Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-10-31
AN EARTHQUAKES HAVOC.
Thousands Perish in Asia Minor.
MANY Villages in Com
plete Ruins.

| CONSTANTlNOPLE, oc. OOer It. L ne
latest advices from Smyrna state that
the earthquake of Tuesday, which
shook the island of Chios severely and
extended along the entire coast of Ana
tolia aud far into the interior OF the
western portion 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. NJ. 1t lasted apparently only
about the fourth part of minute and
was followed by three lessor shocks in
quick succession, which seemed TO be
only of about half the duration of the
first. With the first shock many dwell
| ling houses came down, the damage
being greatest in 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, a number of handsome villas
were demolished
A 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
it reached there. But the scenes among
the people were far beyond description.
The fear and CONSERVATION was terri
BILE. The most resolute persons did not
dare stay to rescue friends in danger,
though many lives might have been
saved by so doing. The first 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 aDd the camel grounds ada
cent were completely thronged with
human beings. The castle on the sum-
nit of the hill was thrown down with
a tremendous crash. The large Roman
Catholic Cathedral, a comparatively
new building, was damaged considera-
bly, 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 50 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.
GREAT TIDAL WAVE.
A 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 ships were carried far
up on the shore and landed high and
dry. The city is in great state of
confusion and uncertainty and nobody
yet ventures to sleep in houses. Hun
dreds of rude and impromptu 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 than return at
present to their more dangerous habita-
tions in town. The tide, which is
ordinarily but twenty-five inches, rose
to height of more than seven feet,
sweeping away much of the portable
property on the shore, as well as a
number of ishermen's huts. Several
thermal springs in Budja were inter
cepted for the time, but appeared again
shortly afterward of the color OF blood.
The extent of the field of action shows
that the force which produced this great
earthquake was manifested 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 SHOCK IN CHIos.
In the Island of Chios, in the Arch
ipelago, few miles beyond the prom
intory behind which Smyrna is situat-