TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH OF EUROPE.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 99, 26 February 1887, Page 2

TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH OF EUROPE.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOLLED AND WOUNDED. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PEINCE I OF WALES. ■~~r"7?. I _ GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. [reuters* telegrams.] London, February 23. Intelligence of a terrible nature has I just been received from the South of_ Europe, which has been the scene °f JjP most destructive earthquake, spread^ ing death and desolation in all directions. The first intimation of the disaster came from Nice, where two severe shocks of earthquake were experienced about 6 in the morning. The shocks were preceded by a sound as of distant rumbling, which culminated in a shuck of calamitous force. Half-naked people rushed from their houses into the streets, women and infants, attended by .terrified children, hurried along screaming in chorus, imploring the Deity: to protect them. Midst a scene of the wildest and indescribable disorder, a sudden and terrible termination was put to the earth's agitation. Large crowds of visitors, wh<> were staving in the town of whom many were from? England, have fled, but whether any of them were injured cannot yet be ascertained. The next news came from Cannes, where the Prince of Wales has been staying for some days past. Shocks were experienced there with astounding severity. The Prince ef W>le» escaped without injury. „: The phocks were felt with full violence at Monaco, where rocks were split into atoms, and huge pieces were hurled a considerable distance with death-dealing force. A great sensation was caused at Monte Carlo, where the shocks had the effect of driving the whole populace almost frantic, rr At Genoa the people assembled in the streets and prayed with heartrending fervour. The town of Dianonarina is reported to b« almost totally destroyed, and Oneglia, a town 55 miles south-west, of Genoa. The latest news that has been received states that hundreds of people have been killed and wounded. [The above was issued as an " Extra " yesterday afternoon.]