Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-15
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
TIE CuIO EARTHQUAKE.
A sad Scene Of Degradation and Ruin

. sad Scene Of Devastation ana Ruin.
Coy,r>NrINorLE, April "a cor
RESPONDENT at Chic tclcgraphS, under
dote of TIE eth, as follows: | have
inst arrived here from Constantino-
y,le. and find Il picture Of deso!ation
such as IS rarely witnessed. The
town looks like it lad been terribly
bombarlcd. Hundreds of houses
are transformed into >hapeless MASSES
Of ,uins, under which lie buried an
unknown ulnher Of victims. \ ma
ioritv of tie remaining houses are
cracked and rootless, and may fall
any moment. Nearly every Duiiding
in the toxin suffered more or less.
The inhabitants wander about sca,ch-
inc for missing relatives or lost pro-
pertv buried, but are afraid to risk
their lives in the lcrllous work of
clearing away the rubbish. Many
who are willing to expose themselves
to danger ;le prevented by friends
or by the lo,icc. Fear, grlei and
despair are depicted on nearly every
face. Nearly al have some sad or
tragic tale to tell. The first shock
was felt Sunday afternoon ut about
half past 10 o'clock. Immediately
houses began to fall, aud wild shrieks
were heard everywhere. Then fol-
lowed an awful silence for some min
utes. The terrified survivors eradu-
ally vonturcd into the narrow lanes
and reached the open spaces shortly
afterwards. Another terrible shock
completed the devastation. All
night shocks succeeded each other at
short intervals, and each one was
preceded by dull SQUADS like subter-
ranean explosions. Since that, ire
ouent shocks have been felt.
A few moments ago, while writing
the present dispatch, l distinctly
heard an explosion and felt the earth
tremble; but, as | am under canvas,
| have nothing to fear. The old
Genoesc fortress, containing 400
houses, inhabited by Musselmans
and Jews, suffered more than the
rest of the town. The ground there
sank about half n meter, and nearly
all the houses were Immediately des-
troyed and several hundred persons
must have persisted. 1t is known
that about thirty Musselman women
were assembled in one house, not
one of whom escaped. The south
ern part of the island is said to have
suffered more than this town.
Her majesty's gun vessel, Bittern,
arrived this morning The captain
at once came ashore and after con-
sulting with the governor of the IS
land, organized relief parties for
tending the wounded and extrlcat-
ing the dead from the ruins. He
then went over to Chesme and made
careful inquiries regarding the state
of tho town and the inhabitants.
Tomorrow he intends visiting the
southern part of the island where
less has been done for relief of the
sufferers ! visited Chesme this at
ternoon. Only about ten Inhabitants
were killed but many houses were i'll
ruins and many more Gilapidated.
The mayor assured me that three
fourths of the houses are in dan
gerous condition. The inhabitants
are afraid to live in those which are
uniniured for every night since Sun
day frequent shocks have been felt
Nearly all prefer to camp out. AS
the weather is fine the hardship in
this respect is not great. 1t is said
that throughout the district not less
than 30, eco people are without shell
ter.
In kastro the work Of cXtricatinG
bodies and attending the wounded
is progressing satisfactorily but n
sitting odor i'll the vicinity Of many
OF the ruins prevents operations.
On the other hand, some wonderful
escapes have occurred. One woman
was buried under ruins 50 hours and
at last was rescued, having given
birth in the meantime to IL child.
The child is dead but tho mother is
doing well.
Snow-Storm in Iowa.
Dies MONIES, April S. The heayi-
est snow fall of the season occurred
during the last twenty-four hours.
The deposit has rapidly evapolatcd
or been transformed into slush.
The storm extended west as far as
Kearney, about 200 miles: snow two
inches deep.
SNOW In Virginia.
ORANGE, Va. April 9.-Four inch
es of snow fell in northern Virginia
last night, making the third snowfall
this month.
A shower Of sulphur.
DrQuoIN, ILL.,, April IA shower
OF sulphur fell during rain last
night.
Terrible Storm in Mississippi
HERNANpo, April ia severe
wind storm passed over the country
north Of fernando this u. NJ. DR..
Lauderdale and wife were severely
injured. Several negroes are report
ell killed, but owing to tue swollen