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Show Victim by Thousands. Records of great eaillnu,ikcs fill a large apace in tho world's hisiury, and instances where people have perished by thousands from this cause are mournfully mourn-fully numerous. An earthquake accompanied accom-panied by a volcanic eruption desiroyed tho cities of Pompeii and Herculancum and buried most of their inhabitants in tho ruins in tho year 7'J, A. 1). Tho entire en-tire world was shaken from pinnacle to foundation stone in the year CI. In Sol Constantinople suffered terribly from au earthquake, which killed thousands of its inhabitants. In 712 an awful shock visited China, India, Persia and Palestine, killing hundreds of thousands i f human beings, besides beasts beyond calculation. In ll.W, 20,000 person lierished from an earthquake shock in Syria alone; in VMS, 60,000 were killed or buried alive in Cilicia. In lWO, 40,000 were killed in Naples. In Lisbon, Portugal, had her first ,'reat shock that which killed 30,000 people. In Naples was anaiu visited and had 70,000 of her people taken away by tho earthquake demon. The next year tho Sehanmki was constantly rooked by earthquakes for three months, during which time 80,000 persona, were killed. St. Louis Itcpuhiiu. |