New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
STAMBOUL IN TERROR.
INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE
ON THE BOSPHORUS
Constantinople, July IA.

INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EARTHQUAkH
ON THE BOsPHORUs.
Constantnople. July H.
Turkey always has the reputation OF clinging
with affection to ancient usages. We now have.
In an earthquake for which one has 10 go back
over three hundred years for parallel an tx-
ample Of the wiping out Of cities OK he East In
ancient times. The city is not destroyed, nor any.
thing near to it. But the native business quar-.
ters Of the city nearly wiped out that Its
prosperity as mercantile centre would be ended
but for the modern facilities for bringing ne
energies Of the West to bear upon The work of
restoration.
At about noon on Tuesday July TO- sinister
| rumbling startled the people OF the city. II in-
creased in intensity. until curiosity had given
place TO a vague terror, and then the solid earth
| began to quake. People in these regions are not
| afraid OF earthquakes. for they merely shake one
| up a little. knock over an old chimney or two
and then have done. So they merely made ex-
CARNATIONS OF surprise at the unusual violence OF
the shock and looked at each other as those DO
who have passed through a peril. But In nve
minutes more came another shock such as the
memory Of man In these parts falls to remember.
It was a series Of perpendicular blows with q
| slight lateral vibration from north to south. IL
was such shock as the Moslem books OF physics
the OK who bears the earth on his back II was
no time for remembering the maunderngs OF
! these sleepy headed old philosophers. however.
| The second shock lasted about ten seconds. In
| these ten seconds every inhabitant OF Constanti-
nople who could walk had run IN frenzy OF rear
to the open Some in their terror leaped from
| third STORY windows The home for which man
| will fight had become transformed into the worst
| OF enemies. The houses were sway1ng 70 ana ITO.
and grooming and cracking and hurting docks Oh
stone and brick in every direction Merchants
| left their shops unguarded. Bankers lert their
gold on the counter and their safes wide open.
| Jewellers forgot the value Of the diamonds IN
their showcases All fed pell-mell into the :
| streets and then stood and looked back, or II
| ,he stree, was narrow rushed for the nearest
omen ground Hundreds they came into the
| s,reet were struck by falling stones and maimed
| or killed The spectacle from any high point 'hae
| gave a view the city was enough 10 'ahe
| the stoutest tremble. vast cloud OF yellow GUST
| was rising into the air. strange crasn'hs'
breaking sound filed the whole dome OF heaven.
and high above this grinding and crashing Vi
the disrupted walls rose one long, ear-pierc'hs
watl--the cry Of the women In their agony WHAT
~. vornen Of a nation are that the men sooner
or later become. That wild all-pervading shreh
., The women filled with terror all who heard
the firm friend Of yore. Men began to remember
,bo,- wealth open 10 the hand Of pilage Those
,o dared nor venture back themselves ordered
thar servants or offered large sums 70 less
waa,thv neighbors TO 60 and lock the sares OF
| hor tho shop door But all such late precautions
| had 10 be taken within ten minutes TOT ae t'ie
| end Of ten minutes came another OF those d"iui
pounding vibrating blows from the depths oi INC
earth. and again the clouds OF dust arose ana '"s
air was full OF flying stones and the long wall
81 invisible and despairing women once ho'e
arose 70 heaven. That finished the WORK VI
nani, Without waiting an instant the men III
| the business quarters fed for their hofnes' anu
~. won and women at home fed for the parks
or gardens or open fields. or took boats anu went
IN tho shin. IN the harbor The bridges over the
Golden Horn were crammed with people VINO mao
Como there for refuge from the terrible oea'h'
| Soo,,re houses and walls or who were fignuns
| ,h.,- naddened career toward the steam ierry-
boats that DIV I'D the Bosphorus or down 10 the
pr,ncas Islands The steamboat companies uio
nor wait for the regular hours OF departure ou'
az the boats filled TO and beyond their usuai Gu
paclty for passengers they sent them OIL ~
| Iate-comers there were plenty. but 10 al CUM
I,,s ~ Tho failure TO have boats at the ap-
| nonted times the gatemen would say Inv
world IA turning upside-down. Do you sup
nose the timetable Will not De 'uiheu "P''NS
down. too?' ..
The first shock was at twenty minutes past -
o,o,oct There have been twenty shocks in tho
three DAYS since that time 10 Keep UP the pah'''
hut the damage was all done in the first hf'eeh
..,n,,ss Ru, II has required three days to form
IN this city Of vast dirpensions and small means
., communication any full notion OF the amount
~ calamity The greatest loss OF life was IN the
great hazaars The heavy vaults OF the roor
by which the streets are protected iro" '"'
rain were pierced with windows ana rested VA
insignificant walls. Whole streets OF THESE va
zsars have been blotted out by the cruihO""s Vi
those heavy arches OF the vaults Even no" wv
work Of extracting the dead and the living Is iar
from complete FOR the recurring SHOCKS pr'''s
down new sections and make the work o, -, do.
exceedingly dangerous. Inc mex $3.50! s,on,
s,ruc,ton Of life was along the line or the ahS'ee
| CITY walls These ancient walls winch "n'
stood for a thousand years nave peei s .,,e ne
i,,,ht ~ an,iouarians and have in fact been pre-
served from destruction during recent Years oy
tho protests OF Europeans against the vanuansliss
OF tearing down such monuments Tor me saN1 D. "a
- hn,Idiro stone which they would afford But
With the great shock of the earthquake masses
OF the wall both on the land side, on me uo s,
Horn and on the Marmora. came crashlns
| ,brouph the frail houses at their pase anu
blotted out families In an instant Inc waiis re-
main with rent towers ana proNeh lio"';
| nov, n will be recognized that they are CANCER
~ Tho CITY which they were built to protect, ana
II IS probable that they will not long De spareu'
a. - ,ba n,oment Of the earthquake the Mahome.
: tan muezzins were in the minarets Oh 'nS
mosques calling the noon-hour or prayer. -
| least fifty OF these tall. graceful stone -
tei IN complete or partial ruin. and IN many
cases the muezzins were killed or CONSCIOUSLY
wounded The Turkish baths are mass'. n uo'''S,.
| buildings OF stone, heated by internal nres. ~
Them people not only battle but linger for hours(
10 recover from the intense heat OF tne ope ~
ton Quite a number Of these were wreekeu, ,s sS
dome coming era hing down upon unsuspecune
| neople lounging below. In many cases the JAN.
Gre Hed FOR their lives without stopping 10 gatner
c.S - ratmant Native business men coming
! ~ Constantinople live and have their business