Show CA T ANAN S TU I TY TUEY ARE Aff SAVED BY y ST 81 AGA AGATHA TijA I THEY SAY APPARITION OF PRO OF TOWN APPEARS Whole populace Is In State of Great Excitement and Many Await Re ReAppearance ReAppearance ReAppearance Appearance of the Vision Catania Jan 16 For two days clays the populace of or Catania Tins has been in a state stale of great excitement over a report that an apparition of o St Agatha tho the of the town had been soon seen on the tho summit of or Mount Etna Those who say sar they thoy saw the specter declare that the vision Islon seemed to them like an angelic dream St Agatha being enveloped in thin vaporous clouds through which shone rays of dazzling light while her right hand ham was extended as though in a sign of I benediction bene letlon and pi protection election over Catan la in Because of these reports tho the be belief belief behot lief hot has spread that Catania was say sav saved sayed ed cd from the tho earthquake only through the intercession of St Agatha Groups of persons assembled in the squares or on the roofs of houses gaz gazing gazing gazIng ing at Mount Etna waiting for the vision tv t i reappear Many fan of them say sn that when the smoke from tram the volcano was densest and the tho sun was shining strongly on the glittering snow they saw St SL Agatha fall upon her knees The credulous on hearing these tales lales knelt knell In prayer and heat heal their breasts as ns penance for their t sins The Tho Duke nuke of Genoa arrived hero here yes yesterday yesterday yesterday and visited the hospitals where he addressed words of consolation to the wounded I |