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

to Its Very FOundations-Its Famous
Walls Demolished and Buildings Old as
History in Ruins-The Neighboring Hills
Violently Shaken and the Face of the
Country Changed--Great Loss of Life.
and Untold Suffering the ResuIt-The
Entire Population of Asia Minor in a
Condition OF Terror.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, Oct. %
The earthquake shock experienced at
Smyrna yesterday was far more serious
than was reported-in fact no idea at all of
the disaster has been conveyed tc the
United States by the meager reports sent
out. In fact this has been the case concern
ing the series of upheavals of nature that
have been going on in this quarter of the
world.
Ever since the great earthquake of two
weeks ago there has been a constantly re-
curing succession Of shocks in all direc-
tions from this city, making circle of
earthquakes of which Constantinople seems
to be the geographical center, yet the cen
ter has not been shaken in the slightest de-
gree. The reports which have been brought
every day by Arabs from the DESERT Chris
tians on their tours, and sailors coming in
on ships, have created considerable alarm
here, and some of the inhabitants of the
city have made preparations for a hasty
flight from the sections where buildings are
put up closely together. There seems to be
-
result here from the earthquake.
The shocks seem to have followed the
mountain chain extending from Java be-
meath the sea to and through Asia Minor,
and thence on to the southern part of Rus
sia, continuing westward through Southern
Europe to Gibraltar and the sea coast.
The dispatches sent from here by the
agent of Reuters Telegram Company about
the disasters have been meager and unsatis-
factory, Those wired to the Central News
Company were somewhat fuller, but
neither have given any idea of the real ex-
tent of the earthquake and the enormous
damage to property resulting therefrom.
RumOrs have been received here that Sc
we're earthquakes have been felt in Europe
during the past week, and it is thought that
if such have occurred, as is highly proba-
BILE, they have been caused by the greater
eruptions in Java, which seem to have been
the terrible beginning of a phenomenally
long series of similar disasters which have
not yet reached their height.
Hundreds of Europeans and Americans s
are coming in from all over Asia Minor
and some from other sections, all fright
ened by earthquakes, and flying in fear of
their lives.
Advices from Smyrna say that all
through Anatolia the inhabitants have
been leaving their homes and seeking
places of greater safety; that their fears
were well-grounded the developments of
the past forty eight hours show. Saturday
night the shocks, which have been of daily
occurrence for the past fifteen days, became
quite severe, and before daylight nearly all
the people in the shaken district had left
their homes. Soon after the sun came up,
the sky became suddenly overcast, and
great black clouds rolled up from the east
with great rapidity, in few moments
forming complete inky canopy where
there had been clear blue. There was very
sudden depression of the barometer and
many animals and birds became alarmed
and took quick flight. Then the vibrations
began to increase in violence and fire.
quency. Ten clearly-deffned shocks were
said to have occurred before nine O'Clock.
The waves then became almost continuous,
extending from northeast to southwest
AS they continued building after build
ing totteFed, and about eleven O'Clock, at
which hour the shocks for some unex-
planned reason are most severe, there came
a most tremendous crash and the entire de-
struction of the city seemed imminent. The
walls of Smyrna, which have been stand
ing since the time of the Crusaders, were
| completely demolished and with them
many of the remains of ancient Smyrna
have been destroyed. On the Castle Hill
! some large fragments of ancient columns
| were thrown down and smashed into small
| pieces, and many of the handsome monu
/ also broken. The remainder of the old
/ walls built around the old castle on the hill
/ are gone and the remains of the old castle
| itself are now only a heap of marble frag
| ments and small stones. The relics of the
temple within the castle enclosure are now
destroyed, and the station in which st
| Polycarp suffered martyrdom is lost tC
| sight. Numerous columns, busts, cornice:
! and other fragments built in the walls o.
! the Turkish town are broken into bits. The
ruins of the Antique mosque, said to have
! been the primitive church of Smyrna
which stood within the castle walls, have
i fallen.
Some distance to the south of the city the
ancient aqueduct which crosses the Mele'
River, and which is connected intimately
| with the memory of Homer, is entirely de
| LOamHT.
| Pasha, is in ruins. OF all the mosques anC
| churches in the city only one is left stand
| ing uninjured; all others have been entire
/ ly or partially destroyed. The large Roman
| Catholic cathedral which was somewhat
| damaged two weeks ago is now so much in
| jured it will require an enormous sum t.
| repair it. ALI the mission houses have beer
almost completely ruined, and the mission
aries in Constantinople and elsewhere viii
have to contribute to the support of thei
brothers in distress till relief can be haC
| from England and America.
The British military hospital is shaker
| down, but the few patients under treatmen
| had been moved before the great crasl
came. OF the many coffee-houses nea
| Caravan bridge, over the Meles, only twt
are left standing; the Office of the Frencl
newspaper was completely ruined, and tn
publisher viii be unable to resume bust
ness.
The stations along the line of the Smyrna
& Alden Railway are all in ruins, and tn
tracks are twisted into such a shape that j
IS thought new lines VIII nave TO be run
The iron palisade surrounding the barrack
on the shore is thrown down and the bar
racks themselves very badly damaged.
Some of the city officers removed the heai
of Apollo from over one Of the gates and TN
Roman eagle from over another on SatuT
day and took them TO place of safety, thu
preserving two interesting relics of the an
cient city. Nearly all the handsome dome
and minarets, which presented such a fin
appearance on approaching the city from
the bay, have fallen.
| In the Franks quarter, which is occupied
for commerce and is the best part of tn
city, lying near the bay, the damage i
very great. Numbers of the marts are il
ruins, and although ample precaution
were taken for personal safety. few person
supposed the destruction would be so com
plete, hence the quantity of goods removes
was small. For miles around the shores Q
| the bay the ruins of shattered warehouses
! wharves, cottages and nuts strewl
along the edge and through the town an
up the sides of old Mt. Pagus the remain
of building after building may be seen
Here and there little puffs Of white smok
and occasional tongues Of fame show wheT
| fires have started among the debris. hardl.
a human being is visible within the limit
of the city. A solitary Arab gropIng abou
4 in the narrow, crooked streets, or friend
less dog searching for morsel from som
of the shattered kitchens are the only sign
of life. Tents dot the hills about the city
and in these thousands Of the popul alto
now find abode. In the white-walled vi
lage there is no distinction between Al
ulenians or Greeks, Jews or Christians. A.
are huddled together TrOrBiscuouslys with
out regard to race, the one idea being TIA