Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-07
THE YAWNING EARTH.
Details of the Recent EARTHQUAKE
in Spain.
Over LOCO PeEsons Reported Killed.
The Panic Revived by Fresh
Shocks

A Madrid dispatch Of the 28th says:
Fresh shocks, more violent than the
first, have occurred at Torrox and AL.
hama. The panic in those places has
revived" According to official re-
ports, 226 persons were killed in the
provinces of Malaga and Granada by
the recent earthquake. The population
of Granada is still encamped in the
squares. The. richer classes are lodg-
ing in carriages along the promenade.
The facade of the cathedral was serious
ly damaged. Many houses were de-
stroyed in Jimena, and q whole family
were killed in the village of Gar by q,
falling chimney. Over half the inhabit-
ants of Albunuclas were killed. Alba
ma is mostly in ruins. The province
OF Malaga suffered equally as much
damage, las did Granada. Commerce is
paralyzed. Two hundred houses at
Alfarnetego were damaged. The
panic is subsiding. The shock
was not left in tile northern and north
western provinces. The government
has granted $1,000 from the national
calamity fund for the relief of the suf-
ferers in the provinces of Granada.
Later advices state that 800 lives were
lost at Albania and $50 houses and sew
eral churches were destroyed. Thirty
persons were killed at Periana. The
town hall and many houses were
damaged at Torrox, and the inhabitants
fed panic-stricken. It is now estimated
that 600 persons were killed in the prov
ince OF Malaga, including those Killed
at Albania. Official returns from the
provinces of Granada state that 526
persons were killed by the earthquake
there; in Malaga 100; in Albania, over
$50 bodies have been already recovered.
In Periana, sixty bodies were recovered.
Many persons died from fright. Con-
victs in the Seville prison attempted to
escape.
A fatal land slip occasioned by the
recent earthquake, occurred in mount
ain near Periana, which destroyed
many houses which stood in it's path
and buried forty y-eight persons.
Eighteen persons were rescued alive.
A severe earthquake shock was expert.
enced in Corinthia on the 29th. Con-
siderable damage was done to many
buildings. An earthquake was felt at
Jarvis, on the previous night. Violent
shocks at intervals of an hour were felt
in the vicinity. The inhabitants we're
greatly alarmed. A slight shock was
felt in Wales on the Goth. Many houses
were injured.
Earthquake shocks were experienced
on the 3Oth at Velez, Malaga, a city
of l3, 900 people few miles from Malaga.
The shocks were very violent. Many
houses were utterly destroyed. The peo-
pie were terror stricken and abandoned
the city altogether. They are now encamp
ed outside the town and the telegraph
station has been removed to the same
place. Thousands of houses at Albania
are in ruins. The work of searching
the debris for dead bodies of victims of
the disaster is vigorously prosecuted.
During one day 1872 bodies were recov-
cred. The shocks on the 3Oth were also
felt with more or less severity elsewhere
throughout the province of Malaga and
through Granada. They occurred be-
tween the hours of 7 and 10
in the morning. There was
further loss of life and property at
Periana, Riogordo, Vinnela and Allan
tejo. 1t is estimated that the total
number of persons killed since Christ
mas is 1000. The town of Albuqueros
was completely destroyed. Many peo-
pie perished among whom were several
local officials. Subscriptions for the re-.
lief of the sufferers have been started at
Madrid, Malaga and Granada. The
king subscribed $4,000.