The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 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 as 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
ihsulas 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, a few miles off
the western coast of Antolia in the Egean
sea, were all severely shaken up, and there
was 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 alIuvial 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 tie trees
project and make a dense forest partly
submerged. The southern table land was
numerous small salt lakes, with which it 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-
tremelv disastrous. All along the Taurus
range, and to the south and west of it, the
earthquake seems to have the deepest hold.
All through the limestone hills, Astounding
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 i'll.
vested them with so much interest 90
tourists and students of natural history.
The course of the Cox River, which, wi wis
through colossal cliffs of limestone did
forms the celebrated pass of Erkeuke, has
been completely changed for about half 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 of the
rocks of SHAY Schists having been torn
away; one of the peaks, BUlghar Dagh, |
was shaken off yesterday afternoon, and
descended into the valley with tremendous
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 persisted in their
huts.
The whole country around the Gulf of
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 Dagh, |
and occasionally large section of the thin |
ly imbedded rock has been thrown up to |
form great excrescence upon the extern |
Sive table-landS.
On the lakeland between Heran and |
Gran there was q river which for many |
years fell into a 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 all |
through the extensive tablelands in the /
range but not to have inflicted !
any serious damage in that section. In the |
gypsum district and the environs of the
Sarl Chi ChOk the loss will be considerable. |
From the peaks of the Kartun, an isolated |
rock of feldspatic trachyte, which stands
proudly up like gigantic fortress and the
summit of which is composed of red brac-
clated Schariaceous conglomerate, came
huge fragments of trap trachyte
and porphyry.
Many small land-slides took place from
the peaks of the chains stretching out in
westerly direction from the great central
ridges between Arjish Dagh and Allah.
The waters of the Egean sea were terribly
agitated during the shocks of yesterday and
last night and had not quoted down en-
tirely at six O'Clock this evening. Reports
lncSnc "a in 10 i11fn !
and along the western coast are coming in,
and though the number of killed is very
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
here at fifty and the number of wounded
1T forty.
At Akhissar forty persons were buried
beneath landslide and a few more killed
by falling walls.
Cozagnda suffered depletion of about
)ne-half of her people, numbering 400
souls.
OF Singerti's people, about one-third sur
yive 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 up
INTO the thousands.
Along the coast of Greece the shocks yes
erday were very severe and caused great
oss of life and property. Advices from
hat section are somewhat meagre. At Cap
III Verla many buildings were thrown down
md some so persons killed, while 125 more
we're severely injured.
At Mestra some twenty-odd people were
killed and double that number injured.
Monembassia also suffered considerable
oSs to both property and life.
1t is believed here that the results all
through the western coast of Greece will
prove much more serious than now re-
ported.
The shock continued through the night
With less severity than during the midday
lour, but as noon approached to-day became
more and more severe, reaching their worst
It one O'Clock. At six O'Clock this evening
he shocks still continue with frequency,
md the people, like the country, are trembl-
ng for fear some of the slumbering vol
anoes will break forth and add still more
o the horrors they have now to undergo.
"A young Canadian girl who had
Ter picture taken by an Ottawa pho
ographer refused to receive and pay
or it on the ground that it was not a
orrect likeness. The photograp her,
ngered by her refusal, added a mus