Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
Horrors of EARTHQUAKE.

Intelligence from Constantinople
indicate that of the 10000 people on
the Island of Scio, some 1000 per-
ished in the earthquake last week.
A correspondent writes:
Fear, grief and despair are de
picted on nearly every face. All have
some sad or tragic tale to tell. The
first shock was felt on Sunday after
noon, at about half-past one o'clock
Immediately houses began to fall.
Wild shrieks were heard on every
side. Then followed an awful silence
of some minutes. The terrified sur
vivors gradually ventured into the
narrow lanes and reached the open
spaces. Shortly afterward another
terrible shock completed the devasta-
ton. Then it remained quiet until
sunset, when it again began to shake
the island throughout as severely as
before. All night the shocks sue
ceeded each other at short intervals,
and each one was preceded by dull
sounds like subterranean explosions
Since that frequent shocks have been
felt. A few minutes ago, while writ
ing the present dispatch, I distinctly
heard an explosion-like sound and
felt the earth tremble, but as l am
under canvas 1 have nothing to fear.
THE old Genoese fortress, con-
tanning about 400 houses, inhabited
bv Mussulmans and Jews, suffered
more than the rest of the town. The
ground there sank about half metre,
and nearly all the houses were imme-
diately destroyed, and several hun
dred persons must have persisted 1t
is known that about thirty Mussul-
man women were assembled in one of
the houses, not one of whom escaped.
The southern part of the island is said
to have suffered more than this town.
Her Maiesty's gun vessel Bittern ar
rived here this morning. The cap
tain at once came ashore, and, after
consulting with the Governor of the
island, organized relief parties for
attending the wounded and extrica-
ting the dead from the ruins He
then went over to Chesme and made
careful inquiries regarding the state
of the town and inhabitants. To
morrow he intends visiting the south
ern part of the island, where less
has been done for the relief of the
sufferers.
Il visited Chesme this afternoon.
Only about ten inhabitants were
killed, but many houses are in ruins,
and very many more are dilapidated.
The Mayor assured me that three
fourths of the houses are in a dan
gerous condition. The inhabitants
are afraid to live even in those which
are uninjured, for every night since
Sunday night frequent shocks have
been felt. Nearly all prefer to camp
out. As the weather is fine the hard
ship in this respect is not great. 1t
is said that throughout the district
not less than 10000 people are with
out shelter.
I'm Castro tie work of extricating
bodies and attending the wounded is
satisfactorily, but the
sitting odor in the vicinity OF many
If the ruins proves that the former
operation is far from being complete. |
)ne woman was buried under the !
'uins for tifty-two hours, and at last
vas rescued, having given birth in
he meantime to a child The child
S dead, but the mother is doing well.
1.-The French, British, United States
nd Austrian war vessels in the har-
'or are doing all in their power to
ssist the authorities in the work of
elief.