Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1909 — GREECE SUFFERS QUAKE DISASTER [ARTICLE]

GREECE SUFFERS QUAKE DISASTER

Twenty Dead and Several Villages Destroyed. DETAILS ARE INCOMPLETE Likelihood That When Full Accounts of the Disturbance Are Known It Will Be Found That a Greater Number Than First Reported Have Perished. Loss by Damage to Property Said to Be Heavy—Province of Elis Is the Region Affected. Athens, Greece, July 16, —An earthquake has occurred in the Province of Ells, the capital of which is Pyrgos. Several villages were destroyed and many persons perished. The material loss is heavy. London, July 16.—A message to a London news bureau from Athens says that a violent earthquake has occurred in Southern Greece, resulting in considerable loss of life and damage to property. t Twenty persons are reported dead and a hundred injured at one village, and three other villages suffered heavily. The report adds that when the details are learned it is likely that the casualty list will be greatly increased.