With cries of terror they tried to arise but…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

With cries of terror they tried to arise but failed, several most horribly, as they fell into the great, gasping fissures in the earth’s crust, which convulsively opened and closed. Great clouds of reddish-brown dust filled the air, giving the darkened surroundings even a more supernatural appearance than that which al- ready enveloped it.