
caused CONSERVATION on all OF the is
lands of the Pacific.
@s In 1922 an earthquake permanent
raised 1000 square miles of LAND fror
two to seven feet. The city of Concep
ton was destroyed in 1885 for tn
fourth time, and 300 shocks We're fel
within three weeks. In 1861 the city c
Mendoza, Argentine Republic, was de
stroyed, and 1000 persons We're killed
& In United States.
# Tho Mississippi valley earthquake
Of 1sI1-12, known as the New Ma
drid earthquake, vas characterized b
the great prolongation of its phenom
a ora. Severe shocks occurred &C shor
INTERVALS for several months, and tn
yyfentire series OF hooks covered
vperiod ee about two years. AS til
Country was sparsely settled little
Rknown &C the distance tie which tn
vibrations extended, but in the cen
ira tract the phenomena were OF
most impressive character. 1t is rc
lated that alluvial land WIS ravcrse
by visible waves, which rocked the for
hest trees to and fno. uprooted some an