Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-08
An Old World Horror.
EXTENT OF THE RUIN WROUGHT BY THE
RECENT EARTHQUAKE.

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verely. and extended along the entire
coast of Anatolia and far into the inte-
r;or of the Western portion of Asia
Minor. was much more severe than IN
Dictated in the first advices. The first
shock was felt at SMYRNA about '.2o III
the morning. 1t lasted, apparently, only
about the fourth part of minute, and
was followed by three lesser shocks IN
mick succession. which seemed to be
only of about half the duration of the
first. With the first shock many dwelling
bouscs came down. the damage being
Greatest in the Armenian quarter. on
the lower slopes of the ancient Mount
peua.us. where the vibrations were
much more severe than along the PLAN
hetwecu the hill and the shores where
the Christians reside. In the adjoining
villages of Burnabad and BIdla num-
her Of handsome villas were demol-
iShcd.
The loss of life in the city of Smvr-
ma proper was not very great, the wave
seeming to have spent lis force before II
reached there. but the scenes among the
people were far beyond description. The
fear and CONSERVATION waH terrible.
Crowds Of men. women and children
rushed into open spaces and the middle
&C the streets. The caravan bridge was
crowded with motley lot Of people.
md the camel grounds adjacent were
completely thronged with human beings.
The castle on the summit OF the hill was
thrown down with tremendous crash.
The largc Roman Catholic cathedral, a
comparativclv new buildin@. was dam
AGED considerably. one OF the towers
falling and killing some eight Or ten peo-
ple Who we're running wildly from their
homes near by The railway station
wa, badly damaged, and the tracks Of
The roads are 50 much out Of line and
torn up that il will be impossible to run
trains for several DAYS to come. About
nm hour after the first shock several fires
broke out amid the ruins, and added,
for tile time being. to the terrors OF the
situation. but they We're put ont before
,criou, damage had been caused.
4 wave Of inkv blacGne-> swept from
the .Egean Sea through the Gulf Of
SMYRNA. bringing with it disaster 10 a
number OF the many vessels in the mag
uiticcnt harhor. Several ships were car
rcd tar mp Oh the shore and landed high
and dry ia places from which II will
Coz, hundreds Of dollars to -at them
afioai again.
Hundreds 81 rude and impromptu tents
have been pun up in the suburbs and
large number, Of people who cannot be
accommodated even in these meagrr
quarters are lying upon cot> and even
the bare ground. rather than return AT
present 10 their more dangerous hahita-
ton, iii town. The tide. which i ordi-
narily but - inches. rose to height of
more than seven feet. sweeping away
much Of the portable property on the
shore a. well a. number Of fisher
mems hut,. Several thermal springs
in Budia were intercepted for the time.
but appeared again shortly attcrward
Of the color OF blood The extent of
the field Of action shows that the forces
which produced this great earthquake
were manifested deep in the interior Of
the planet and not on tile surface only.
The pccIIniarv loss OF the city OF
Smyrna will be very great, but the loss
OF life will hardly exceed 800 persons.
In the island of Chios in the archi-
pelago, few miles beyond the promon-
tory. behind which SMYRNA is situated,
the shocks were felt with terrible sever
itv The first one occurred almost
simultaneously with that felt in SMYRNA.
The entire 400 miles of territory Of
Chios seemed to be for the time but onc
ing each other rapidly. like the swell
after an ocean storm. The subterraneal
rumble was followed 50 quickly by the
terrible shock that the people We're Civ
en- neither time TO fly nor TO throw them
selves into the arms of loved ones and
bid them an everlasting adeu. Fright
full noises succeeded the shock. terrifv-
ing cries. fearful howlings of human
beings and crushed animals. thick
dust was ditfused in the atmosphere
and the sky was darkened as III the dark
est nights The limestone rocks dot.
ting the island were rent asunder. the
beautiful valleys scanned with enormous
assures. and the course Of the streams
which irrigate the fertile plains sudden.
ly changed. Nearly all the extensive
wine cellars on the island were utterly
ruined, and the loss to owners will az.
gregate an enormous sum. At kastro
the capital of the island, the castle bull
in front of the city as means of de.
tense in the olden time was leveled tc
the ground.
Of the towns population few people