Connecticut western news., 1885-01-07
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THE SPANISH EARTHQUAKE.
People Fleeing Panic.stricken from ThelF
 Homes-LOss of Life at Malaga.

THE SPANISH PeoDle Fleeing Panic.stricken from Their Homes-LOss of Life at Malaga
 The town of velez, Malaga, population about 15, ,000, was half destroyed, and many of the inhabitants killed.
 The village of Albuquero, near Granada, was also half demolished and two hundred persons were killed by the first shock, which caused 8 number of buildings to fall in before the occu- pants had time to escape.
 Arenas del Key was nearly totally destroyed. The number of killed is as yet unknown, but forty bodies have since been recovered from the ruins.
 Zafarranja was completely wrecked, and but few of the villagers escaped unhurt. Already the bodies of twelve men have been recovered from the ruins.
 The town of Canillas was also destroyed, and the number of persons killed is as yet un- known, but is supposed to be large. Several bodies have been taken from the ruins. The town of Estepina also suffered severely The dispatches from there mention the fact that the handsome church and municipal and other buildings have been destroyed, but says that the number of deaths cannot as yet be ascertained, but it is feared will be heavy, as many persons are missing.
 MADRID, Dec 29, 1S84. Official reports show that 266 persons were killed in the provinces of Malaga and Granada by the earth quake. The population of Granada are still encamped in the squares and the richer classes are lodging in carriages along the promenade. The facade of the Cathedral was seriously damaged by, the shocks. and whole family was killed in the village of Cajar by the falling of chimney. Over half of the inhabitants of Abunuelai were killed. Alhama is mostly in ruins. The province of Malaga suffered equally as much damage as did Granada. Commerce is paralyzed. Two hundred houses at Alfarnetejo were damaged. The panic is subsiding. The shook was not felt in the northern and northwest provinces The gov ernment has granted $5, 900 from the national calamity fund for the relief of the sufferers in the province of Granada.
 Still later advices show that 300 lives were lost at Alhama, 750 houses and church were destroyed and 30 persons were killed at Peri ana, the Town Hall and many houses were damaged at Torrox and the inhabitants fled from the town panicstricken, It is now esti- mated that 600 persons were killed in the prov ince of Malaga, including those killed at AL hama.
 According to the official news of the earth quake 526 persons were killed in the provinc @ of Granada and 100 in Malaga. At Alhams over $50 bodies have been recovered. At Pe- riana, & 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. It is reported that 900 persons were buried beneath the ruins of the buildings of Albunuelas, and that over half of the inhabitants of the town were killed Three churches at Antiquera were left in 8 tottering condition. The inhabitants are en- camped in the fields. In Periana 750 houses and 8 church were destroyed and thirty per- sens were killed. A fatal land slide occurred in the mountains near Periana. This de- stroyed many houses and buried forty eight persons. Of these eighteen were rescued alive Many houses were destroyed in Jimena, and a whole family was killed in the village of Csjar by the falling of 8 chimney. Alhama is mostly in ruins. Two hundred houses at Alfarnetejo were damaged. The shock was not felt in the northern and north western provinces.
 The convicts in the State prison at Seville took advantage of the excit ement accustomed by the earthquake to create mutiny, with the hope of escaping. The disturbance was quened.
 Every fresh detail from the districts in Spain in which the earthquake shock was severest adds new horror to the calamity. At Neria, a town of 5, 900 people, in the province of Malags, the earthquake was followed by hurricane. This finished the destruction of many houses which had already been brou2ht 10 the brink of ruin by the shock. The inhabitants fled in terror and camped out side the town. Much suffering has been caused by the scarcity of provisions. Two lofty chim- neys forming part of the gas works, fell to the earth. The patients in the hospital were so terrified that they forgot their maladies and fled to the open air. The convicts in the prison refused to enter their cells, and remained all night in the courtyard.
 Alhama and Santa Cruz were completely de- stroyed. Soldiers are at work clearing up the ruins in search of corpses, which are found in large numbers Many of them are horribly disfgured. The number of persons killed is still unknown. There is no doubt, however that the report which fixed the number as 300 is an exaggeration. There is much distress among the survivors, and people are asking for relief.
 At Albunuelas 200 persons rec sived injuries more or less serious. From the ruined houses 100 bodies have so far been recovered. The barracks at Lola, in the province of Granada, were ruined. At Zaffarraya, town not far from Loja, fifty persons perished.
 At Priego the shocks came while the theatre was crowded A terrible panic followed. Many persons jumped from the galleries and from the windows upon the crowd below Two were killed outright and forty were injured.
 Albunuelas presented an appalling sight. Half of the town is completely ruined. Churches, the convent and the town hall were thrown to the ground. The inhabitants are gathered outside the town, where they are shivering around fires. Women and children are huddled together in carts and wagons. Sixty wounded persons are in 8 tempor- ary ambulance. One hundred and ninety LWO COIp6Sb udf6 Do0A bdh6u lIOu1 the ruins, and active efforts are being made to recover the others. The Mayor and several wealthy residents are among the victims. The Mayors wife remained buried waist deep in the ruins for eighteen hours. Many persons were rescued alive after being partly buried for twentY-six hours. Some were half crazed with fright. Piteous cries were heard in the ruins for twenty-four hours, but it was impossible to render any assistance. Troops have taken provisions to the needy.
 Similar tales are told of the disaster in Aha ma. The inhabitants during the day wander about their ruined homes, risking their lives in their endeavors to save something from the wreck. They remain at night in an impro- vised camp of carts tents and sheds. The late shock at Granada in the night was more severe than any since Thursday. The people were afraid to remain in their houses and occupied the streets all night. It being the tenth shock since Tuesday the panic already pre- vailing among the people was greatly increased. Ten thousand persons left the city. A singu- lar feature of the earthquake was the fact that | in places only B short distance apart some ex- | perienced three and others seventeen shocks. | After the first shock there were flashes of | lightning from clear sky. All the shocks ran | from south to north. Several of the shocks | had rotary movement.
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