EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AFFECTED
CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON. September 28,
Earthquake shocks were felt on Monday night at Salonica, Macedonia, Thrace, Greece. Yugo-Slavia, and Bulgaria.
The latest reports from Athens state that 120 people were killed and 500 injured, while nearly 3,000 houses were destroyed. Thousands of people are homeless.
Among the villages destroyed is Stagira, the birthplace of Aristotle. The Government has taken prompt measures to render relief.
PANIC-STRICKEN PEASANTS
TWENTY-THREE VILLAGES DESTROYED.
ATHENS, September 28. (Received September 29, at 9 a.m.) The occupants of twenty-three villages destroyed in the earthquake are wandering about the countryside in a state of panic, praying for deliverance from the terror. It is reported that 200 Asia Minor refugee families were exterminated on the Island of Amogiani. A strange light seaward heralded a destructive tidal wave. It is believed that the famous monastery on Mount Athos was badly damaged.
Many miners were buried in the galleries at Cassandra and Stratonikion.
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Evening Star, Issue 21220, 29 September 1932, Page 9
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