GREAT EARTHQUAKE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 37, 12 August 1912, Page 7

GREAT EARTH QUAKE

TERRIBLE DISASTER IN TURKEY THOUSANDS HOMELESS, FOODLESS, AND WATERLESS 11RE8 CAUSE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. LIGHTHOUSES DISAPPEAR. By Telegraph.— Press AMOcUUou.-Copyrlilit, LONDON, 10th August. Seismographs in England early yesterday morning recorded a great earthquake, tho location of which is believed to be in Eastern Europe. In onp> me the needle of the instrument was displaced nine inches. Later in tho day news came of tt, prolonged earthquake in the vicinity of Constantinople. The volcano of Stromboli, in the Lipari Islands, north of Sicily, ie reported to be discharging thick smoke «nd lava, loud aad prolonged explosion* coming from the crater. DARDANELLES CHIEF CENTRE OF DIBTURHANCIfi. LARGE* AREA"OF GROUND VANISHES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Uth Aug. Thts earthquake lasted thirty second*. Its chief centre was the Dardanelles, and there is hardly tin undamaged building left in Galhpoli (on the European side) and Ohanak (on the Asiatic shore). The shock was felt throughout the whole region between Constantinople and Adrianoplo. Many thousands of people on both sides of tho Sea of Matfmora are homeless, foodies*, and waterless. ,It us impossible yet to estimate the death roll, as the wiree are down and ' communication between Constantinople and Western Europe are interrupted, except via Odessa. Some people were killed and many injured at Ohanak, whore the hot springs overflowed, and a large area of ground then, vanished through the ftV Aurea. 'Many stone buildings in Chanak, Including a great church and mosque, collapsed, and others are in ruins. An extraordinary feature of the ais» aster is that the frontages of houses on the seashore were destroyed while thte rear portions remained untouchdti. Wooden buildings withstood the shpok better. MANY VILLAGES IN FLAMBB. The captain of the steamer Virginia reports that the lighthouses at Ganos (on tho European side of the Sea of Marmora), and Hora hftVe disappeared, and many villages in the vicinity are in flames. The Virginia was unable to anchor owing to the ebullition of the sou. The captain of the steamer .Kyveli confirms this statement. He save that while doubling Capes Hora and Ganos the heavy sea compelled him to stop, and he was unable to render assistant to those ashore. Latest information gathered from fugitives, a wireless message and other sources, is that 300 people were killed and 600 injured at Nyriophito, the village of Shar-koi was destroyed, and two others engulfed. Hora was completely destroyed, and eighty people were killed and 300 injured. < Steamers and torpedo boats will convey provisions and medical stores to the distressed people. ESTIMATE OF KILLED AND INJURED. At last advices Constantinople newspapers estimate that 1000 people were killed and 6000 injured. SHOCKS LAST UPWARDS OF A MINUTE PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. FOUR SOLDIERS BURIED ALIVE. (Received August 12, 8.10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, 11th August. The Vali at Adrianoplo reports that the earthquake and the fires caused gnat lose of lifo and personal injuries to many. There was nayoo in the Nyriophito and Shar-koi districts on Saturday. Necessaries have been sent forward. The shook lasted for upwards of at minute. ' The courthouse, police station, and other public buildings in Shar-koi were seriously damaged. The minarets on seven mosques and a number of shops' dwellings collapsed. A watchman was killed and four sol« diers buried alive. SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION. THREE HUNDRED HOUSES DESTROYED. (Received A ui?ust 12, 0.5 a.m.) CONSTAIVi-nvwwjß,, ilth August The earthquake caused the explosion of a lamp ut Tchlorlu and a serious conflagration resulted. Thtoe hundred houses havo already been deßtroyed. Turkish warships at the Dardanelles folt the shock. I It was first imagined that it originated j through Italian torpedoes. i There have been many fatalities ashore I due to the subsequent fires.