Milford chronicle., 1885-01-09
NEWS FROM MALL POINTS
WHAT IA GOING ON OF INTEREST IN
THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
sARTHaUAKE.


according to the official news OF the earth
quake 526 persons we're killed in the proyinc Q
Of Granada and 100 in Malaga. At Albania
over $50 bodies have been recovered At Pc
riana, a village in Adalusia, about thirty miles
! from Malaga, great damage was done and
many lives were lost. Sixty bodies have so far
been recovered. Many persons died Of
fright. Il is reported that 900 persons
| we're buried bent ath the ruins Of the
buildings Of Albunuelas, and that over half Of
the inhabitants OF tbe town were killed.
Three churches at Antquera were left in a
| totlering condition. The inhabitants are en-
camped in the fields In Periana $50 houses
aud a church were destroyed and thirty per-
/ sons were killed. fatal lard slide occuI red
strOyed many houses and buried forty
eight persons. OF these eighteen were
rescued alivs Many houses were destroyed in
Jimena, and a whole family was killed in the
village Of Caiar by the falling Of chimney.
Ahama is mostly in ruins Two hundred
houses at Afarnetejo were damaged. The
shock was not felt in the northern and nortb-
western provinces,
The convcts in tbe State prison at Seville
took advantage Oi the excl ement occasioned
by the earthquake to creafe a mutiay Witn the
hope of escaping. The disturbance was quellsd.
Every fresh detail from thedistricts in Spain
~ which the earthquake shock was severest
adds new horror to the calamity At Neria,
town 1000 people, in the province Of Malaga
the earthquake was followed BY a hurricane.
This finished the destruction Of many
houses which had already been brou ht
to the brink Of ruin by the shock.
The inhabitants fed in terror aud camped out
side the town. Much suffering has been caused
by the scarcity Of provisions. Two lofty Chin
neys, forming part Of the gas works, fell TO the
earth. The patients in the no pital we're 30
terrified that they forgot their maladies and
fled 10 the open air. The conviets in the prison
refused to enter their cells, and remained all
night in the courtyard.
Albania and Santa Cruz were completely de-
stroyed. Soldiers are at work clearing up the
ruins IN search of cOrpses, which are found in i
large numbers. Many of them are horribly I.
disfgured. The number OF persons killed is /
still unknown. There Is no doubt however.
that the report which fixed the number as 900 /
is an exag- Grafton. There is mu distress +
among the survivors, and people are asking I
for relief.
At Albunuelas 2'0 persons rec 'ived injuries
more or less serious. From the ruined houses
100 bodies have so far been Iecovered. The
barracks at Lola, in the province of Granada,
were ruined. At Zaifarraya town not far
from Lola. fifty persons persisted
At PriegO The shOck- came viii the theatre
was crowded. A terrible panic followed.
Many persons jumped from the galleries ami
from the windows upon the crowd below Two
were killed outright and forty were injured.
Albunuelas presented an appalling sight.
lJ9lf Of the town is completely ruined
=. -, mes, the convent, and the town hall were
irown to the grOund. The inhabitants are
gathered Outside the town, Wher- p -
ihiyering around fires. Women -, 81 81 tfren
IRE huddled together in carts and wagons.
sixty wounded persons are in a tempor-
ry ambulance. One hundred and ninety
wo corpses have been taken from
he ruins, and active efforts are
,eing made to recover the others. he Mayor
nd several wealthy res dents are among the
ictims. The Mayors wife remain, buried
waist deep in the ruins for eighteen hours.
lany persons were rescued alive after being {
DarIly buried for twentY-six hours. Some were 9
af Graz d with fright. Piteous cries we're Fl
card in the ruins for twenty-fUur hours, but
was impossible to render any assistance .
'roops have taken provisions TO the needy.
Similar tales are told Of the disaster in A ha-
IA. The Inhabitants during the day wander v
bout their ruined homes, risking their lives "
0 their endeavOrs 30 save something from the 4
reck They remain at night in an imprO-
is camp Of carts, tents md sh ds. The late s
l0ck at Granada in the night was more revere o
lan any since Thursday. The people were A
traid to remain in tn ir houses and occupied a
le streets all night 1t being the tenth
rock silce Tuesday the panic already pre- 3
iilng among the people was greatly increased C
IN thousand persons left the city. A singu-
II feature of the earthquake was the fact that
places only short dist nee apart some ex-
arienced three and others seventeen shocks. 4
tier the first shock there were flashes of
,htiiug from clear sky. All the shocks ran
ON ,outh to north. Several of the shocks
Al rotary Increment
official statistics show that mp to Monday n
3 cagpses have been recovered from the ruins
jue province of Granada Two hundred "
d siXiy-uine bodies ha been recovered in h
anna. in which cry !, 100 houses were de M
.oyel 40 AlhUnuelos 100 persons were bi
y and 80 injured, aad at Arenas de- Rey
j were ka od