Smyrna times., 1883-10-24
An Earthquakes Havoc.
Thousands Perish in Asia Minor.
MANY VILLAGES IN COMPLETE Rims
AND THE PORTE ASKING FOR AID
FOR TWENTY THOUSAND SUE
FERERS--GRAPHIC DETAILS
OF THE GREAT CALAM-
ITY-ITS EXTENT.

VI NAlOo ocNcIcly anu EXTENDED along
the entire coast of Anatolia and far
into the interior of the Western nor
ton of Asia Minor, was much more
severe than was indicated in the first
advices received here. The first shock
was felt at Smyrna about 7.2O A..
1t lasted apparently only about the
| fourth part of Il minute and was fol-
| lowed by three lesser shocks in quick
succession, which seemed to be only of
about half the duration of the first
| With the first shock many dwelling
houses came down, the damage beinm
/ greatest i'll the Armenian quarter, on
the lower slopes of the ancient Mount
Pegasus, where the vibrations were
! much more severe than along the
plane between the hill and the shore.
where the Christians reside. In the
adjoining villages of Burnabad and
Budja, Il number of handsome villas
were demolished.
FLIGHT FOR LIFE.
The loss of life in the city of SMYRNA
/ proper was not very large, the wave
seeming to have spent its force before
| 1t reached there. But the scenes
among the people were far beyond de-
scrption. The fear and CONSERVATION
was terrible. The most resolute per-
sons did not dare stay to rescue friends
ia danger, though many lives might
have been saved by so doing. The
hrst thought of all seemed to be self
! preservation. Crowds of men, women
and children rushed into the open
spaces and into the middle of the
streets. The caravan bridge was
crowded with motley lot of people
and tina camel grounds adjacent were
completely thrOnged with human
beings The castle on the summit of
the hill was thrown down with a ire
mendous crash. The large Roman
Catholic Cathedral, comparatively
new building, was damaged consider
ably, one OF the towers falling and kill
ing some eight or ten people, who were
| running wildly from their homes, near
| by. The railway station was badly
damaged and the tracks Of the roads
are so much torn out of line that it will
be impossible to run trains for several
days. About an hour after the first
shock several fires broke out amid the
ruins and added, for the time being. to
the terrors of the situation, but they
were put out before serious damage
had been caused.
A GREAT TIDAL WAVE
4 wave Of inky blackness swept
from the sea, through the Gulf of
smyrna, bringing with it disaster to a
number of the many vessels in the
magnificent harbor. Several shiDs
were carried far up on the shore and
! landed high and dry. The CITY is in a
great state of confusion and uncertainty
and nobody yet ventures to sleep in
! houses. Hundreds of rude and i'm
promptu tents have been put up in the
suburbs and large numbers of people
! who cannot be accommodated even in
! these meagre quarters are lying upon
cots and even the bare ground, rather
imam return at present to their more
dangerous hahitations in town. The
| tide, which is ordinarily but twenty
! hve inches, rose to a height of more
than seven feet, sweeping away much
OF the portable property on the shore,
as well as number of fishermen's huts.
| Several thermal springs in Budia were
! intercepted for the time but appeared
again shortly afterward of the color of
blood. The extent of the field of ac-
ton shows that the force which pro-
duced this great earthquake was man
Tested deep in the interior of, and not
on the surface of the earth only. The
pecuniary loss to the city of Smyrna
Will be very great, but the loss of life
will hardly exceed three hundred.
THE SHOCKS IN CHIOs.
Ia the Island of Chios, in the Archi-
pelagO, few miles beyond the promin-
tory behind which Smyrna is situated.
the shocks were felt with terrible sew
Gritty. The first one occurred almost
simultaneously with that felt in
Smyrna. The entire four hundred
miles of territory of Chios seemed to be
! tor the time but one undHlating sea of
earth, waves following each other rap
IDLY, like the swell of an ocean storm.
The subterranean rumble was followed
SO quickly by the terrible shock that
the people were given neither time to
ny nor to throw themselves into the
arms of loved ones and bid them an
everlasting adieu. Frightful noises
succeeded the shock, terrifying cries.
fearful howlings of human beings and
crushed animals; a thick dust was diff
fused i'll the atmosphere and the skv
was darkened as in the darkest nights.
The limestone rocks dotting the island
were rent asunder, the beautiful val
leys were scanned with enormous fls-
sureS and the course of the streams
which lrrigate the fertile plains sud
denly changed. Nearly all the extern
slve wine cellars on the island were
utterly ruined and the loss to the
owners will aggregate an enormous
SUM. At kastre, the capital of the
island, the castle built in front of the
city as a means of defence in the olden
time was leveled to the ground.
Three small silk factories were Totally
destroyed and one cotton factory was
damaged almost beyond repair. Of
the towns population few people
escaped some injury and large pro-
portion were seriously hurt. The loss
OF life in Kastro will aggregate fully
nine hundred souls. Most of the dead
are Turks. In other parts of the
island over thirteen hundred people
are so far reported killed and it is
feared the number will greatly exceed
the present estimate when all the out
| lying territory is heard from.
1t is, of course, very dff1eult to get
reports from places at a distance-fr0m
Kastro owing to the difficulties attend
ing travel aud the excited state of the
Pcpulace. Along the coast of Western
Asia Minor, or Anatolia, the shocks
were felt with great force and the
latest reports indicate that the effects
of the earthquake were very severely
felt as far into the interior as Kulah,
oyer nmIety miles east of Smyrna.
| 43ere is no doubt that when the re-
suits of the disaster are fully made
known, the loss of life and the damage
to property in the territory West ofthe
karajahdagh and the continuing range
as far as Lake Iber will be very great,
All the villages between Chesmeh and
| Nouria are totally wrecked, scarcely a
house being left standing to mark the
sites of the many thriving places which
on Monday week were scenes of life
and BUSTING activity, for this is one of
| the busiest seasons with the people of
the Peninsula. 1t is estimated that
about 5000 persons lost their lives in
this part of the country.
EXTENT OF THE DISASTER.
The earthquake waves seem to have
followed the coast line all the way from
Alvah to Malasses and the whole terri
tory over which the great shocks ex-
tended was at times heaved simulta-
neOusly, and sensations similar to sea-
sickness were experienced by nearly