The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07
ESCAPES SMYRNA,
Tells or FIRE
Greek, Saved by American Sail.
ors, Saw His Parents Killed
by Turks.
COMES HERE AS ST0WAWAY
Band Of cutthroats Fire Buildings
That Were Not Already Burning
and XIII Inhabitants and
Loot Houses.

New yurk. rk.---COasinndinDs SknizlrlE.
Greek. twcnty.soScn, refugee from
Smyrn. saved 10y sailors from ih"
United States destroyer Lltrhnrld. mr..
rived here from Naples ~ NOwnwny
on the steamship Gugiiclnp Pelr"".
lie told Immigration inspectors That
his parents had been slain before his
eyes. but that lI- sister, Who's"
whereabouts he does not know. had
be"u saved
Skai.lfIE said that he had Kept n
smnll grocery store Nv the Grcrk srr-
ton ~ Smyrna near the plvgl" hos
nital. Ou October ~ three days npcr
the town had been fired. u Turkish
hnhdli. giant IN stature who hnl
hcrn hnmcl. or porter. on ilI" "ua.
tnms quay hr'ur" the war and VIII"
lad acquired fame aS Wr' tier, h9d
entered smyrna ~ ilIr head ~ puuti
~ rutihrDnts and had si nr" - any
buildings that were not burning. Then
they had started {" iii the iuhnh'
iiants and loot housc-.
Father and Neither Killed.
"Thry rushed into my store In the
forenoon" mid the siuunWuy bran,
dishlng long. brnad-hlidcd knives. aul
attacked iny father and mother nnd
ny brother Thomas, who wcr" trying
IN keep the Turkish robbers from ias.
lug guuds. Ny parents wcr" killed
one bandit seized my sister kntb"rlnn,
nnd bore her away "n his shoulders !
pururh hlgi while ms brother !aIsl!t
desperately Ia corner "f tie store.
II searched everywhere FOR her. ~
last was told size had been carried
NJ hy the hriganis tu their caves In
the mountains hack of smyrna. whcr"
they hHi been hiding uud rrcy.ng on
the country people sine" the Greek
army had entered In the spring of
1871.
after hiding nll day. went 10 the
American consulate. whcr" I found
some naval officers Hnl sailors from
the dostruycrs IN the hnrbor which
wcr taking "a the refugees 4, the
steamships bound Tor Greece.
Il got Ia the waterfront With great
dIiilculty. ~ the heat from the burn.
lEg ruins was Intense and the smoke
from ~" tobacco warehouse, was SUI.
fucptlne. Because the streets are very
narrow In Smyrna Il was impossible
to pass down them. The flames had
spread across from sids io side. and
the roadway was piled with debris.
Sailors Save Sister.
"it the custom house steps ! met
q honimnn Who knew my family. He
told me that Katherine had been
saved by sailors from the American
destroyer. hut could not infnrm me
which steamship site had been taken
20. There were fully 2ooO refugees
men. women and children, dn the quay
when was there, Ave days after the
irc started The last news had was
that the American consulate had been
ured by the Turkish bandits. or lrree.
ulars, as they wcre styled"
The stowawuy snld the Turks had
not attempted 10 interfere with the
Armenlans, Greeks. Jews nnd other
refugees when they had come under
the protection OF the American sailors.
but that many had been killed In the
streets before they could reach the
waterfront, Their bodies had been
thrown Into the flames Ia order TO
hide all traces Of the crlmcS commit,
ted by the invaders,
lie said an Italian steamship had
taken him to llrIndisl AZ Naples hc