FEARFUL EARTHQUAKE.
1000 Live* Lost. f A despatch- from Gotfstaritinople dated -GctobW 17^ sa^i; It is report tfaiaV i4u>h dainaee to^rop^rtlr and^grdat low oiHfio ha« ieen Wuaed^y an earthquake "on the peninsula brtwew Ohesrae and Meni)r,oppbsite Gbibs attdVourla, on the sbuthetQ coast of the Qnlf of Smyrna. All villagea'ia tha^ region wra deetroyed. . Itis/belieyed; SiirviTors of the disaster are Bufferipg ; fe«nrr ful privations. A complete panic prevails. The earthquake l 4«sti»y 64- six villages; /Moat dl the houses /collapsed at the first Hih^ct^ 'buyyiiig'' theit* ''ibmatesM'he' people who escaped bV^ami' panic •tricked, and soughf -tbe'^eici^ Vnflrfr^ many 'are still huddled, together m a starving.,, condition j m? iofl&ri%;jfKjm \coia;' fielp for th« 'stricyeV.'people is going^ iprward from ! Smyrn^ , l , THe' authbritieß '^Te y i i ls^j» Notice stating 'that! 20,0rt0 persons'^-^re; homeless and pleading for immediate «a--start as soon lobj officials. The re.pqtt rth^t (IQQO p t ers^4 perished is confirmed . : :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 296, 17 November 1883, Page 3
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151FEARFUL EARTHQUAKE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 296, 17 November 1883, Page 3
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