Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-30
CHANGED TIL COAST LINE.
Great Violence of the Grecian Earth
quake.

The official reports from the earthquake
stricken districts in Greece in no wise mimi
mize the first accounts of the disaster as
told by the cable dispatches. The whole
coast line from the old ports of Larymna to
Thermopylae suffered terribly from the
shock. The king was deeply stirred by the
scenes of suffering that he witnessed during
his visit to Atalanta- He has announced
his intention of visiting Thebes and Livadia
to extend aid and sympathy to the afflicted
people there.
The loss OF life on Friday night last must
have been very great. Reports from all the
districts have not yet been received. but
NJ. Bouphides, minister Of the interior, has
received advices that in the Lorkis district
alone 800 were killed. Two hundred and
thirty-three bodies have already been dis
covered, and the work of searching for the
others is being actively pursued under the
direction of officials of the various towns
About 300 persons were injured.
Relieving Distress.
Everything possible Is being done to al
leviate the distress, and the government is
spending money with unsparing hand in the
purchase of provisions. Large quantities of
lumber have also been purchased and sent
to the afflicted districts in order that shell
ter may be at once erected for those whose
have contributed largely for the relief of
their countrymen, but Notwithstanding this
public and private assistance there is bound
to be much suffering among the poor.
The people Of ATLANTA have fled to the
hills for safety. In that district there was
continuous series of shocks. In seven
hours and half 365 were counted.
Like Pendulum.
When the earth movements began and the
houses began to totter and fall many ran
wildly from the doomed city and sought a
firm standing place on the hills that rise be-
yond the town. The earth swung to and
fro like a pendulum. and between the
swings would tremble and culver. Great
assures opened in the earth over an area of
ten square kilOmeters.
Much damage was done along the shore
by tidal wave. which encroached upon the
coast for a distance of twenty meters A
number of houses were destroyed by this
means, and there can be no doubt that lives
were also lost.
Huge masses of rock were detached from
the mountains and hurled with laundering
crash into the valleys below. Eye witnesses
of the scene describe it as having been an
aweinspiring exhibition of the mighty forces
of nature, before which man was utterly
helpless.
Deep subterranean rumblings and reports,
resembling the sound of cannon fired at a
distance, continue to be heard, and the peo-
pie are in mortal fear that other and more
severe shocks may follow.
The contour of part of the coast line has
been materially changed. The shore on the
Euboean side has sunk six feet Other
natural phenomena accompanied the dis
turbance. The sulphur springs at Aidipso
were temporarily changed in character and
spurted forth torrents of almost boiling
water. Springs of pure, fresh water appear
ed in the crater of an extinct volcano.
The center of disturbance lies between
Larmyna and the Malayan Gulf, but
through the extent Of Greece the shocks
were felt