The herald., 1894-04-23
GREAT EARTHQUAKES IN GREECE,
Old Mother Earth in Violent
Commissions.
The Inhabitants of the Sunny Land
Terror-Stricken
Many villages Devastated and Historic
Buildings Ruinsd--seOres OF Lives
Lost and. Hundreds of PsO-
pie Destitats.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
ATHENS, April 22.--The sarthq uake
shocks which began at about half past
7 O'Clock Saturday night. continued
with more or less frequency until noon
today. All last night the oscillation OF
the earth was noticeable, and the people
OF this city were in state Of semi-panic.
Telegraphio communication with many
parts Of the country IL badly inter-
rupted, and it Ia barely possible to get
news from the towns that must have
been affectcd by the shocks.
In three villages. Malesina, Proskina
and Martino, all in the province OF
Locris, 129 persons were killed. The
mayor of Larymni telegraphs that a
heavy shock occurred at PEoskina while
vesper services were being held in the
parish church. The walls OF the church
fell, burying all the woruhipers in the
ruins. Hardly q person in the church
escaped without injury. Thirty we're
taken out dead. Houses we're thrown
down in other parts OF the village and
the money loss is great, some of the
villagers being practically ruined.
At Malesina houses tottered and fell
as though built OF cardboard. In this
little village 90 persons were killed. In
some cases entire families, fathers,
mothers and children were taken out of
the ruins dead.
At MArtino 40 persons we're killed.
Here, as at Proskina, the parish church
was the scene of great number of fa-
talities.
In the vicinity of Athens the fatalities
were less numerous, but the property
damage is immense. The Offices OF the
Austrian Lloyd and other steamship
companies were partially destroyed.
The church of St. Elias, between the
Pieruas and Phalerum, has been wrecked
beyond repair and 10 lettering. The
domes, walls and moeaics of the famous
Byzantine church of Daphne are very
seriously injured.
King George, in the royal yacht, will
start tonight for the maritime districts
that have been devastated by the
shocks. He will be accompanied by the
OF the interior and other
officials, and together they will decide
upon the measures that must be taken
to alleviate the distress among the
people,
The government will be compelled to
adopt extraordinary measures to help
The poor in the districts affected. Steps
10 this end have already been taken and
he state authorities are giving quick
responses to tho calls that are being |
made upon them.
The total number of deaths thus far
'eported is 160, but there il scarcely any |
question that this number will be aug
nented when the more remote villages |
ire heard from.
As this dispatch was being sent from |
Athens = sharp shock was felt that for q |
kilue-cAuaed condemnation in the tala-
LONDON, April ga dispatch to the
Times from Athens says: The earth.
quake destroyed eight villages in the
OF Atalanti. In this district alone
48 persona were killed and several hun
dred injured, The monasteries OF st.
Marines and Proskina were destroyed.
The Peirat wall was rent asunder and
sank below the watoEs OF the haIbor.
Large boulders we're detached from
the mountain of Brsganda and
some OF them fell upon shepherd houses
that were clustered at the foot OF the
mountain. All the inmates OF the
houses were crushed to death. Huge
chasms opened in the earth about Atal-
anti. Heavy sk ocka we're felt through
out the Euboir Islands. The walls OF O
number OF houses in Athens were
cracked and partitions we're thrown
down. All the schools in
Athens have been closed. Another vio-
lent shock occurred at Chalois ct noon
today, causing an immense amount OF
damage. A portion OF the ceiling OF the
room in the palace occupied by the
kings grandchildren was shaken down
but nobody was hurt.