The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
40 KILLED AND
1876 INJURED IN
FORMER SHOCKS
Property Damage From Satur-
days Temblors Estimated
at 100000
1870 BUILDINGS RUINED
P0pulace Is Panic.stricken and
Afraid to Reenter Stand.
ing Houses
1870 BUILDINGS RUINED


Another series Of earthquake
shocks struck the historic city
Of Smyrna this morning. in.
creasing the terror Of the popu.
lati0n which was barely recover.
ing from m earthquake Satur.
day. which caused heavy loss Of
life.
The first shock today, q slight
one. was felt at s q. m. and this
was followed by . succession of
eight shocks which sent the
b0ldest, who had returned to
their houses. fleeing to the hills
again.
The appearance Of geysers in
the Gulf Of Smyrna added to
terrifying phenomena which had
marked the preceding quake and
spread further panic among the
population which is camping in
the fields snd hills.
Latest reports placed the dead
at 40 and the injured 1T 136. A
total Of 1870 buildings have
been destroyed and the damage
is estimated At $4,000, 900.
Constantinople, April 2.-(AP)-.
Fear OF recurrence of the earth
quake of Saturday, in which GO
Turks lost their lives, gripped the
region around Smyrna today. More
tremors occurred yesterday ut
Smyrna and Torbali but there was
no additional damage.
All unsteady houses were demol-
ished by the authorities to prevent
another catastrophe. The popula-
tom Of Smyrna prowled the streets.
many in scant attire and all fearing
to recnter their demolished homes
in search of clothing.
Official accounts said that at
Smyrna 70 houses and 10 shops were
demolished and 1913 houses, two
mosques, sc shops, four schools. five
factories. two motion picture thea
tres. ono hospital and q clock tower
were damaged.
At karshiquaya, 16 houses were
destroyed and 100 damaged.
Thousand Peasants Homeless
There were several victims at
Torbali where every house was in
ruins. A thousand homeless peas
ants crouched among the debris.
According to Moslem custom. thew
buried their dead Immediately. Then
they turned their faces toward
Mecca and prayed to Allah, waiting
with oriental resignation for what
might befall them as intermittent
tremors continued.
Several villages around Torbali
were destroyed. Five were unin-
habitable and four were badly dam
aged. In one Of these villages, $50
houses were razed and 40 persons
injured. In another, eight persons
were killed and 16 injured.
Ten persons were killed at Balm
dir. Three mosques and several
other buildings were damaged at
Minnenhette. At Karabrune and
six other places several houses were
destroyed.
~he government at Angora organ
lied relief forces and sent q COM
mission to the stricken district.
President Mustapha Kemal sent 500
Turkish pounds (roughly s2,50O) to
relieve immediate needs.
Electrical Storm First
Witnesses Of the disaster said the
earthquake was preceded by an
electrical storm and the waters of
the Gulf Of Smyrna rose and whirled
and receded while the terror
stricken populace knelt in prayer.
There was . brief period Of silence
and then came the first shock with 4
roaring rumble. Eight Others fol-
lowed at short intervals.
The American consul in Constan-
tinople was unofficially assured that
all foreigners in Smyrna were safe.
Crippled telegraph lines prevented
the consulate at Smyrna from re-
porting directly. Meage advices
from the country districts indicated
the damage there was widespread
and heavy.
A fissure go feet long and nearly
four feet wide was opened along the
quay. Restoration work is being
done already on filling in the many
fissures.
An entire hillside slid from the
mountains in northern Anatolia. A
dozen farm houses were crushed
but no deaths were reported. The
only road between Trebizond and
Erzeroum was blocked and it will
take moths to clear it.
Antiques Net Damaged
The earthquake did not touch the
famous antiques at Pergamum and
In the museum ut Smyrna.
The Turkish cabiEet sent 5000
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