3-071-002 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ruins in Chios after the late disastrous earthquake, 1881. '1. Religious procession of peasants to invoke aid of the Saints; 2. Aplotaria, the principal street and market-place of the town; 3. On the quay, waiting for arrival of provisions; 4. In front of the Governor's Palace...[Scenes on] the island of Chios, or Scio: ruins of the houses destroyed; the principal street and market-place, called Aploteria; the square in front of the Turkish Governor's Palace; and the quay, with distressed people...watching for the arrival of a vessel to bring them relief; also a religious procession of the rural peasantry, with their priests, going to pray for Divine help in their great affliction...The greatest damage has been done in the southern part of the island...It is thought that the killed and injured amount to at least five thousand...It was reported at a meeting of the executive committee of the Chios Relief Fund, held at the Mansion House on Monday, that the fund announced by the Lord Mayor amounted to £16,850...This was exclusive of collections made at the Stock Exchange, the Baltic, and other commercial centres. The Prime Minister had...contributed £50 personally and £200 from the Royal Bounty Fund'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.