EARTHQUAKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 72, 12 August 1912, Page 5

EARTHQUAKE.

AN APPALLING CALAMITY. 1 TURKISH TOWN DESTROYED. A THOUSAND KILLED. SIX THOUSAND INJURED. SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 12, 12.15 a.m. Constantinople, August 11.

Th'« earthquake lasted thirty seconds. The chief centre was in the Dardanelles. There is hardly an undamaged building left in Gallipoli and Chanak. The shock was felt in the whole region between Constantinople and Adrianople. Maay thousand on both sides of the Sea of Marmora are homeless, foodless and waterless.

It is impossible yet to estimate the death-roll, as the wires are down and communications between Constantinople and Europe are interrupted, except via Odessa.

Some were killed and many injured in Chanak, where hot springs overflowed a large area and then vanished through the fissures.

Many stone buildings in Chanak, including the great church nAosque, collapsed, and others are in ruins.

An extraordinary feature is that the frontages of houses on the seashore were destroyed, while the backs were untouched. Wooden buildings withstood the shock better.

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 Kvveli confirms this. While doubling Capes Hora and Gan<4 a heavy sea compelled him to stop. He was unable to render assistance.

Latest information of the fugitives received by wireless message and other ■onrces, states that three hundred have been killed and six hundred injured at Myriophito. The village of Sharkney ha* been de•troved, and two others engulfed. Bora has been completely destroyed, eighty being killed and three hundred injured. Steamers and torpedo-boats are conveying provisions and medical stores. The newspapers estimate that a thou■and liaye been killed and sis thousand injured.

* S A HEAVY SHOCK. STROMBOLI" ACTIVE. Received 11, 5.5 p.m. London, August 11. Seismographs in England early yesterday recorded a great earthquake in East Europe, displacing the needle nine inches. Later news states that there was a prolonged earthquake in the vicinity of Constantinople. The volcano Stromboli is reported to be discharging thick smoke •nd lava after a loud and prolonged explosion. AN EARTHQUAKE RECORD. Sydney, August 10. Riverview College seismographs yesterday. shortly before noon, recorded a preat -but very distant earthquake apparently 7000 miles flway.