Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-20
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Of the killed and wounded it was noticed that a considerable majority were females From the most reliable data the following are the losses in few of the country towns:

Of the killed and wounded it was noticed that considerable majority were females. From the most reliable data the following are the losses in few of the country towns:
 opua:ss AGss ao y.sopES Eu" ss" L07s zS Tholopotami.. 300 1sO Nenita. i,26O 25O
 These towns are in the central and south eastern part of the island in the district most disturbed. Volisso, on the west coast, with population of 4, ,5O0, suffered little or no loss of life. Three towns in the southwest part of the island-Amesta, Pergi and Oly- ing-also escaped, it is said, with no mortal ity. Chesmeh. on the mainland, with pop- ulation of 10000, lost only 12. At Smyrna, 47 miles distant, the shock was felt but no moderate estimates made by the intelligent business men places the loss of property as follows: Real property in the city of Kas- tro, $1, 5000 personality consisting of commercial products in storehouses, furni- ture, money, jewelry, etc., $1,2O0,O GOO; real property outside of Kastro, $6, GOO, 900; per sonality, $f, ,00O, ,000; total, $13, ,OOO, ,OOO
 In the island, exclusive of Kastro, there are 66 towns, averaging at least POO houses each The greater part of these may be re- garded as lost or very badly damaged. To the foregoing figures must be added the loss attending sudden cessation of commerce and the damage to the crops. The people, suddenly deprived of their habitations, re- paired to the open spaces about the city and towns. Immediate need was felt for medical assistance, lumber and provisions, and great suffering would have ensued but for prompt assistance from abroad, first of all from smyrna, where committee of citizens was formed. A corps of surgeons, party of sisters of Charity to care for the wounded, and the committee with supplies proceeded at once to Kastro. They found affairs in confusion and the people paralyzed. A temporary hospital was established
 Other cities among them Athens, Syria, Marsellles, Trieste, Constanlinople
 Alexandria and London, were quick to re- spond, and contributions of money and sup plies are daily arriving The foreign men of-war cruising in adjacent waters proceeded at once to Kastro, furnished surgical aid, and provided facilities for transporting the wounded. Parties from the different ships have been employed in excavating the ruins, raging dangerous buildings, bringing in wounded from the outlying districts, and distributing supplies throughout the coun- try. The report at great length dis cussed the subject from the following points ''The biography of the island and it's geographical position with refer ence to known centers of volcanic seismic action previous seismic history and the present shock, with it's preceding attending and succeeding phenomena; the approximate location of the center of the disturbance and the direction and extent of the earthwave; the effects of the shock with reference to possible changes in local topography Ac- companying the report is a map giving the topography of the island and adjacent main land the supposed curve of greatest de- struction the theoretical meizoseismal cir cle; the limit of serious destruction also de- noted by an irregular circle. As the result of their scientific Investigations the officers estimate the depth Of the centre of disturb ance to have been nine and wo-tenths miles,