Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-04-26
SCORES SLAIN.
Grecian Towns Demolished by Earth.
Aquakes-Many Lives Loaf

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1880 p. m. Friday Much damage is re-
ported to have been done. An official
telegram says that the town Of Thebes
was totally destroyed. The inhabitants
are in sad condition, being almost
entirely without food or shelter, and
the officials request thet tents and
other requisites be sent to them. The
shock was very violent at ATLANTA
(Talanda) and Chalcis. Many houses
we're thrown from their foundations
and much damage was done. The
towns of Vole and Larissa were also
badly damaged. Reports from other
parts Of the country are that the earth
quake was everywhere felt and more or
less damage done. Athens esca ped
without any damage Thebes is on q
height anciently occupied by the Cad
meian citadel. It is situated 26 miles
from Livadia, and has population of
about 5000.
At Thebes about fifty houses fell
during one of the shocks. The city is
in a state of panic and restitution.
The terrified people have rushed in
crowds away from Thebes, believing
that the end Of the world has come.
Conflicting stories are told as to the
loss of life.
LONDON, April 24.-The latest news
from the earthquake-stricken district
OF Greece is contained in the following
dispatch from Athens:
The earthquake shocks that began
at about 1880 O'Clock Friday night con-
tinued with more or less frequency.
The death list will reach into the hum
dreds. All last night the oscillation
OF the earth was noticeable and the
people of this city were in state
of semi-panic. Telegraph communica-
ton with many parts Of the country is
badly interrupted and.it is almost i'm
possible to get news of the towns that
must have been affected by the shocks.
In three villages-Malesina, Proskina
and MARITIME, all in the province OF Lo-
cris-l29 persons were killed
The mayor of Larymni telegraphs
that a heavy shock occurred at Pros
kina while vesper services were being
held in the parish church. The walls
of the church fell, burying all the wor-
shippers in the ruins. Hardly per-
son in the church escaped without in
jury. Thirty were taken out dead.
Houses were thrown down in other
parts of the village and the money loss
is great Scores of the villagers are
practically ruined.
At Malesina houses tottered and fell
as though built of cardboard. In this
little village sixty persons were killed.
In some cases entire families-fathers,
mothers and children-were taken out
of the ruins dead.
At MARITIME thirty-nin persons were
killed Here, as at Proskina, the par.
ish church was the scene of the great,
est number of fatalities
In the vicinity of Athens the fatal
ties were less numerous, but the dam.
age to property is immense. The 9th
ces of the Austrian Lloyd and othe,
steamship companies were partially de-
stroyed The church OF St. Elias, on
Castella hill, between the Pireaus and
Phalerum, has been racked beyond re.
pair AMI is tottering to its fall. The
domes. walls and mosaics of the ia
nous Byzantine church of Daphne are
very seriously damaged.
King George, in the royal yacht, ha.
started for the maritime districts that
have been devastated by the shock s.
He was accompanied by the minister OF
interior and other officials and together
they will decide upon the measures
that must be taken to alleviate the dis.
tress among the people.
The government will be compelled to
adopt extraordinary measures to help
the poor in the districts affected.
Steps to this end have already been
taken and the state authorities are Civ.
Ing quick responses to the calls that
are being made upon them.
The total number of deaths thus fa1
reported is 100, but there is scarcely any
question that this number will be aug
mented when the more remote villages
are heard from.
As this dispatch was being sent from
Athens sharp shock was felt that for
time caused CONSERVATION in the tel
egraph office.
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
says that the earthquake destroyed
eight villages in the district of Alta
lanti. In this district alone forty
eight persons were killed and several
hundred were injured. The monasteries
Of st. Martina and Proskina were de-
stroyed The pier at Palli was rent
asunder and sunk below the waters of
the harbor.
Torra ho1x1Iore 1voro Ant,choI f~or,
the mountain Of Bragana, and some of
them fell upon shepherds houses that
were clustered at the foot of the noun
tainA All the inmates of the huts were
crushed to death.
Huge chasms opened in the earth
about Atalanti. A large number Of
houses swung to and fro on their foun-
dations for time and then collapsed.
A Bold Kobber.
PORTLAND, Ore, April 24.-An un-
known robber entered the office of the
county treasurer in the courthouse
Saturday afternoon. shot the cashier
in charge, Charles b. Markley,
and then jumping through q
window made his escape with
about 1000 of the county's funds. The
victim of the shooting was the youngest
son of County Treasurer Markley.
The shot entered his right side and is
believed to have penetrated the right
lung. The physician does not think it
will prove fatal, though the young man
is in critical condition.
Elhert b. Monroe Drops Dead.
NEW YORK, April 24-Elbert B. Mon
roe, member of the United States
board of Indian commissioners, dropped
dead at $3.50 Saturday evening at his
home near larry town from a stroke OF
apoplexy. He had been driving and
had just reached home As he entered
the hall of the house he fell, and when
servants reached him life was extinct
joe Gos.' Widow Kills Herself.
BosroN, April "a. Elizabeth Goss,
widow of the pugilist Joe Goss, com.
mitted suicide in this city by inhaling
gas because she was threatened with q
criminal suit to recover loan Of $500.