The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-23
THE GREEK DISASTER.
Great Ruin and Loss of Life by
the Earthquakes.
CHURCHES FALL ON woRsHlPER:
The Governments Giving Its Whole At
tsnsien % Relief Of the WoundeA
and Homeless Victims.

ATHENS. April 2-The ear.harake
shocks that began NJ about 30 Friday
night continued With more or less fire.
quency until noon today All last night
the oscillation Of the earth was noticeable
and the people OF this city we're in 3 state
Of semi-psnic. The telegraphic communi-
cation with many parts Of the country is
badly interrupted. and IL is barely possible
10 set news from the towns that mnst
have been affected By the shocks. In
three villages. Malesiaa, Proskina and
MARITIME. all in the province Of Locr:s. 10
persons were killed The mayor of La
rymni telegraphs that heavy shock
occurred at Proskina while vesper services
were being held in the parish church. The
walls Of the church fell, hn-ying ali the
worsh.pers in the ruins. Hardly person
in the charch escaped without injury, and
thirty were taken ont dead. Houses were
thrown down in other parts of the village,
and the money loss is great, some villagers
being practically ruined. At Maisslna
houses tot;ered and fell as though
bEit of cardboard. In this little
village sixty persons were killed.
In some cases entire families, father
mother and children. were taken out of
persons were killed. Here, IS at proskina,
the parish church vas the scene of q great
number of fatalities. In the vicinity of
Athens the fatalities were less numerous,
bat the property damage is immense. The
offices OF the Austrian-Lloyd and other
steamship companies were partially de-
stroyed. The Church of ST. Elias, be-
tween Perenais and Phalerum, has been
racked beyond repair.
King George, "a the ROYAL yacht, will
star. tonight for the maritime districts that
have been devastated by the shocks. He
will be accompanied by the minister OF the
interior and other officials, and together
they will decide upon the measures that
must be taSen to alleviate the distress
among the people. The government will
De compelled to adopt extraordinary meas
nres to help the poor in the districts al
fected. Steps to this end have already been
taken, aaG the state authorities have
given quick response to the calls that are
being made upon them. The total num-
Der OF deaths thus far reported Is 100, but
there is scarcely any question that this
number will be augine nted when the more
remote places are heard from. As this
dispatch was being sent from Athens a
sharp shock was felt that for time caused
CONSERVATION in the telegraph Office.
LONDON. April "a dispatch 10 the
Times from Athens says: The earthquake
destroyed eight villages in the dis,ric, of
ATLANTA. In this district alone forty
eight persons were killed and several
hundred injured. The monasteries of
St. Martin and Proskina were destroyed.
Large boulders were detached from the
mountain Of Braganda, and some of them
fell upon the shepherds houses that were
clustered at the foot of the mountain. All
the inmates Of the houses were crushed to
death. The walls of number of houses
in Athens were cracked, and partitions
we're thrown down. Heavy pieces of fur
niture were thrown in many instances
almost across the room and pictures were
ruined by being thrown from the walls.
All the schools of Athens have been
closed.