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EARTHQUAKES IN EUROPE
Violent Shocks in South Austria and
Northern Italy,
MANY SCENES OF TERROR.

People Camping In the Fields--- irhih'
Rocking Like Ship at Sea---Death
and Damage in Many Towns---ship-
ping Crowded With Fugitives.
Severe earthquake shocks visited South
ern Austria and the North of Italy. involving
in the former country the loss Of many lives
and much damage to property.
Violent shocks of earthquake were ex-
perienced throughout Southern Austria, the
manifestations beginning at midnight. At
Laibach, thirty-one shocks were felt between
midnight and 7.30 o'clock @. m. All OF the
churches, public buildings, business
houses, and residences in the town were dam
aged. Several persons were killed by falling
walls, etc., and large number were more or
less seriously injured At Velden ten shocks
were felt and at Trieste four. Shoclss were
also felt at Abbazzia. Arco, Gorizta, Gill and
other places, in all Of which many buildings
were damaged. The direction OF tho disturb
ances was from southeast to northwest.
Slight seismic vibrations were also felt in
Vienna. Communication between Trieste
and Laibach Is suspended. In many OF the
districts between the two towns, as we'll as IN
the sections visited by the shocks, the people
are camping out in the fields.
Persons arriving at the Vienna railroad
stations report deaths and damage to prop
erty in many towns besides those already
mentioned. They say that along the rail-
road lines they saw thousands camping IN
the fields. The trains were rocked by the
shocks. Some say that the rolling motion
was as noticeable as on ship at sea. All
reports indicate that the shocks followed the
lines from Florence to Botzen, Florence to
Vienna, and Serajeno in Bosnia to Steln-am-
Angar in Hungary.
Persons from Laibach gave vivid descrip-
tions Of the scenes Of terror during the earth
quakes. The first shock, shortly after mid
night. was 80 severe that the whole popula.
tion was aroused, and hundreds ran half
clothed into the streets. BY o'clock the
streets were blocked with carts and car
rlages in which the sick and aged and the chill
dren were being conveyed to places OF safety.
Terrified groups knelt on the corners and be-
fore churches, praying for deliverance ana
begging the priests to pray for them. Inc
barracks, the museum, the distillery, and
half dozen other large buildings . were Ia lala
in ruins, Scores of other buildings were
cracked and half shaken from their founda-
tions.
At Fiume the audience in the Players The
stre had Just risen to leave the building
when the first shock came. All crowded
madly into the exits. Many persons were in
jured in the struggle. All night boats filled
with fugitives put out from the Fiume
wharves to the shipping. :,
During the panic in Trieste a frightened
horse ran down crowded street, injur1ng
twenty persons seriously and knocking down
fifty or sixty. The harbor was agitated as 1t
by q storm, and several boats carrying per-
sons to the shipping were capsized. Six
persons were drowned.
Severe shocks of earthquake were expert
enced at Venice and Verona, in Italy. Many
buildings were damaged and several per-
sons injured. At the first shock in
Venice the guests fled from the hotels
to the public squares, and the inhab-
itants deserted their houses and took
refuge in the available open spaces. Vio-
lent shocks were also experienced at Bo.
logna, Ferrara, and Treviso, in each OF
which towns great damage was done to
buildings. Many were hurt in the panic,
but no one was killed. Shocks have been
generally felt throughout the North OF Italy.
Several districts OF Sicily have been shaken
severely by earthquake. Tho shocks were
most violent in the province OF Syracuse. In
Monterosso Almo the facade Of church and
several houses we're laid in ruins, and many
other buildings we're damaged.