The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-22
Horrible Ha4oc.yThe situation at chlos

Horrible HaYoc.1The Situation at ChiOs
LONDON, April 16-A correspondent OF
the Times at Chios says; L have now
made, from personal observation and
with the help of Others, pretty thor
ough canvass OF the state OF affairs
| throughout the island.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD
| Is scarcely less than 4 600, although some
allowance may be due 10 the fact that
Immediately after the disaster many
persons crossed TO the mainland, and
some of those now reported as dead may
be there. The villages on the southern
side of the island are completely wreck
ed, hardly q single house being left
standing. The center Of volcanic action
seems 10 have been near NeAitta, over
looking Aegal9 bay, on the east coast,
where
THREE HUNDRED PERSONS Persisted
out of a population of / 200; at Vonnos,
/ 20 persisted out of population of 800 /;
az Philatoa, 60 out of 250; at Kalamonti,
30 out of, 500; at Armilia, so out of 800 /;
and at Kinney, 100 out OF 490. On the
western side of the island. at Mesla,
many houses fell but nobody was killed /;
at Yeshat, III; ..,.,4f. ~, s.i.,.fv
THREE-FoURTHs OF THE BUILDINGS,
were wrecked, but only one person XIII
q 1sCS1l, pei SO1iSr W CGC Out
of 600; and at ArgonIIna, 40 out of 400;
most northerly town on the west side
which suffered severely. The other
towns were severely shaken. but are not
in ruins. The district of Chios and the
towns southeast Of 1t suffered most of
atlsJ Pf artf a. rs gaze B. -'i4 9
KALLIAOssIA rs SIMPLY A MASS OF
/ RUINS,
and it Is difficult to distinguish one
house from another. cannot conceive
how any considerable number of the
population escaped. Only 4SS perished
out of I 800. The neighboring villages
suffered similarly. Seven of the princi-
lfeved to have lost l 1877 dead. At least
nine-tenths Of the southern and south
western portion, of the, island must be
rebuilt or repaired. The population is
now camping out, and there is --e
GREAT NEED OF FOOD AND SHELTER.
The northern part requires help, but
to less extent, those severely wounded
being brought to Chios by the men from
the ships. The work of clearing away
the ruins has begun here, but in the vii
lagos the people are still panic-stricken.
Little can be done as long as the shocks
continue. OF 200 persons who persisted
in Theopoloma, only sixty-five of the
bodies have been recovered, and a SINH
lar proportion in the other villages.
|. i's- FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
are camped in the southern half of the
island, with nothing but what they have
on their backs. Progress has been made
towards systematizing the relief organi-
cations. The people are further demon
allied by the preaching of a foolish
Greek priest, who warns them all to flee,
as the island is about to be completely
swallowed up. The archbishop and
governor are seeking to allay the excite
ment, but many are still emigrating to
the mainland and adjacent islands. At
Kallimossia German doctor, who was
in one of the houses at the time of the
disaster, relates that the "'A"s
JGt E-i FIRST WARNING
he had was seeing the dishes on the
shelf fall on the floor. A few seconds
later the walls fell outwards. From this
similar testimony believe in this dis
trict that the first shock was nearly YER
ticaf followed Immediately by the hori-
zontal oscillations. i-a - 'it