St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-11

On the Bospborus and Sea OF
Mamora Badly Split Up-Five
Lives Lost and Many Injured
Shocks in Smyrna.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 10.-The dis
turbance was unduiatory in its motion,
and the course followed was FROM east
to west. Several houses fell in STAIN
boul. In Galata the shock was severe,
| and the near quays were reduced to
ruin. The people fled in terror to the
streets. A fresh and more severe shock
was felt at O'Clock in the afternoon.
Many persons were killed and injured.
The shock was fdlt in its full severity
in all the villages bordering on
the Bosphorus and the Sea of
Mamora. Most of the buildings
in these places suffered damage,
and number of houses were ruined
completely. The people have sought
shelter in the fields outside the villages.
1t is believed that fifty persons have
lost their lives, and that the number of
injured far exceeds that figure. The
loss of property will be very large.
There have also been severe shocks of
earthquake in Smyrna. the island of
Scio aud i'll the Dartlanelles. No dam
age was done so far as known, but tele-
graphic communication between the
places named and Constantinople has
been cut Off and details have not been
received.
LONDON, July 1.-THE correspondent
of the Standard at ConStantinople says:
AT the moment of tue first earthquake l
| was in the dining room of the Ottoman
| bank, situated at the summit OF the
lofty Guiding occupied by the bank.
Suddenly the whole structure rocked to
| and fro NEST violently. In company
with others, L fastened to the staircase.
Another violent shock occurred, and
every instant L expected the huge
building to fall. bringing in
its ruin death to the peo-
| pie within It's walls. In the
street a most extraordinary spectacle
presented itself. People with terror
| depicted on their faces were running in
| all directions. Everybody was talking
| vi disasters which had occurred in other
quarters OF the town. The banks and
! other financial establishments In the
| suburb of Ga!ata were abandoned by
| the employees directly after the first
! people were gathered, being afraid to
| re-enter the houses. Passing through
| Pera, L entered the weil-knuwn public
| garden Petls Champs. 1t was crowded
With panie-Stricken inhabitants, and
| Was likely 10 remain tenanted all night.
LII Galata, near the bourse, building
| fell, buryIng the inmates. The streets
were strewn with telegraph poles aud
| wires. As l ain writing this dlspalcn
reports reach NE of much damage TO
property and loss OF lite in Stamboul,
| the bazaars having suffered i'll partlcu-
| lar, but time has not allowed me to
verify these stateme nts. As l was
going down the bank staircase, how
ever. noticed that Stamboul appeared
to BIZ covered with mist OF dust.
| In all, three distinct shocks, the sec
ond and third being the most violent.
which were felt this morning, each was
accompanied by large rumbling noise,
which | at first took for the crash of
falling buildings. A barriSter tells me
that he was pleading i'll the Russian
court when the first earthquake occur
red The Judge aud counsel who were
engaged in the case at once fled from
the building in terror, and the court dlu
not resume its sitting during the day.
Later have just returned from
uTlV6 dTOunu OLdulUUuls ms Ou suto MUG
OF the water, all tile shops and offices
are closed. and the people are i'll the
streets. 1 was Informed that the min
lister of police was present in person,
experimenting the removal of the in
jured and dead and arranging for the
safe custody of valuable goods, which
had been hastily abandoned by the
owners. Several minarets had fallen,
and in the streets are to be seen little
heaps of bricks and mortar which had
been detached from the facades of pri-
vate houses. The city is now gradually
recovering from its first fright, but
numbers of people will stay III the
streets tonight owing to fears of re-
newed disturbances.
The Daily News correspondent at
COnstantinople says:
Yesterdays earthquakes were the
severest that have been felt here within
living memory. Thousands Ut windows
we've broken and dozens of walls were
cracked.
There is scarcely street In Stamboul
which does not contain debris.