The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-08

a few seriously. The destruction Of prop
erty and life in the outlying country and in
the districts remote from Smyrna has been
very large. All along the western coast OF
the peninsula, which presents as jagged
and irregular an outline any in the
world, and In many respects very much re-
sembles the opposite shore of Greece, the
shocks were so severe as to change the for
nation of the land in many places. Some
Of the deep bays, with bold projecting PEN
insulas and islands, have been almost filled
up by great land slides which came tearing
down the steep declivities with the water,
sweeping before them every habitation.
Tamos, Metelin and Lesbos, few miles Off
the western coast Of Antolia in the Asgean
sea, were all severely shaken up, and there
was a large loss Of life and property on
Tamos, while the other two suffered much
less. One of the most curious things about
this severe action Of nature was that Chios,
where the destruction was the greatest two
weeks ago and which lies only few miles
from SMYRNA IN close proximity to
the other Islands affected, this time suffered
only a slight tremor. At the mouths of the
Hallys and the Iris the marshy tracts and
some of the alluvial formation disappeared
entirely and left a bed of water several
miles in extent, and of two to six feet in
depth, through which the tops Of the trees
project and make a dense forest partly
submerged. The southern table land was
rent and sundered in many places, and the
numerous small salt lakes, with which IL Is
dotted, have gone from sight. From the
junction of the Kara sea with the Murad,
near Kapau MAIDEN, which forms the Eu-
pirates, to the rise of the Edrens near
Tashardi, the earthquake has been very
severe and the effect of the shocks ex-
tremely disastrous. All along the Taurus
range, and to the south and west OF 1t, the
earthquake seems to have the deepest hold.
All through the limestone hills, abounding
with innumerable fossil shells, tremendous
chasms have been made. The long ridges
of black volcanic rock, in the midst of
which are many platforms and tablelands,
and upon which the rock terraces rise one
above another and terminate at the crest
in conical SUBMITS, has been so disrupted
that they are thrown into unrecognizable
shapes and seem to be robbed entirely of
the weird attractions which formerly in
vested them with so much interest TO
tourists and students Of natural history.
The course of the COX River, which winds
through colossal cliffs of limestone and
forms the celebrated pass of Erkeuke, has
been completely changed for about halt its
length. The formation of the pass, which
Is the only one through which armies COM
ing from the interior Of Asia Minor can de-
scend into the valley Of the Euphrates, has
also been very much altered, many or the
rocks of Shaly Schists having been torn
away: one of the peaks, Bulghar Dagh,
was shaken Off yesterday afternoon, and
descended into the valley with tremendous
force, gathering under itself huge masses
of earth until, before it spent itself, it be-
came a great landslide. Part of the village
of Mazetti was buried under it, and some
eighty or ninety Kurds perished IN their
huts.
Islanderun was badly torn up and many
lives lost there. The course of the river
Toisus was almost completely blocked by
huge masses of rock, which fell from the
sides Of the steep defiles, great assures were
made in the semi-crystaline limestone
which forms the base of the Allah Daeh
| and occasionally a large section of the thin
/ ly imbedded rock has been thrown up &c
eXf10i
/ sive table-lands.
On the tableland between Heran and
/ Oran there was river which for many
years fell into Il cavern and disappeared
| The earthquake both closed up the mouth
| of the cavern and dried up the small river
The shock seemed to have extended al
| through the extensive tablelands IN the
anti-Iaurus range but not to have inflicted
any serious damage in that section. In the
gypsum district and the environs of the
| Sari Chi Chok the loss will be considerable
| From the peaks of the Kartun, an isolated
/ rock of feldspatic trachyte, which stands
I proudly up like a gigantic fortress and the
summit of which is composed of a red brac-
ciated schariaceous conglomerate, came
rumbling huge fragments of trap trachyte
Many small land-slides took place from
| the peaks of the chains stretching out in q
! westerly direction from the great central
| ridges between Arjish Dagh and Allah.
i The waters of the Agean sea were terribly
/ agitated during the shocks of yesterday and
last night and had not quieted down en-
| tirely at six O'Clock this evening. Reports
| of large losses of life in the interior towns
| and along the western coast are coming in
I and though the number of killed Is very
1 large 1t is not thought the total will be as
/ great as reported from the shocks OF two
/ weeks ago.
At Alabanda ninety lives were lost.
A fugitive from KesPit places the deaths
/ there at fifty and the number of wounded
| at forty.
beneath a landslide and few more killed
i by falling walls.
one-half of her people, numbering 4Ol
| souls.
! OF Singerti's people, about one-third sur
| vive to mourn the others.
/ From scores Of other hamlets come similar
reports, and when all are in the loss of life
| will probably be found TO aggregate well VI
| into the thousands.
Along the coast of Greece the shocks yes
/ terday were very severe and caused Rrea
| loss of life and property. Adyices IRON
| that section are somewhat meagre. At Cal
au Verla many buildings were thrown dowI
| and some so persons killed, while 125 mor'
| were severely injured.
At Mestra some twenty-odd people were
| killed and double that number injured.
| Monembassia also suffered considerable
loss to both property and life.
| 1t is believed here that the results al
| through the western coast of Greece will
| prove much more serious than now re
The shock continued through the nigh
| with less severity than during the midday
| hour, but as noon approached to-day became
more and more severe, reaching their wors
| at one o'clock. At six O'Clock this evening
the shocks still continue with frequency
| and the people, like the country are trembl
| ing for fear some of the slumberfnR vol
/ canoes will break forth and add still NOR
to the horrors they have now to undergo.
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