Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07
More Earthquakes and Great Distress in
Spaiu.

MADRID, Jan. lit is probable that
King Alfonso will visit Andalusia to per-
sonally inquire into the question of the
earthquake sufferers. Government dele
gates are visiting the scenes to afford re-
lief to the sufferers. They found the roads
knee-deep in the mud. Terrible gales have
passed over the half-ruined villages The
delegates caused the bodies of those killed
by the earthquakes to be inferred. Albu-
nuelas presented an appalling sight. Half
of the town is completely ruined. Church
es, the convent, and,> the town hall we're
thrown to the grohnd. The Inhabitants
are gathered outside the town, where they
are shivering around fires. Women and
children are huddle& together in carts and
wagons. Sixty wounded persons are in
temporary ambulan@e.
One hundred ami ninety-two corpses
have been taken from \the ruins, and active
efforts are being made\to recover the 9TH
ers. The mayor and several wealthy resi-
dents are among the victims. The mayors
wife remained buried W aist deep in the ru-
ms for eighteen hours, Many persons were
rescued alive after being partially buried
for twenty-six hours Some were half
crazed with fright. iteous cries were
heard in the ruins for Henty-fOur hours,
but it was impossible render any assist
ance. Troops have 81 brought provis-
ions for the needy.
Similar tales are told the disaster in
Albania, where the soc Is are described as
fantastic and weird. !. inhabitants dur
ing the day wander aiut their ruined
homes, risking their liu ssn their. eleav-
ors to save something 1ron wreck.
They remain at night in y revised
camp of carts, tents, an L Sheds All
around the ruined town to1 y, the snow
clad mountains. The pictui raltogether is
striking and impressive,
The shock at Grenada It night was
more severe than any 81 e Thursday.
The people were afraid to i, rain in their
houses, and occupied the sire IS all night.
1t being the tenth shock zinc Tuesday, the
panic already prevailing amo g the people
was greatly increased. Ten thousand per-
sops left the city yesterday.
Shocks of earthquake &C tinue to be
felt at Jaen, Malaga, Bena Eargosa, and
Velez Malaga. Several sevel shocks were
experienced at Torrox OH W lnesday and
Thursday, destroying more bE ildings. The
town is completely abandone A church
at Terje was damaged and rvices were
held in the open air. Three | hundred and
fifty corpses have beer discov( led at Ore
mas del Rey, and two hundred I'D fifty per-
sons there are now suffering 4 nm injuries
received.
A singular feature of the Earthquake
was the fact that in places lily a short
distance apart some expcrienc three and
others seventeen shocks. AT 4. the first
shock there were flashes Of Zig sning from
a clear sky. Ali the shocks "a from south
to north. Several of the shoe had ro-
tary movement. III
Mr.. RANDALL AT BIRMINe AM.-Bir-
mingham, Ala Jan. Tine e Ia. Samuel
J. Randall and party arrived he on a spe-
cial train from Nashville at $50 clock this
morning. As the train pulled lto town
the Whistles of the railroad il ,motives,
furnaces, foundries and machine ops salut-
ed it, and the Birm ingham Artil ry fred a
number of guns. When the ira stopped
and Mr.. Randall appeared, Mtyor A. o.
Love stepped on the platform OF Ehe car and
spoke few words Of welcome, ~ which Mr.
Randall replied in short spee4, in which
he said he had great desire t&#ee the city
that ships iron into the district he repre-
sents in Congress, and promised that no
labor of his should ever be giveh towards
enacting laws to prevent tho pdople from
successfully competing with any country on
the face of the globe in converting raw ma
| teriaIs into market commOditiesA