GREAT EARTHQUAKE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10537, 12 August 1912, Page 1

GREAT EARTHQUAKE.

* devastation in turkey, terrible loss ox life. , stromboliTn"eruption. "United Press As'sooiation—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 10. Seismographs in England early yescrday recorded a great earthquake in £ast Europe, the needle being displaced nine -inches. Later news stated that a prolonged earthquake had been experienced in the vicinity of Constantinople- The volcano of Stromboli is reported to be discharging thick smoke and lava with loud and prolonged explosions.

GREAT DAMAGE,

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS HOMELESS. DEATH-ROLL UNKNOWN. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, August 11. The earthquake lasted thirty seconds. Its chief centre was the Dardanelles. There is hardly a building in Gallipoli or Chanak that is not damaged. The shock was felt in the whole region between Constantinople and Adriaiiople. Many thousands of persons on both, iides of the Sea of Marmora are homeless. The wires are down and communication between Constantinople and the rest of Europe is interrupted, except via Odessa. Some were killed and many injured At Chanak, where hot springs overflowed a large area and then vanished through fissures. Many stone buildings at Chanak, in-» shading the great church and mosque collapsed. Others are in ruins. * An extraordinary feature is that the frontages of houses on the seashore we,re destroyed, while their backs were untouched. Wooden buildings withstood the shock better. LIGHTHOUSES DISAPPEAR. The captain of the steamer Virginia reports that the lighthouses at Ganos and Hora have disappeared. Many villages in the vicinity are in flames. The "Virginia was unable to anchor owing to the ebullition of the sea. The captain of the steamer Kyveli confirms these statements. While doubling Capes Hora and Ganos a heavy sea compelled him to stop, and he was unable to render assistance. - VILLAGES ENGULFED. '-■'"■" MANY HUNDREDS KILLED. Latest information from fugitives, wireless messages and other sources that three hundred were killed \ and six hundred injured J at' Myriophito. The village of Sharkeny was destroyed, and two others were engulfed. Hora is completely destroyed, sighty persons-being killed and three hundred injured. ' and torpedo boats will conrey provisions and medical stores. LAN ESTIMATE OF THE CASUAL- . TIES. ONE THOUSAND KILLED. The newspapers estimate -" that**'a' thousand persons were killed and six thousand rnjured.