QUAKE IN SERBIA

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1931, Page 5

QUAKE IN SERBIA

A TALE OF DISASTER ENOR.MOL’S DAMAGE. (Received this day at 10 a.rn.) fSJiuvwo i.-'xtitjt) Abauuiiiuyu.— ily iUeeCriC Telegraph.—Copyright. J BELGRADE. March «). Crashing landslides, huge boiling geys,ms spouting "skywards, and ominous rumbling for the entire length of the rock hound Struma valley, accompanied the Yugo-Slavian earthquake. Mineral spring* at Struninitza vanished in a few minutes, reappearing at Ynniaiidovo, ten miles away, whore scalding minor,Mised water-, gushed from great eraiks in the earth. Many inhabitants of Sti'uninitza wire concluding Saturday nighty festivals in eafivs, when the lights failed, buildings rocked, and ceilings fell. Die panic stricken guests rushed through the darkness into pouring rain and huddled in shelterless fields until dawn.

It is known' despite interrupted communications that Struninitza was almost destroyed.

Travellers report the demolition of the army barrack* at Berov, extensive damage to peasants’ dwellings and widespread destruction in Bulgarian and Greek territory.

DEATH ROLL ESTIMATE. COLD AND HUNGER INCREASE PRIVATIONS. (Received this d«v at 1.80 turn A BELGRADE, March 9. A full death roll is unprocurable owing to tho damaged communications, but is is unofficially given at 150 dead and five hundred injured. King Alexander and the Prime Minister are personally supervising the relief. Intense cold and hunger is increasing the privations. A communique stales that all expenditure will be met by State funds. There will be no subscriptions in countries abroad.