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Show PRESENTS DESOLATE SPECTACLE Bombardment, Fire and Earthquake Bring Ruin to Town. London. A dispatch to the Times from Shabat, Servia, says: "This city presents a desolate spectacle. spec-tacle. Two hundred and fifty of its buildings were destroyed by bombardment. bom-bardment. This was followed by fire, doing more damage, and then came an earthquake, shaking the city so severely se-verely that the houses which remain are almost falling to pieces. "Finally the deserted town was visited vis-ited by a band of thieves, who looted every house from cellar to roof. The contents of the shops were thrown into the streets, all safes were opened open-ed in a professional manner, and the contents of houses smashed, the pictures pic-tures were slashed and the furniture was splintered in an orgy of destruction. destruc-tion. "Before the Austrians left they destroyed de-stroyed the principal local church. Large numbers of Serb hostages, including in-cluding the principal residents, were taken to Austria as prisoners. Hundreds Hun-dreds of the local populace, who were killed by bayonet thrusts for various alleged misdeeds, were buried by the Austrians in the local church yard. "The senseless bombardment still continues, although the town is deserted de-serted except tor the sentries. On Thursday the Serbs succeeded in laying lay-ing mines, which sank an Austrian monitor." |