| Show ARCHIPELAGO O HIT II BY UP UPHEAVAL A V Al Of TERRIFIC FORCE fORC Part of Town of Horta in Ruins Ruins Number Reported Report Report- ed Dead Many Injured BUILDINGS COLLAPSE Homeless on Fayal Island Prepare to Camp in Open Over OverNight OverNight Night NEW rORK ORK Aug 31 AP AV- AV Fayal of ot tire the Azores was shaken this morning by what is be believed believed believed be- be to have been the most most vIolent violent vio yb- lent eart earthquake 1 i ake in the modern hl history history his his- tory of the Archipelago Fragmentary advices over crippled crippled crippled crip crip- pled cable lines soon after v tle the shock indicated that a disaster had occurred with part of ot th the town of ot Horta In r ruins a number of ot dead des and many Injured but up to mid mid- afternoon only meager details had been received First news of or the tragedy came through London In the th-e form forni of ot a message from an operator for one of the cable companies for which Horta is an important relay point He I-fe stated that that- part of the buildIng buildIng build build- Ing in which lie he was on duty had collapsed and that the remainder wa was on the verge of falling Dispatches through Portugal to which country the Azores belong Continued on page on page 4 4 ARCHIPELAGO HIT BY UPHEAVAL OF TERRIFIC FORCE Continued from om par page e 1 1 later Tater confirmed that part of Horta had been razed and that there were an unknown number of casualties Private advices to London said it was feared that the entire Island of Fayal with a population of 25 had suffered Buffered severely The reassuring news that all Americans were believed to be safe came from the American consul at Horta He lie added that all the houses in the tho town had been damaged some had collapsed and that it was was Impossible impossible impossible im Im- im- im possible at the time to estimate the loss in property and life The superintendent for tire the Western Western Western West West- ern Union at Horta telegraphed London that all were safe sate The American consul in re reporting reporting reporting re- re porting to Washington said the homeless inhabitants were prel preparing preparing rIng r- r ing to camp overnight In the open HORTA Azores Aug 31 AT AP- AP Several minor shocks have been felt here the since since the first quake this morning The village of ot 1 Feteira has been severely damaged by a tidal wave ATHENS ATHENS Greece Au Aug 31 AP AP- AP Greece has been shaken by a strong earthquake a affecting t the I e entire t e c L I country INU u 1 ies ale aie ed cd There was a small amount of ot damage in Piraeus Piraeus' and Sparta LONDON Aug 31 AP AP Private Private advices nom om Horta on the island 1 of Fayal report a heavy earth- earth quake quale in the Azores First reports I Isaid said much damage had been done I IA A cable operator in the Fa Fayal al re relay re- re relay lay office notified the company's I London headquarters that hs his battery battery bat bat- tery room was destroyed and ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed the opinion that if there if J. J S sh whole buildwas building buildIng build- build w was s another cl Ing would coll collapse ps Fayal is the tiro westernmost island of ot the central group of the Azores It Is of ot volcanic origin and like i ithe the other members of the group has been visited by earthquakes es from time to time The population population tion of the island is about mostly of Portuguese blood NEW YORK Aug 31 AP OP AP-OP- Opera Operators Op Op- era tors of ot the French Telegraph Cable company making an earl early morning test today of ot their transAtlantic transAtlantic transAtlantic trans- trans Atlantic cable that runs from this city to Brest France through an automatic relay on the island of Fayal Faya found that there was no re response response response re- re from the Fa Fayal a relay rely Th They Thay y were not notified aired fr from the Brest of office office of- of fice flee th that t there had been an earthquake earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake at Fayal and the town presumably presumably pre pre- Horta was seriously dam dam- aged Later the automatic relay began operating again indicating the danger was past Cable operators invariably refer to their station as Fayal though the town Is known as Horta MEXICO CITY Aug 31 AP APA AP- AP A violent earthquake has occurred In the city of Tehuantepec and anda a large part of the state slate of or Oaxaca No details have been received |
