The herald., 1897-04-29

There were many struggles for the pos
session Of horses. In this manner th'
affrighted crowds struggled on Tor sew
sral miles, presenting most vivid pic
ture of disaster and fear. Some or the
Sreek officers, it is true, did their duty
They ordered the buglers and the trump
eters to sound cease firing and rode
about calling upon the fleeing soldiers to
half. But others of the Greek officers
loot their heads and rushed onward as
terror-stricken as the soldiery. One
brave officer tried to bring his men to
their senses by presenting revoiVer az
them and shouting stop, stop but he
might as well have called upon wnirl-
wind to stay in its course.
general Mauromichaelis, who had
evidently reached Larissa some time be-
fore, rode back some distance in order to
arrest the stampede.
1.-TWO miles from the Larissa road ie
situated an embankment where the gen.
eraI succeeded in inducing half a COM
pany OF foot soldiers to fall in, but hum
freds continued the pell-mell rush for
Larissa.
"There was a block at the bridge
across Salambra river at the entrance of
Larissa. Another terrible scene was
there presented, guns. men and horses
struggling in the fearful mass.
'In the streets of Larissa there was
indescribable confusion. When the
neighborhood of the town could be made
out with some distinctness, matters be-
came calmer and at dawn, the excite
ment had been reduced to a restless
movement from street to street and an
anxious discussion of the future.
Some estimates of the number of
deaths which occurred during the stam-
pede and indescribable fire say that from
800 to 600 persons were killed, but your
correspondent thinks these figures are
exaggerated.
"The first hours of daylight were spent
by the Greek officers in assembling
their scattered troops and sending them
to Pha areales. The troops continued the
march without any refreshments.
when it became known that Larissa
was to be abandoned there was another
panic. The women and even the chill
dren went about drawing their hands
across their throats, showing what they
expected of the Turks, and in an incred-
ibly short time the roads leading to
Pharsalos and Volo were crowded with
people, vehicles and animals. the latter
bearing all kinds of household effects.
"a special train took to Volo about 300
people, the passengers hanging on to
the ropes and platforms like swarm of
bees, but the majority trudged along on
foot, and many of the refugees threw
anxious looks back at Larissa and the
vale of Pempe. fearing every moment a
rueh from the Circassian cavalry.
by 1:30 p. m. Larissa was emptied. In
stead of following the troops to Phar-
salos the correspondent, in order to get
off his dispatches, pushed on to Volo,
where there was panic almost equaling
the one witnessed at Larissa. Fugitives
were arriving at Volo every few min
utes and they spread rumors that the
Turks would enter the place in few
hours. In the absence of steamers, there
was a general rush for caiques, on board
of which the well-to-do classes went to
Euroea or other islands. Your CORE
spondent hired a caique and went aboard
II with a newspaper companion, Mr..
Holldall. In moment there was a great
commotion, crowds of people yelling fol
us to come out of the boat. Then q
number Of men made a rush on board OF
her, threw Mr.. Holldall out and pushed
the correspondent ashore. 1t seems that
the lower classes, panic stricken, de-
termined that If they could not escape
from Volo no one else should do so, and
they cried. we all must die together
ITO such an extent did this feeling of
panic spread that government steam
er, which was embarking wounded
soldiers for the Piraeus, was obliged To
leave Volo harbor, owing TO the fact that
the frantic population threatened to
make a rush on board the steamships
which would probably have resulted in
great loss of life. AS it was the wounded
soldiers were taken on board the steam
er in small boats, and the vessel sailed
Cor the Piraeus in hurry, leaving two
English nurses and six wounded Greek
soldiers on the quay. The nurses and
the wounded soldiers were taken to the
English legation.
'The excitement continued all day
Sunday. I secured a caique next day
and proceeded to the island of Euboea
whence by caiquing and driving, youl
correspondent reached Athens today
having been five days without taking off
MS SnOeS c. clothing.
THE POWERS WAITING
PARIS, April 2S-The following semi.
official announcement is made: Pour
parlers between Paris, London, Rome
and st. Petersburg, with a view of at
tempting meditation between Turkey
and,Greece are assuming more precise
form. 1t is hoped the opportunity tC
mediate will arise before long. Germany
and Austria are kept informed of the
progress of the negotiations and do mo-
disapprove of them.
The, details dribbling in of the dis
orderly flight from Larissa have effect
ually killed any lingering hope of an eff
fective stand being made at Pharsala
Greece has not been vouchsafed a gen
eral of the stamp needed to restore th'
morals of her army after such a laps
into panic.
Whether the war will survive the dyn
asty,or the dynasty of the war, is now th
question agitating mems minds here.
News of the hemming in and capitula
tion of the Greek army, followed by
revolution at Athens, is hourly expected
Significant of the effect created by tn
Larissa stampede is the silence of tn
Hellenists in the House of Commons
They are accused of having egged OF
Greece to destruction in pure lightnes
of spirit, while the ministers, instead o
covering before the threatened storm O
public indignation, are regaining con
fidence in the belief that their course, i
less precipitate, was, after all, tn,
wieest and most humane.
Mr.. Balfour has made it plain tha
there will be no European Intervention