THE HALOCAUST.

Mataura Ensign, 16 January 1914, Page 5

THE HALOCAUST.

FACE OF NATURE CHANCED. DETAILS OF SAKURASHBIA. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYIIIGHT. PER OMTF.I) PJiESS ASSOCIATION. Received Januarv 16. 8.45 a.m. TOKIO, Jan. 15. The second cruiser squadron has ar- ' rived at Kagoshima. For miles the as- ! pect of nature is completely altered, j Kagoshima was found buried' under 15 feet of ashes. Refugees from that city state that the rumblings began last Saturday and the noises were so hideous that nobody slept at all. They prepared food and, paoked it for emergencies. On Monday the women and children i were sent away. | When Sakurashima erupted it was re*t for one third of its height and, fire and smoke belclicd up for thousands of feet. Three other rents appeared shortly afterwards, and red-hot rocks were ejected from the crater. Fierce flames swept the whole island. Refugees in dozens clung to tho gunwales of the overloaded boats. Kagoshima resembles a battlefield. Its buildings are shattered in every direction by the incessant hail of volcanio matter. When relief trains were despatched! the refugees clung to the outside of the! cars like flies. VIOLENT SHOCKS IN ITALY. | PANIC-STRICKEN POPULATION, j Received January 16, 8.45 a.m. ROME, Jan. 15. i Several violent earthquake shocks; with Bevere agitation of the sea were : experienced at Leghorn, on the Mediterranean, early in the morning. ' The population became panic-stricken and camped in the streets. | There were no casualties. j SUBSCRIPTION LISTS OPENED. ! Received January 16, 10.45 a.m. j SYDNEY, Jan. 16. j The 'Daily Telegraph' has opened a| subscription list to assist the sufferers; by the disaster, and the Lord Mayor has also opened a fund. 50 YEARS' EARTHQUAKES. From 30,000 to 40,000 earthquakes oocur yearly, but of these only 60 are what is termed "world-shaking." The' following are among the most disastrous of the last 50 years:— Lives lost. 1867—'March 8-9, Mitvlene, Sicily .! 1,000 1868—August 13-15, Peru and Ecuador 25,000 1875—May 16-18, Columbia, ' South America 14,000 1881—April 3, Scio A Asia Minor 4,000 1883—August 3, Casamissiola, Italy 2,000 1884—December 26-27, Granada, Spain 1,000 1885—July 8, Cashmerej India .. 3,000 1887—February 23, Italy 1 2,000 1887 —March, Yunnan, China . 4,000 1891—October 28, Japan 1,000 1893—November 19, Kuchan, Persia 12,000 1 1895—January 17-22, Kuchan, Persia ... 11,000 1896—January 2-5, Zanjabad and Goi, Persia 1,000 June 15-1/, Japan 1,000 Drowned in ensuing tidal wave 20,000 1897—January 10-11, Kishim, Persia • 1,400 June 12-18, Calcutta and Assam ... ... 1,500 1839—September 20, Aidin, Asia Minor 1,600 December 31, Tiflis, Russia 1,000 1902—February 13-18, Transcaucasia, Russia ... 2,000 April 18, Guatemala, South America 1,000 May 8, St. Pierre, Martinique ... ... 30,000 May 8 t St. Vincent ... ... 2,000 December 16, Ferghana, Asia 10.000 1905—April 4 ; Northern India ... 20,000 1006—March 17, Formosa ... 1,200 April 18, San Francisco (?) 400 August 16, Valparaiso and Santiago (?) 2,000 1907—January 14, Kingston, Jamaica 1,000 October 23, Calabria 600 1068—December 27, Calabria ... 60,000