Evening star., 1909-06-12
HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Earthquake Shocks General in
Southern France.
DEAD BURIED UNDER WALLS
Troops Hurried to Stricken Towns
With Relief Supplies.
PEOPLE CAMPING IN STREETS
Severe Shocks Felt From the Alps to
the Atlantic Ocean, Followed
by Violent Hailstorms.

PARIS. June 1o.-Accordng to the lat
France the towns of St. Cannat and
Rognes were completely ruined by the
earthquake that visited this territory last
night A large proportion of the houses
we're damaged, and those still standing
are cracked and threaten to fall at any
moment.
PARIS. June 1o.-Dispatches received
here from the south of France. where
series of earthquakes were experienced
last night, say the shocks were felt in
the coast departments from the Alps
through to the Atlantic. The people ev-
erywhere were greatly alarmed. and the
oscillations were sufficiently severe to
dspla"e masonry and shake down houses.
The shocks were followed by violent hail
storms.
A dispatch from Marseille says:
The shock last night was most severe
in the departments of Herault and
Bouches du Rhone. There are fifteen
dead at Lambeso. ten at st. Cannat, and
twenty at Rognes. 1t is believed that the
total of dead will reach 100. The tempera-
ture has fallen sharply throughout this
region.
Food supplies are being dispatched
from AK to the afflicted districts, and two
battalions of troops have been sent for
ward to aid in the work of rescuing the
wounded from the ruins.
Many of the villagers in the earth
quake districts are cut off from COM
munication by either telephone or tele-
graph, but as the news that does come in
here shows that the situation Is worse
than at first supposed, relief is being
rushed in all directions.
"At Puy Ste. Raparade two persons
lost their lives, and there was much de-
struction of property. At DenelIes the
church collapsed and a woman sixty years
OF age died of fright
People Camp in Open Places.
The earthquake spread fnlm the Riviera
up as far as Avignon. The shock is de-
scribed as being of considerable violence,
lasting several seconds.
At Toulon the first shock too place at
sixteen minutes past o'clock. 1t was
followed two minutes later by a second
shock. which caused damage, notably in
the Avenue Vauba.
The inhabitants of the old quarter of
from their beds and rushed into the
streets in their night clothes.
At Marseille at the same hour the
shock which took place lasted for four
seconds. The people rushed out of the
cafes in large numbers, greatly terrified.
and assembled in the public squares.
The clocks on the bourse stopped at a
quarter past 8. The shock was most
oIa ha rtE nf
especially in La Plaine and the Vauban
quarter.
vt Montpelier the shock was severe
that hundreds rushed from houses and
spent the night in the streets.
The electric lamps on the promenade
and in the cafes were extinguished.
The village of Egulles, which is situated
ten kilometers from AK. suffered severely.
Several houses collapsed and the village
is partly destroyed. At Cannes and Per-
the oscillations lasted some seconds, bul
did not do any damage. Similar reports
come from Cette and Beziers.
Crushed Under Houses.
The earthquake at Lambesc took on
the proportion of a catastrophe. Many
houses were wrecked, buryinS the inhabi-
tants in the ruins. Eight bodies of the
dead have been found, as we'll as many
wounded
The terrified population has taken
refuge in the streets. despite the pouring
rain, and dare not return to their homes.
At Mines a violent shock was felt at
a quarter past 8 o'clock and lasted six
seconds People, half clothed, rushed
into the streets. AT IL O'Clock large
crowds were still assembled in the pub
lie squares. afrald to return home.
NICE, June IA violent earthquake
shock was felt at Nice at twenty-five min
utes past o'clock last evening. A weak
er shock was felt at Beaulieu.
The population, terrified, rushed into
the streets. No loss of life is recorded
here.
LISBON. June 12.-There was a trem-
bling of the earth here last night ac-
compdnied by subterranean rumbingS.