The Great Turkish Earthquake
By T.
One of the greatest earthquakes of modern times has just occurred in Turkey. It covered a vast area, and hundreds are said to be killed, and thousands are rendered homeless. Ganos-Hora was wiped out entirely, eighty persons being killed and thirty or more wounded. Immediately after the quake the debris took fire, and most of the wrecked buildings were burned. Shar-Koi was destroyed and two villages near were swallowed up. Tchorlu was only partially destroyed by the earthquake and the fire that followed. Eye-witnesses in the vicinity of the Dardanelles give harrowing descriptions of what they saw. The majority of the houses in the Gallipoli are in ruins, and the people are camping in the fields. Tchanak-Kalessi is in an equally bad plight, but the loss of life in the two latter places is slight, altho the injured are many. War-ships anchored in the Dardanelles were shaken like the leaves on the trees. It was thought at first that the tremor was due to the action of the Italian torpedo-boats, but the true cause was soon learned. The captain of the American steamer Virginia reports that the lighthouse at Ganos-Hora, in the Sea of Marmora, has disappeared, and that the villages in the surrounding country are in flames. He was unable to anchor and render assistance, because of the "violent movement of the sea." The inspired Book pictures the earth as reeling to and fro in violent commotion just like a drunk man immediately before the end of time. Keep these Scripture statements in mind as you note the increasing frequency and violence of earthquake and storm.
T.