Show 2 EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN SOUTHERN ITALY IT AL Y Two Million Mill on Dollars oars Damage Done Doney by y Cyclone on the t e Great Greats Island s an of o Sardinia ROME OME June 7 Great apprehension has been caused again by disturbances that the zone affected by the earthquake f today is a vast one embracing practically the whole of or southern Italy as well as a portion of Tuscany and Venitia to the north But the district where serious damage occurred only extends about fifty miles around Mount Vulture which is an extinct volcano near the town of oC in the tho province of Avellino This region u ra suffered suffered much ml h Jn in theAt the pant At from earthquake shocks hocks and In iRil eight hundred persons wore were killed The number of or casualties ca resulting from the tho earthquake today lies has not yet et b been en ascertained Some reports esti estimate estimate estimate mate the dead at fifty and tho the Injured at several hundred d It la is feared fear d many are Surfed Buried in the ruins of ot tho the houses ta were thrown down In Calitri while great damage was dono at other otherl l Iao lacee s with unknown low loss of or life Ufe Government GOT at Aid Id Sufferers Sufferer The government has taken ken hold of or orthe the lh the situation with promptitude and al although although F though the earthquake occurred during the night military and civil authorities soon goon were hard at work rendering aid aliI to th the Injured preparing places of or shelter holter for far the Ule homeless and antt bonding bending their energies to the reestablishment of ot order Premier LutU received word of ot the Matr ast r at S In the morning 1 I less 3 than two to hours heur after the tho occur occurrence occurrence rence of or the quake and at once onee com communicated communIcated communicated the news to th the king The latter deckled decided to leave bear immediately for forthe he the disaster He lie Intended Int to go alone atone but Queen Helena Insisted upon joining Mm him Tho The king thought that this was not necessary as an the tho situation sl ua lon at Avellino was wan 88 not to be compared comp red with that at Messina Mes lna where their majesties spent several days In alleviating the distress of ot the people In reply to the kings protests prote tp Queen Helena retorted As my m presence Is la necessary at all festivities it t must not lack whore where the people die and nd weep In Inthe Inthe Inthe the south Italians suffer therefore I must go It Is my m place as a woman and anda nd a mother King IOns nail Queen Cheered The king and queen were cheered by bythe bythe bythe the crowds at the station as II they hur hurried hurried hurried ried to tho train and carefully cAr inspected the tho medical and other supplies Misfortune seems to have chosen Italy as u a target While hUe the th south has been beon afflicted by b an n earthquake a vast vlist region of or Sardinia the largest island In Inthe inthe the Mediterranean after Sicily was as ravaged today by br a cyclone c clone The dis die districts distrIcts of ot Tor Tortoli toll Elini and Jenu have harp boon been be on devastated and tho the crops vineyards and cattle de destroyed destroyed destroyed It Is la I believed that many man shop shep herds have fallen to their fate with their flocks The damage In Sardinia Is estimated at OO |