BODIES IN MUDANIA HARBOR.
Americans Report Appalling Situation in Refugees' Stampede.
The New York Times,
September 15, 1922
(excerpt)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 14, (Asso-
ciated Press). - American subchaser
No. 96 has arrived here with reports
of the appalling situation at Mudania,
on the Sea of Marmora, where the har-
bor is filled with the bodies of refugees
who stampeded when the last vessel de-
parted before the Turkish occupation.
Fifty thousand refugees, without food
or water, lined the waterfront for miles
in the broiling sun, with arms uplifted
pleading to taken off. Those brought
here included fifteen Americanized
Greeks and Mr. Ketchum an employee
of the Standard Oil company.
Further Reading:
The Great Fire | Smyrna September 1922
La Mort de Smyrne (The Death of Smyrna), René Puaux
16 Sep 1922: Turks Killed 120,000, East Oregonian
15 Sep 1922: Turks Kill Women and Babes, The Evening Star
18 Sep 1922: Smyrna Ablaze. Stories of Massacre
