The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-29
a Graphic Story Of the Rout Of the Greek
Army at Mati.
THOUSANDS IN A FRENZY or FEAR
M'ny Grccis Officers Tried to stem, thc
Stampede hut tho Majority Yield
ca I" the Fear OF an Ottoman fnss-
acre Even tho children Knew 10
Fear the Turks.
Copyright 1850, by the Associated prcss)

Copyright 1850, by the Associated prcss.)
Athens. April 2$, 1897.
:, ,rna The retreat Of the forces OF The
ca into "a rout before many miles had
bScn covered. The Larissil correspondent
Irctrcatng troops, has arrived here and
ms NE; story, OF tho fight is full Of interest
Vile soldiers, women and children were
ana the soldiers unthcmtiHlng their otti-
GSts' u dozen horsemen and as many rider
less horscS, appeared.
THE STAMPEDE
The cry went up, The Turks arc upon
US, ana the stampede began. Tho fright
nre ,n IN every direction. and the terror of
tnc,ai,i tnc animals added to tho confusion. The
i'shS1huents' inr shn, h. ITS Who narrowly cscapcd be
inE Kept up for half an hour
and me .h,i5n,,,, sGGne was terrible Men women
Strewn with ammunition boxes, broken
carts ana furniture, the bedding Of sold
,ers, n:,nkets and tin pannlcans. The lat
hccamc cntanglcd in them and lie horses
frantic with alarm, Enilopcd about among
nc ne nyinG crowds. many Of them ridercss
Guns and ammunition, wagons ana
trr.s tra os haacn ,at, TO ne obstruction. Their
drivers to mount the horses attached 10
mem .ei,, and @ seek sal fety in tight.
cinere whs many struggles between the
iusitives for the POSSESSION OF the horses,
IN this manner the affrightcncd crowd
strugsled on for several miles. presenting
some OF the Grcck officers. II is true did
Their duty. They ordered tho buglcrs and
trumpcters to sound. cease firing and
70 malt. But others Of the Greek officers
lost their heads and pushed onward as ter
npicsn r9r S.fiGkeh ,reh ns the soldery One brave
senses by presenting revolver ut them
and shouting: stop, stop but he might
as a., :, wen III have called upon whirt wind to
Gen. Mavromchalis, who had evidently
rehchcd I.arissa some time before, rode
back some distance In order to arrest the
stampede
Two, miles from the Larissa road is
situated an ombankmcnt, where the gene
raj succeeded in inducing; hnlf Il company
OF foot soldiers to fall liz, but thousands
continued to pel nell rush FOR Larissn.
Salamobrc river, at the entrance OF Ra-
rissa. Another terrible scene was there
presented, guns, men and horses strug-
CLING In Il fearful mass.
IN THE LAR1SSA STREETS.
In I'm the m streets Of Larlssa there was IN
We're mixed together and threw themselves
down In utter exhaustion Ecedlrss OF the
calls OF the trumpets and bugles summon
ing them to fall In. The Inhabitants rush
Ing about the streets. intensified tho con-
fusion. The mere mention Of tho Turks
was sufficient to create a frcnzicd rush.
when the moon rose and the ncighbOr-
hood Of the town could be made out with
some distinctncss matters became calmcr
ana at dawn inc excitement had been rs
duced to 4 restless movement from street
to street. and an anxious discussion OF the
future.
Some estimates Of the number OF d d,atbs
WEich occurred curing the stampede and
indtsc'ininnte firing say that from five to
ci hns IGs "Il ,hess e'en ,s,,r sat nr
aSgeratcd. though people declare they
have seen many wagons bearing the dead
Tn first hours OF daylight were spent
by the Geek officers III assembling their
scattered scatter trooors and sending them to
march withou, any refreshmcnt, and IT is
alleged that many of them had not tasted
food since Friday morning.
when II became known that TarisSa
was 10 be abandoned there was another
panic. The women and even the children
their throats. showing what they expected
OF the Turks, and In an Incredibly short
time the roads leading to PharsaloS and
and animals the latter De l:tng nh kinds Of
household, effects.
"a special train Of trucks took to volo
passengers hanging on TO the roofs and
platforms IKE swarm OF bees: but the
Of the refugees threw anxious looks back
at Lnrssa and the Vale OF Pemna, fearing
every moment rush from the Circassian
cavalry.
by 80 p. m. Larissa was emptied. In
stead OF following the troops to Pha arSalos,
the correspondent. in order to get Off his
dispatches, pushed on 10 Volo, where there
was a panic almost eouallng the one wit
messed at Lar!Ssa. FngiL.VeS were arriv-
Ing at Folo every few minutes and they
spread rumors that the Turks would enter
the place IN few hours.
IN y PERFECT FRENZY.
'In the absence Of steamers there was a
general rush for Caiques, ON board OF
which the well to do classes went to E.u-
boca. or other islands. Your correspond
ent hired caiuuc and went on board Of it
with Il newspaper companion, Mr.. Hold
all. III Il minute there was a great COM
motion. crowds OF people shouting TO us to
come out Of the boat. Then number Of
men made n rush on board Of her, threw
Mr.. Holdal out and pushed the CORES
pondent ashore; IL seems that the lower
classes, panic stricken, determined that If
| they could not escape from Volo no one
else should do so, and they cried: 1--WE
all must die together
ITO such an extent did this feeling OF
panic spread that Il government steamer
which was cmDarking wounded soldiers
Tor the P.racus was obliged to leave Volo
harnor, owing to the fact that the frantic
population threatened to make Il rush On
board the steamship, which would proba-
bis have resulted in great loss OF life AS
IT was. the wounded soldiers we're taken
on board the steamer in small boats and
the vessel sailed for the PiareuS in Il hur-
ry. leaving two English nurses and six
wounded Greek soldiers on the quay The
nurses and the wounded men were taken
to the British consulate.
'Tbe. excitement continued all day Sun
day. secured q caique on the following