The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-10
CHIC EARTHQUAKE.
OF THE SAD AFFAIR.
What the London Times C0rrespOn-
dent Saw There-ShscKs Felt Ev.
cry day since sunday Lase-
Over Thirty Thousand PeO.
pie HOmeless-The XIII.
cd and wounded.

London, April 9,--The Times correspondent
as follows: have just arrived here from Con-
stantinople. l find picture of desolation
such as Is rarely witnessed, The town looks
as If 1t had been terribly bombsrded. Hun
dreds of houses are transferred into shape
less mass Of ruins, under which lie buried an
unknown. number Of victims. A majority OF
the remaining houses are already cracked and
roo iess and may fall at any time. Nearly
every building In town has suffered more or
less The inhabitants wander about, anx-
ious to search for missing relatives or lost
property, but are aflaid to risk their lives
In the perilous work of clearing away the
rubbish. Many who are willing to expose
themselves to danger, are prevented by
friends or the police Fear, grief
and despair are depicted on every iace al Al
have the same sad or tragic tale to tell. the
first shock was fell on Sunday afternoon ABOUT
/ 80 O'Clock. Immediately houses began TO
fall, and wild III rieks were heard on every
side. Then followed an awful silence vi some
minutes. The terrified survivors,graduailyVeh
tured into the narrow lanes and reached olen
spaces Shortly after the alarm announcer
terrible shock completed the uevaststiop,
when IL mained quiet unit sunset, when II
as severely as before. All night shocks sue
ceeded each other ut short Intervals, and each
one was preceded by dull sounds like subter,
ranean explosions. Since that fragment
while writing the present dispatch, l dis,
| tinctly heard an explOsion-iike SOUND ana
| felt the earth tremble, but as am under
| canvass l have nothing to fear. the old
Geones fortress, containing four hundred
houses aud inhabited by Mussulmen aud
Jews, suife I'd moro than the rest Of lh' town.
| The ground there has sunk about halr metre,
| and nearly all the houses were Immediately
have perlsned About thirty Mussulmen
women were assen bled in one OF the houses,
| not one of whom escaped. The southern part
of the island 10 said to have suffered more
than this town. IL. Nj. gun vessel Beltin, ar
rived here this morning. The captain at once
came ashoie, aud after consult
| ing with the governor Of the island,
organized relief parties for tending me
wounded and extricatlng bodies from me
ruins. He then went over to Ohesm and
made careful inquiries regarding the state OF
tho towns and inhabitants. Tomorrow nc
intends visiting the south IN part OF the is'
Hand where less has been done FOR tine sutter'
ers. visited Chesm this afternoon. Only
about ten inhabitants were killed, but many
houses are ruined and very many more are di'
lapidattd The mayor assured III that three
quarters OF the houses are In dangerous
conuition. The inhabitants are afraid u
live even In those which are uninjured
Every night since Sunday, frequent shocks
have been felt. Nearly all prefer TO camp ou'
as the weather Is fine. The hardships In this
respect are not great. 1t is said that through,
out this district, not less than three thousand
people are without shelter. In ka,tro lht
work of extracting bodies and attending tn,
wounded Is progressing. satisfactorily, bu
sitting voices in the vicinity of many OF the
ruins shows that from tbs operation, is fal
from complete. On the other hand some won
der. escapes have occurred. ones woman
: was buried under the ruins tor two hours, ant
at last was secured, hav ng given birth. IN Tn
me antime to. q ohild The child is dead, bu
the woman is doing well. y