The record-union., 1894-04-23
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES.
Severe Oscillations Create Panics
in Grecian Villages.
CASUALTIES REPORTED AT ONE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY.
Three Negroes Charged with Arson
Taken From an Alabama jail,
Swung From q Bridge, and Their
Bodies Riddled with Bullets.
special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
ATHENS, April %. - The earthquake
shocks that began at about 7:30 o'clock
Friday night continued with more or less
frequency until noon to-day. All last
night the oscillation of the earth was
noticeable, and the people of this city
were in a state of semi-panic. Tele-
graphic communication with many parts
of the country is badly interrupted, and
it is barely possible to get news from the
towns that must have been affected by the
shocks. In three villages = Malesina,
Proskina and Martino-all in the Prov
ince OF Locris, l29 persons were killed.
The Mayor of Larymni telegraphs that
a heavy shock occurred at Proskina while
vespers services were being held in the
parish church. The walls of the church
fell, burying all the worshipers in the
ruins. Hardly person in the church es-
capped without injury. Thirty were taken
out dead. Houses were thrown down in
other parts of the village, and the money
| loss is great, some of the villagers being
practically ruined.
| At Maelsina houses tottered and fell,
as though built Of cardboard. In this lit
tie village sixty persons were killed. In
some cases entire families fathers, moth
| ers and children-Were taken out OF the
ruins dead.
| At Martino thirty-nine persons were
killed Here, as at Proskipa, the parish
church was the scene of a great number
of fatalities.
| In the vicinity of Athens the fatalities
were less numerous, but the property
damage is immense.
,Ntf.a Of fha rctt nd
other steamship companies were partially
destroyed.
The Church of st. Elias, between the
Pieruas and Phalstrum, has been racked
beyond repair and is tottering. The
domes, walls and mosaics of the famous
Bysantine church of Daphne is very seri-
ously 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 Minister
of the Interior and other officials, and to-
gether 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 giving quick re-
sponses to the calls that are being made
upon them.
The total number of deaths thus far re-
ported is 100, but there is scarcely any
question that this number will be aug
mented when the more remote villages
are heard from.
Athens sharp shock was felt that for a
time caused CONSERVATION in the tele-
graph Office.
EIGHT VILLAGES DESTROY ED.
LONDON, April pa dispatch to the
Times from Athens says: The earthquake g
destroyed eight villages in the district of
Atalanta. In this district alone forty
eight persons We're killed and several
hundred were injured. The monasteries
of st. Martin and Proskina were de-
stroyed. The Perrat Pelli was rent
asunder and sunk below the waters of
the harbor. Large powders were de-
tached from the mountain of Braganda
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 Alta
lanta. Heavy shocks were felt through
out the Eubosa Islands.
The walls of a number of houses in
Athens were cracked, and partitions were
thrown down. Heavy pieces of furniture
were thrown IN many instances almost
across the room, and pictures were ruined
by being thrown from their hangIngs.
None of the ancient monuments, except
the arch of Hadrian, were injured. All
the schools in Athens have been closed.
Another violent shock occurred at Chalois
at noon to-day, causing an immense
amount of damage. A portion of the cell
ing of the room in the palace occupied by
the Kings grandchildren was shaken
down, but nobody was hurt.