EARTHQUAKE IN 1886.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 8, 6 July 1886, Page 3

EARTHQUAKE IN 1886.

Iron published tlie following in 1886 ’* Tlie earthquake shocks wTucli were f. It lately over a wide area in Yorkshire remind u" that an authority on the subject of those phenomena, M. IV lu u hey of Paris is of opinion that next year will seu tin recurrenew of upheavals of tin- earth's crust hi tin •Mtetimtif-d form. M. iVlanm v ■■ a

proplirt of evil, but unfortunately lii* prophecies have hitherto come true. Hi* Mpecinlty i* earthquake*, an<l lie prethel* them only 100 aurely. In 1577 he announced that laat year would not conclude without voileiit disturbance* of the earth, und. n*-« mailer nf fact, two frigiiiful catastrophe* oil the 6oaat of Khiith America followed. In IMH3, M. Itelaiiney apair pointed to the approaching eurthquake*, and aooti after the volcanic oruption* in the Indian Archi

|H-lsgo occured, by which tliortstr.il* of human Iveiugs lost their lix'cs, and hundreds of square miles of terra tirma were engulfed by the sea. Toward the end of last year M; 1 Mammy once more raise*) his warning voice, ami tlie earthquakes in Spam proved how well founded were his warnings’. Quite recently he prophesied very sevWre disturbances for 1886. Having acquired a wejl merited notoriety iff fortelling earthquake*. some weight ought to be attached of M. Delauneys utterances. He affirms that next year these uutural phenomena will he of a very intense character, and that they will show themselves either when the earth is under the direct influence of a planet of tlie first rank, such as Jupiter, or under that of a group of asteroids, or at a time when Sun and moon are nearest to our planet at the same time.