uptions 363

CHAPTER XXXI.

SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES DESTROYED.

BY TRUMBULL WHITE.

Earthquakes Ravage the Coast Cities of Peru and
the Neighboring Countries--Spanish Capitals in
the New World Frequent Sufferers--Lima, Callao
and Caracas Devastated--Tidal Waves Accompany
the Earthquakes--Juan Fernandez Island
Shaken--Fissures Engulf Men and Animals--Peculiar
Effects Observed 373

CHAPTER XXXII.

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO.

BY TRUMBULL WHITE.

A Region Frequently Disturbed by Subterranean
Forces--Guatemala a Fated City--A Lake Eruption
in Honduras Described by a Great Painter--City of
San Jose Destroyed--Inhabitants Leave the
Vicinity to Wander as Beggars--Disturbances on
the Route of the Proposed Nicaragua Canal--San
Salvador Is Shaken--Mexican Cities Suffer 382

CHAPTER XXXIII.

CHARLESTON, GALVESTON, JOHNSTOWN--OUR AMERICAN DISASTERS.

BY TRUMBULL WHITE.

Earthquake Shock in South Carolina--Many Lives
Lost in the Riven City--Galveston Smitten by
Tidal Wave and Hurricane--Thousands Die in
Flood and Shattered Buildings--The Gulf Coast
Desolated--Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Swept by
Water from a Bursting Reservoir--Scenes of
Horror 389

CHAPTER XXXIV.

ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE, ANNIHILATED BY A VOLCANO.

BY TRUMBULL WHITE.

Fifty Thousand Men, Women and Children Slain in
an Instant--Molten Fire and Suffocating Gases Rob
Multitudes of Life--Death Reigns in the Streets
of the Stricken City--The Governor and Foreign
Consuls Die at Their Posts of Duty--No Escape for
the Hapless Residents in the Fated Town--Scenes
of Suffering Described--Desolation Over All--Few
Left to Tell the Tale of the Morning of Disaster 397

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Awful Horror of an Earthquake Frontispiece

A Panorama of the Ruins Frontispiece

Business District of San Francisco Frontispiece

Former Mayor James D. Phelan 11

Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz 11

Looking East on Market Street 12

View from Fifth and Market Streets 12

Market Street, Scene of Rui