Земљотрес у Јужној Србији 1931. године

The paper describes the devastating earthquake with human losses
\nwhich happened eighty years ago in Southern Serbia.
\nCatastrophic shake happened on 8th March 1931, at 51 minutes, 18
\nseconds past 1 o`clock P.M. The period of the wave was 8 seconds.
\nThe quakes were so strong that the needles on the apparatus in the
\nSeizmographic Institute in Belgrade were thrown-off. The earthquake
\nwas recorded by the most distant seizmographic stations on all five
\ncontinents. The epicentre of the quake was in Greece.
\nThe quake shook the great part of the Balkan penninsula, mostly Greece,
\nsoutheastern part of Southern Serbia and part of the western Bulgaria,
\nincluding Sofia. The places in Southern Serbia which sufferred most
\nwere Kavadar, Negotin na Vardaru, Demir Kapija, County of Dojran,
\nCounty of Djevdjelija and the surroundings of Strumica. The most
\ndevastated was Valandovo in the County of Dojran.
\nThe next day, early in the morning, the royal train arrived in Skoplje
\nwith His Majesty, King Aleksandar Karadjordjević followed by the
\nPresident Mr. Petar Živković. The train proceeded towards south to
\nthe endangered area. The King came in order to be with his people, to
\nperceive the extent of the destruction and to find out what kind of help
\nwas needed there and how it could be distributed.
\nIn Demir Kapija, the King was welcomed by a huge crowd of people. The
\nKing personally made sure that the destruction was devastating and he
\nhad promised that they would receive the much needed help.
\nThe next stop was in Udov, at the train station “Strumica“. As soon as he
\ngot out of the train, the King made sure that the earthquake had really
\nbeen a catastrophic one. The train station was so damaged that it was
\nexpected to collapse after a next shake, even a light one. Many of the
\nsurrounding buildings were fallen or close to collapsing. The King was
\nmet by a huge crowd of people under the leadership of the president of
\nthe municipality, head of the county, a deputy and other leading men.
\nThe King looked up the ruins and he promised people that everything
\nwould be renovated at state’s expense and that all of them would be in
\nnew and better houses by autumn.
\nAfter Udov, the King visited the settled village of Karadjordjevac, then
\nvillage Pirava, county place Valandovo, little town Furka and county
\nplace Strumica. In all of these places, the people greeted their King
\nenthusiastically. In his talks with the people, the King would be telling
\nthem that all the damages would be compensated, all demolished houses
\nwould be pulled down to the ground and that new houses would be built
\nand that everyone, by autumn, would be living in newer and better
\nhouses than before. Military commanders who escorted him were given
\norders that the people should immediately receive tents as a protection
\nagainst bad weather.
\nThe King left for Štip and further.
\nImmediately after the King`s departure, the army arrived to all of these
\nplaces and started giving all the necessary help to the people. Soon,
\nthere came masons, carpenters and other handicraftsman for building houses. From whole of Yugoslavia came building materials: bricks and
\nroofing tiles came from Leskovac and Kikinda, wooden material came
\nfrom Drvar, lime, nails and other material arrived from other places.
\nA group of soldiers was assigned to each house. They were helping the
\nartisans, learning the crafts in that way.
\nThe King refused the international help stating that his country
\nwas strong enough to clear away the situation brought about by the
\ndamaging earthquake.
\nThe King kept his promise. In the September of the same year, all of
\nthe demolished houses were renewed and the people moved into new
\nhouses which were better and more spacious than before.
\nThe King fulfilled his promise.

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