A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
Reports from Rome state that a terrible earthquake took place at Cuscamaccia, island of Ischia, on Friday, March 4th. The first shock occurred at 1.30 in tho afternoon, and the second an hour later. The whole of th% upper part of the town is destroyed, and two thermal establishments seriously damaged. The probable loss of life will reach 300, and the damage to houses and property wi'l amount to 100,000 francs. Thirty thousand people "were deprived of shelter. The shocks wsre accompanied by a noise like subterranean thunder, and then came the crash of falling houses mingling with the hrieks of the victims. Many deeds of heroism were performed by the soldiery. The scenes were harrowing. Mothers, wives, and children were striving to snatch the dead from the biers on which the soldieis were carrying them away. Further details say that 300 detached limbs and fragments of bodies were dug from the ruins. An incident is recorded of a handkerchief fluttering from an upper storey of a building, on seeing which Colonel Parodie mounted a ladder and entering a window reappeared with a woman unhurt, but insane.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 374, 12 April 1881, Page 3
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190A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE. Temuka Leader, Issue 374, 12 April 1881, Page 3
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