Sunken Cities and the Legend of Stavoren’s Fate
A short excerpt discusses legends of towns swallowed by seas and lakes, citing Stavoren at the Zuyder Zee as a famed example. It notes the thirteenth century’s commercial city decline, then mentions Tiefengruben in Thuringia and other disappearances blamed on landslides, floods, or floods as well as mythical marsh lights and devils.
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Stavever
Scientific American
Staroren
Zuyder Zee
Stevoren
Cain
Sual
Tiefengruben
Kranichfeld
Thuringia
Germany
L.og
Granichfeld
Gia Lians Saintly North Sea Described by Chicago News
The Chicago News describes eleventh century Gia Lians and recalls Frisians naming the North Sea. Lax devastates 147 towns and villages by shadowing or burying them under heaps of sand.
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North Sea
Lax
Chicago News
Fiery Escape During Brescia Uprisings Aboard a City Gate
An eyewitness account recalls the 1848 Brescia action in which Count de Fiutuer guides a covert entry to the city. Amid gunfire and smoke, he dodges bullets as a fusillade erupts from windows and rooftops. A dramatic escape ends with a man killed at the palace gates and others fleeing into the street chaos.
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Brescia
Count de Fiutuer
Focla
Metternich
Jetler
Mme M
Victims Named After Train Collision and Fire
A snowbound derailment near Carburale Pennsylvania killed several people, including Ray Burke who fell before a switching engine. William Wurtz and Albert M. Staples, longtime conductor, died at Evanston home amid lifting church incident. Bishop Ryan supervised priests at the Catholic orphanage escape incident in Alton, with all who fled accounted for.
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William Wurtz
Ray Burke Walker
Albert M. Staples
Evanston
Lib
Ryan
Catoul
Alton el Ee
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