Show the great ceat earthquake at I 1 A letter dated the lath of may from hf fai gertrena ger grena a swedish physician in in the ahe service oi of persia sia gives tire hie following delai betais s of ali the earthquake pat at Shi phiroz rz on the of APO you already hiow that the town of shiraz ip longer exis exists tsi habig been completely destroyed by au e earthquake up to tins this time anae the shocks choclis have babe not co completely finished fini and god knows vi hn hen we le be ioli eved from our 1 it is impossible ae for foi me to describe the hoi of the first shock which lasted for fave civo all the ere froan floril which watch they were wakened awakened by a noise louder than haa that of and by a mass of stories stones falling into ra rooer r tins a at least is what occurred to me my fust first idea was to 0 o fly and I 1 was fortunate enough to reach the centre of the large court with those who resided reside in the house when it fell to the ground the immensity of this I 1 disaster di easter was only visible when daylight t appeared 0 on every side the eye nothing but heaps 0 of f i ruins lulus streets blocked up with N ith stones ind and dead bodies being can led on oil litters t the walls joithe town it made the heart bleed to sae hee the I 1 linies of sons show ing themselves from beneath bei eith pries of dubrish brish rn ru and men ire women arid and children endeavoring to draw daw the mutilated bodies of f tb the artrie i frends rids ai and id 1 from beneath beneat li the ruins ruins abich ili in their despair they hey were tearing away with ith their teeth their hands and nd then their nails out of several 1 ousa id victims the lives of a few were saved these scenes were repeated for five djs days during which wh it is calculated that persons on the fourth day large laige bands of blip lids made their appearance arid and plundered the inhabitants inhibit ants who were without defence and without asylum isyl of what lale li lie I 1 they had ben been able abl to ta savo save froin tile ruins ifor apoi three days anthe the town lown was deiv cid up tip to tho the pillage of these bai ands whose numbers were increased inci eased by a report leport dat that begler boy be tho the pacha 0 of f shiraz 0 was I 1 among the ole de ded nd shocks die are still felt threes thieo or four limes in in a dy day arid and are so BO violent ahat the houses which have resisted icsis ted dormor ahoi lis are aia ai a falling to 0 o the ground one 0 le utter after the he other my aly lite life arid and that of my m wife have been bawd but all ail that hat I 1 had made since chica my arrival in 11 this ta is country is is lost I 1 purchased a house three mantl sago s igo which is is now nothing but a lacap real of ruins nuns news of the world IT orld aig 1 7 |