New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
TIE EARTHQUAKE IL ScIO.
SCENES OF prsoLA1oN AND HORRoR-A VIVID
DESCRIPTION or TIE CALAMITY SENT FROM The


SCENES OF pEsOLAT1oN AND HoRRoR-A VIVID
DESCRIPTION OF THE CALAMITY SENT FROM The
RUINED ISLAND.
4 letter nom Seio IN The London Ne.rs
The tcmpcraturp or the Sd was heavy ana
and the horizon broken by broad flashes
OF light that seemed 10 denote coming Sori III ~
saw nothing extraordinary. aud were far from being
alarmed by what they anocd would result III thunurI
was fill bringng threcOurths OF the houses I'm the town
to the ground like so many packs OF cards ana nuygh
mcnced o fearful scene Of horror The ground rocked
and danced, kneadine the ruin already formed INTO an
uurecognilable mass OF stone. The surVivOrs ran
hither and thithcr not knowing where To- nee
to escape the horrible fate that enaccd them and were
Tossed and flung about by the hcaNinc earth, like fcah
err I III 1 80, NJ fajiin budings the tearing asun
der of The walls Of houses aud the shricks Of The
wounded lent fearful horror 10 the scene. All sought
w lrave In town aud get into the plnns In order
avoid being buried under the falling huhdi g. hut even
those no gained tie open country wcf" 10y no means
safr The huakr attacked not only the towns aud
villages ba worked its IN The hills aud noun
taps the island Enormous masses OF roci ana EARN
came rushing down the hilsidrs carrying ah before
them bounding far into The plains ana tearing roads ~
the solid rocks of the mountain -uch a. might nave been
formed by a torrent th"n-and yctfs OIL
Some time eApsed before any OF the survivors rec"y
cred from the terror caused by the shock hc"niy To
be able % conprehtni hf tN'tut o' W, @ "I
10 think Of looking for friends or relatives rii perhaps
alive beneath the ruins The town presented piiiahle
spectacle Great ts|lfts and cit'lceS !a"ne1 ia th
streets walls were falling with crashing report and
entire buildings crimSlcd m fragments t. the ground
In many places whole streets had disappeared, ana II
was hard say where the different wclknoWn buildings
had stood. No knew where 10 look Tor fanny
friends The ground ETH hca'od ana t"s-fl uilnelhE
fresh buildings Ia the ground ~ every moment and hnr
rying innunerabe victims 10 destruction. The people
seeking escape caught In the srca~cs Of their
houses by falling walls, or were crushed 10y
e eTe sh're the mouse thrc.ho1 is imro,sSe
to say what the number of victims would have been
second shock had displaced the ruins formed 10y the
first and thur permitted thousands ~ sufferer TO escape
to be rescued by others from the horrible lmprson
mept 10 which they had been condemned In the town
the victims have been very numerous The quarters
most damaged are the citadel the Atzkirs quarter ana
ar.,a
alone 500 victims at least must he burned Among oth-
there are forty Turkish women VINO N'r cgageI ~
prayer oraOry situated In the court Of The castle
The Government palace and hniidines' the teIttrnph
office, and the mosques, are little better than otenng
ruins Hardly mlnaret IN the town remains upright
Tue Frank quarter may De said To have suffered the
least Of any but here there II not house the walls
Of which do exhibit or more omin0us-lookinc
crevices All the ssures and creyces -un from east Ia
standing. and whole families Of from ten to heeu per
have persisted, or must perish, beneath tr ruins
In the country the effects 81 the AOIilb!' upLciN al
have been more terrible than In the town Here
The victim. may be counted boy thousands instead of
by hundreds. The monastery OF Ncolnni II completely
razed To- The ground, and riXy monks ne bnlcd Dhea
its walls The SIZE Of ne viIlhse OF S' , ~
appearance OF disused stone 1uhrry No' uaoe o. -
building remains. The inhabitants have disappeared
1t is thought that the number Of victims IN troo x,HSS
(Camasst, Thiuana ana Nc"ch"fn j. over "'pvV ~
total population of the three di-nct Ia hetN'en huVO
and DayenOua, which are entirely destroyed me mum
Der OF victims IL unknown, but In very considerable
been destroyed Five dead and ty wounded have been
discovered at Kate ranaya bve} house and there arr
have been found hitherto. The aspect Of the plain ~
VOunaLi is hear,rcuding bdwc,nfory ana my thous-
and usors Of all age aud both camped there.
ON the one ground. and there ye' hut few tents
Ia shelter them. ana old rni young. SICK ana well tc
dead IL PlHres are scattered unfortunately
about the plain. Parents wander from crouI to group
In the crowd seeking their children aud crdoayorug 10
persuade themselves that their dangs VIII De- found
among the living. Not single baking house IN the
whole island is left standing. aud the entire population
was thus without food until aid could arrive from the
exterior At entire village. built In the
form of an ainphcaire the side OF h broke bodily
the rock. and rushed crashing dow n
into the plain.
The shocks now diminishing. In all We have
cennfed $50 since first aW ful upheayur which
DESTROYED the greater part Of the island OF thc~e 80
shocks AT least forty capable OF oNortbrOwing IL
solidly built house The work OF cNcaN alton has hccu
commenced but few Of the buried victims -hall We
he able To xtrcate from their nylug tomr The scene
IL sckening Here hand mHkee feeble signs through "a
crrytce Lille unfortunate wretch 10 whom 10 he
longs H. ured beneath thousands ~ tons of masonry.
Here again a voice calls for ad from underground.
daughter sohbing cndeayors Ia encourage her aLer'
WHO i'm pfsoned deep below the surface aud q, every
trn Of ts spndr or pick horrible mntlatcd corpse
il brought gbt Numbefs OF Dc al are uhburcd ana
In isoatrd places the JOgs dspntng .he possession
of their man glod cOrpses.