Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-27
KILLED BY EARTHQUAKES,
GREAT DESTRUCTIONOF LIFE AMI
PROPERTY IN GREECE.

PROPERTY IN GREECE.
Athens, April 23.-The destruc
ton of life and property by the
earthquake shocks which have pre-
vailed throughout q reece since Fri.
day last has been cry great. Peo-
pleare panic, stricken, as the shocks
still continue.
All last night the os :ilIation Of
the earth vas noticeable. Thou.
sands OF persons spent the whole
night IN the streets, dreadlng that
should they enter their houses a
more severe shock might bring the
buildings down upon them. Tele.
graphic communication with many
parts of the country is badly inter
rupted, and it is impossible to get
news from some of the towns that
must have been affected by the
shocks. The uncertainty has Civ.
en- rise to many rumOrs regarding
the loss of life, some Of these eSti-
mates placing it at a very high
number. That it Is large there is
no doubt. All the dispatches from
the provinces add to the number
of killed and injured and greatly
swell the accounts of the damage
to property.
In three villag es alone, Malesina,
Proskina and Martina, all in the
province OF Locris, 129 persons
were killed. The mayor of Larm-
mni telegraphs that heavy shock
occurred at Proskina while veSper
services were being held in the par
ish church, which was quite an old
bat substantial edifce. The walls
of the church fell, burying all the
worshipers in the ruins. The resi-.
dents of the village were terror
stricken at the violence OF the seiS-
mic disturbance and some little
time elapsed before they recovered
enough presence Ofmlnd tOattempt
to remove those covered with the
debris of the church. Finally, how.
ever, force was organized and the
work of rescue began. Hardly a
person in the church escaped with
out injury. Thirty were taken out
dead, amid the waillng and SObb.
ing of their friends. Houses were
found thrown doTn in other parts
of the village aud the money loss
is great. Some Ofthe villagers ale
ruined.
CRUSHED UNDER HOUSES.
At Maleslra houses Tell and tot.
tered as though butt Of cardboard.
Hundreds of their occupants we're
crushed before they had time to
make their escape. In this little
village sixty persons were killed,
some Of the bodies b ing crushed
out OF all semblance to humanity.
IN some cases entire families, faith
ers, mothers and children were tax.
en- out of the ruins de. d
At MARITIME thirty.niue persons
we're killed Here, as at PrOSklaa,
the parish church was the scene Of
the greatest number of fatalities,
the walls of the structure being
thrown from their foundations and
Itoppled upon the wOrshlpe $. The
others who lost their lives were
killed 10y FALLING walls of houses.
1t would be almost impossible to
describe the scene in these villages.
The people appear to be stunn d
by the severity Of the blow that
has fallen upon them and many OF
them are completely apatheilc.
Others who have lost loved ones
are neaIlC crazed with gllef, aud
many heartreudiIg scenes have
been witnessed as the dead were
tenderly removed from the masses
of wreckage that once represented
dwelling houses ana places of wor-
ship.
The villages around AtaIar ia
have suffered terribly.
Larymni, ProsklDa, Malesiuai
Mai, Pella and MarsiuO are in
ruins. Very serious damage has
been done atChalcis and at several
villages an the Islam of EuOOea.
At Thebes about fifty house fell
during Ole of the shocks, but, &C.
cOrding to reports III circulation
here, Thebes must have been almost
totally destroyed, and its inhabi
tants will have to be promptly
succored by the government, as
they are saId to be without food or
shelter. No deaths there, how
ever, are reported. The govern
ment is seuding tonight warship
10 Thebes, with 800 tents, a large
number of surgeons, detachmenl
of engineers and supplies, OF food
for the destitute people.
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