The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-31
Suffering Smyrna.

from COnst antinople gives the details OF
the earthquake at Smyra, Asia Minor, on
Sunday. The population Of this ancient
town ia l60, 900, $4,000 of whom are
Greeks, 10000 Turks, $1,000 Jews, 5000
Armenlans and 5000 Franck. For oen-
turtles 1t has been the mos. important GEN.
tire of trade IN the Levant. Shocks Of
earthquake have been Of frequent
recurrence all through Anatolia
during the past fifteen days. On Satur-
day night they became quite severe,
and many OF the inhabitants had left their
homes in search Of places OF greater safety.
On Sunday morning heavy banks of clouds
massed themselves over the city, completely
obscuring the sky. A very sudden depres-
sion OF the barometer took place, and the
terror OF approaching danger communica-
ted itself to the animals and birds. Then
the vibrations began to increase In frequen-
cy and violence, and before 8 O'Clock ten
distinct shocks had been felt. The waves
extended from northeast to southwest, At
II O'Clock tue shocks were most severe, and
building after building tottered.
The walls of the city, which were built in
the time of the Crusades, toppled over and
were completely DESTROY ed, and with them
persisted many OF the ancient glories Of the
town. The old castle on the summit of
Mount Pagus, overlooking the town, the
remains Of hich have been In tolerabe
preservation since the Thirteenth century,
is only heap Of marble fragments and
small stones. Within the castle enclosure
stood the relics Of the old temple in the
stadium of which St. PoIycarp suffered
maryrdom, and these have been utterly
destroyed. The ruins OF the antique mos
que, which also stood within the castle
walls, aud which is said to have been the
primitive church of smyrna, have
fallen, The ancient aqueduct across the
Melss river, some distance from the town,
IS entirely destroyed. Tn e palace
81 Hob LOmar, the Pasha, is in ruins, On
y one Of all the mosques and churches In
The city Is left standing unlnjured. The
large Roman Catholic cathedral, which was
somewhat damaged Two weeks ago, is now
80 much injured it will require an enormous
sum to repair il. The British military hos
pital is shaken down. but the few patients
uuder treatment were removed before the
great crash came. The office OF the French
newspaper was utterly demolished. Along
ne line OF the SMYRNA and Adria railway
a.! the stations were demolished and the
rack, of the line so twisted and contorted
hat il is thought new ones will have to be
constructed In the business quarter Of the
own, which lies near the bay, the de-
.truction was very great. The loss OF life
N SluyIns does not exceed one hundred
and twenty i've owing to the absence of the
.ownspeopIe aud the precautions taken for
instant flight by those who remained to the
asst. The number Of injured will not be
greater than go. ln the outly ng scountry
and in the districts remote from smyrna the
destruction Of property and loss OF life are
very great. All along the western coast Of
The peninsula the shocks were 40 severe as
10 change the formation Of the land In ma
ny places. Some Of the deep bays have
been almost completely choked up by great
| and slides. Cos Island, Tamos, Metelin
| and Lesbos in the Egean Sea, q few miles
| off the western coast OF Anatoiia
were all severely shaken up, and OF
ramos and Lesbos the loss Of life and
property was very great The marsh,
tracts at the mouths Of the Holys and Iri,
rivers. disappeared entirely and left bee
Of water several miles in extent, through
which the tops Of trees project to indicate
the former site Of an extensive forest. The
southern tableIa was rent and sundered.
ana numerous small salt lakes with which il
was dotted have sunk out Of sight.
| Tremendous chasms have been made among
the limestone hills at the foot OF the
Taurus range. One of the
peaks of the range called Bulghar
! Da-h, was shaken off on sunday afternoon
and rolled into the valley, partly destroying
the village of Mozetti, and causing the
| death OF eighty or ninety Of the Hurd in
haOitaHl,, lac whole county around the
Gulf OF Islanderun was badly torn up and
many lives lost there, The waters of the
+ -ean Sea were terribly agitated in SYM
pathy with the earthquake shocks. Fol-
! lowing Is a summary Of the losses of life
At Alahanda, 30; at kespit, 30; at Akhis-
sar, 40; at Cozagnda, 400; at Singerti, one
third Of the people persisted. The shocks
along the coast of Greece were very severe I;
At Cap an Verin, 50 people were killed and
| 10 injured; at Mestra, 20 were killed, and
! Monembassa also suffered considerable
| loss Of life,