Bulgaria and Greece have suffered severely from earth- quakes. The
Bulgarian shocks lasted several days. The larger part of the city of Philippopolis was wrecked, and there alone about 8,000 houses are said to be uninhabit- able. From many of the towns the people fled and are camping out in tents or under temporary shelters. At least 100,000 Bulgarians are homeless. It is announced that the number of killed is 103 and the injured 700. In Greece the shocks were widely felt and were most intense in the neighbodrhood of Corinth. Corinth itself was practically destroyed. It is a modern town,' as the old city was abandoned in 1858 after an earthquake. It is fortunate that the loss of life at Corinth was com- paratively small, but certain irreparable damage seems to have been done to the classical treasures of Old Corinth. The museum is badly strained and exhibits were thrown down and broken. Happily the Pyrrhene spring still flows. The homeless all over Greece are estimated at about 15,000. * *
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