The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-29

test part - fhe se&rfaI axhsinz a. Piewna.
! never witnessed xgch wif5 a-inE- The
whole plAsa was nghtea by Hashes ot
rsaes ir ;Ee hsnSS of ;srro-- stricken SOL
Eventually tas T.re> correspondent ard
myself succeeded IL getting inside a ditch
BY the roadside. and shEs proceeded slow
b. In iris manner we sEscree1ea n push
ing forward fer a time. until we were
thrown down BY Ezs1 from behind and
uzzpled upon by the scores af people AS
! succeeds. In rising 90 ny feet. an ir-ega-
lar. dzshfrg pas. deliberately turned.
rzlSes his rife 20 within three inches Of
ny head ana fred I 9ueked Just IN tine
and fell 70 the groun1. thrs saving my hse-
y had lost rssy companion In the 1esn-
while. ard walked on in tAe ditch already
mentioned. Or else ploEes ~ way Through
the thick Of TIRE stampede.
Road FnIed With the Dying.
The naa airing coatinEe3 for fully hals
AT hour at tha expiration OF which tire
hugIsrs were heard sounding cease firing
but IL Was a long time before the firing
slackened. Ths paadencriun had spread
several miles. When / returned 10 the
road stumbling over dead and dying AMI
mails. men ana women. the scene was ter
rtble. The way was sTreuu with amrsunf
ding Of soldiers. blankets and tin panns-
kins. The latter ratified under the horses
feet. blankets oecane sntangled in them.
and the horses frantic with alarm gall
l0ped about among the fy7ng cros9S
many OF them rfGeriess and deserted
Guns and ammunition. wagons and
carts added 10 the obstruction. Their
traces had been cut Ia order 20 enable
the drivers 10 mount the horses attached
60 them and seek safety ia fight. There
were many struggles for the possession OF
horses In this manner the affrixhtes1
crowds struggled or tor several miles,
presenting a most vivid picture OF disas-
ter and fear.
Some Of the Greesz officers. Il is true.
did their duty. They ordered the bug3ers
and the frumpeters 90 sostnd Cease fr-
ing and rode about calling upon the aee-
ing soldiers 20 halt. Bur others Of the
Greek officers lost their heads and rushed
onward as terror-stricken as the soidiery.
One brave officer tried TO bring his men
10 their senses by presenting revolver
al them and shouting, Stop. stop, bur ne
might as well have called upon wairl-
wind 20 stay IN its course.
Impossible TO stop the Fu&itives.
Gen Mavromichselis. who had evi-
IDENTIFY reached LarisSa some time before.
rode back some distance in Greer 10 ar
Test the stampede Two miles from the
Larissa road Is situated an embankment
where the general succeeded in inducing
half a company OF foot soldiers to fall IN.
but hundreds continued the pell NEIL -asl
for Larissa-
There was a block at the bridge across
the Salambra river at the entrance OF
I-arissa Another terrible scene was there
presented. guns. men and horses strug-
Cling in fearful mass.
In the streets Of Larissa there was
indeScribable confusion. When the neigh
borhood OF the town could be made out
with soma distinctness. matter became
calmer. and at dawn the excitement had
been reduced TO a restless movement from
street 10 street. and an anxious discussion
OF the future.
some estimates OF the number OF
deaths which occurred during the STAN
pede and fndiscriminate FIRE are that from
900 TO Go persons were killed. but your
correspondent thinks these figures are
exaggerated.
The FIRST hours Of daylight were spent
hy the Greek officers In assembling their
scattered troops and sending them 10 Phar-
salos- The troops cor tinued the march
without any refreshments.
When il became known that Larisxa
was 10 bes abandoned there was another
panic. The women and their children went
about drawing their hands across their
throats. showing whas they expected Of
the Turks, and in an Incredibly short time
the roads leading 10 Pharsalos and yolo
were crowded Win people. vehicles and
animals, the latter barring all kinds OF
household effects.
"A special train took 10 Volo about 90
people the passengers hanging on 10 the
ropes and platforms like swarm OF bees.
but the majority trudged along on foot.
and many of the refugees threw anxious
he NoIa 90
Tempe, fearing every moment rush from
the CirSasSian cavalry. By l;30 p. N. La
rissa was empued.
yoIo Pnnfc-stricken.
Instead OF following the troops 20
PharSalos. the corresp spoBdent. in order 70
get OF. his dispatches. pushed on to Volo.
where there was a panic almost equaling
the one Witnessed az Larissa. FugItiyes
were arriving at Folo every few minutes,
and they spread rumors that the Turks
would enter the place in a few hours. In
the absence OF steamers there WAS gen
eral rush for caiques. on board OF which
the weu-to-do classes went 10 Euhoea or
other islands. Your correspondent hired
a caigGe. and went aboard OF it with a
newspaper companion. Mr.. Holldall In a
moment there was great commotion,
crowds of people yelling for US 10 come
out OF the boat. Then a number OF men
made a rush on board 81 her threw Mr..
HolidaH out and pushed the correspond
snt ashore. II seems that the lower class
ex. rsnse-stricken. determined that IL they
could not escape from Volo no one else
should do 50. and they cried, We all must
die
TO such an extent dii this feeling %
panic spread that government steamer
which was eTubarking wounded soldiers
for the Piraeus. was Obliged 20 leave
Vcl0 harbor. owing 70 the fact that the
frantic population threatened 10 make 8
rush on hoard the steamship. which
would probably have resulted 81 q great
loss % TIE As x was. the wounded SOL
Aiers were taken on board the steamer IN
small hosts ard the vessel sailed for the
Piraeus IN a hurry. leaving two English
nurses and xtx wounded Greek soldiers on
the quay. The nurses and the wounded
soldiers were taken 10 ths English lega-
ton.
The excitement continued all day Sun
day. I secured a caE1ue next day and
proceeded "a The lsAand OF Fsuhoea whenca
By casquslnx and driving. your CORE
srsondent reached Athens today. having
been Eve days wlthou< taking his shoes
or clothing OF.
DELYANNIs CABINET ToTTERING.