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Show - . Famous Buildings and Monuments in Eternal City Are Rent; American Amer-ican Embassador and Family Imperilled in Home. HOMELESS ARE ENCAMPED NEAR RUINED VILLAGES ROME Jan. 13 Part of a hospital in Aqtola collapsed as a result of the earthquake Several of the inmates were killed and a number injured- At Solmona, southeast of Aqtula, the barracks of St Domimo tumbled down, lolling five soldiers. Advices received here from Subiaco thirty three miles northeast north-east of Rome, report that the cathedral there is in danger of falling ROME, Jan. 13 11 15 p m The latest estimate of the number killed in the earthquake places the total at 12,000 It is further es timated that 20 000 were injured fSDeclal Cahle by Arrangement Wl th Tendon Dally Telegraph and In v tematlonal NewB Service.) ROME Jan. 13 The list of victims of today s earthquake is swelling hourly The town of Ailli is reported completely razed with 1000 dead and 500 wounded At Arprao 150 are reported dead, while at Monte Cassino the abbey and observatory are severely dam aged. LONDON Jan. 14 7 15 a. m. The Express m an edition issued is-sued at 7 a. m today estimates the dead at Avezzano Italy, as a result of the earthquake at 15 00() I E?- j CM e br Arransement W th Looton Dellr Te esraph and In ernetional Kew Eerrlca.) KOME Jan la An earthqnaie which reeled the center of Italy today according to the latest estimates killed 12 000 persons injured "0 000 and did tremendous damage to prop ertv In th s citv numerous palaces and churches all of them of mportant historic interest were damaged. From a score of cities and toirns belated re ports are arriving of great damage and extensive 106S of life At Avezzano ia the department of the Abniszi, about fifty five miles east of Tome 8000 of the popnlat on of 10 000 are reported to be killed with 1000 injured and the entire town s in ruins Extensive Losses It is apparent late ton ght that the most eitens ve losses were suffered in that vicinity Campobasso w th a 'population of IS 000 is sa d to have suffered severely as d d the anc ent fortified c ty of Aquila. Those places w th numerous sur onnd ng villages are perched h gh on the mounta ns that forn the backbone of the Italian pen nsula All wires are down and commun cation s d fficult and slow Zone of Disaster The se smic evolut on co ered an area of several hundred square m les r ght through the heart of Italy from the "Vied terranean to the Adnat o The zone extends on the west from Home to Naples and thence directly east through the pen nsula to the Adr atic sea. Commnn cat on w th the town of To tenia n nety miles east of Naples has been interrupted and a grave disaster there is feared Caserta Sarno and se eral other c t es form ng a ring about kaples and all w th n siht of Mount Ves -vus were shaken and rocked bv the earth quake so that bu Id ngs fell and many persons were red The towns which have suffered the dead lest effects of the earthquake so far as now reported are Avezzano 10 000 population, f 000 report ed kU ed all large bu d ngs wrecked. Pofl 1000 populat on, 500 reported deed all pr nc pal buildings wrecked Aqu la, reported razed with 1000 dead 500 injured. Arp no 150 dead. eroi, two k ed, to Injured Tlvoll one Ul ed Torre Cajatanl, thirty seven n Hps cast of Rome ent re village de trojed loss of 1 fe la ee Poggio Natlvo one killed se -eral In Jured At Azagareso the dome of a churoh felL in Ga lano the cathedral was wrecked At Monte Cassino abbey and observa tory se erely damaged King Takes Action Immediately the seriousness of the dls aster became aparent. King ic or Em roanuel requested the m n ster of the In terlor to obtain all details possible. Mes senders were d spatched seeking lnforma tlon Ha f way to Avezzano the me senrer from Rome met a courier from that city who said that it had been entire y de-stro de-stro ed by the earthquake and that nearly every vi age and town that he had passed through had suffered severe damage and heavy loss of life The messenger said that a d was needed to bury the dead and to ca e for the 1000 or n ore Injured. The m tary anthorl ties ac Ing under the direction of th king d spatched aid The town was at the base of Mount e no whchhadbeenanactl evocano and It Is a sumed e e that there must ha e been a frightful con ti sion under that volcano to reck A ezzano One of the fa ous bu d ngs in that own was he Towered ca e bul t n 1490 by Genti e Vlrg nlo Orslno Lxact Loss Unknown Reports from aro I Bereto and other p aces lnd cate that the damage was e. tens ve although def ni e oss of fe la o tated These a e mos Iv an a p aces wh h dot the popu ous mounta n d s c s east a d sou heast of Rome. The observato es at Caserta, near Napes and at Rome show hat the earthquake lasted fo about thi ty se onds and that bu d ngs continued to rock for th rty seconds after the earth tremors had ceased Rome was awakened at ha f past 6 o c ock t is morn ng by a Jo t ng of the earth that sent hundreds of thousands of persons from the r bads Into he streets in the w ldest kind of panic Tho popu ation has Lved in dread of earth quakes for centuries. H s ory records scores of shocks to w hich t e pub ic In tl s da were accustomed but thev were tr aL ince the Mess na d sas er In 190S owe er the peop e had feared a s m lar fate The rumb ngs and roar ings of Mount " esuv us constituted a barometer of the peop e s fears. If the (Contlnned on Pago Three ) EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY KILLS 12,000 PERSONS (OonUnuod froai Tago Oao.) olc o w r( a 1 hi n pQt f wr u e& if a ti ub a popt r r j fu a l u a itU . it k Ml fa f a 4 ttahaa. Tta ,p tf fore tm o arful Riishftl Into Streets s a had o e l hi nornlnn ht h rxM i 1 g a h v t unhatai 4 , f 4 . r a n oat f - gal tn MC AU e a nsn of a 1 a luut f Urtflrvi Hoi a k c y u1 tnt tn t 11 a fro tham lu U a a u a ttat txt l a pa a n h lha rta, 1 pi n know whwe h t n f ane ,nj s n ca tt d lh hu MIium a hi to a a nul rvlt a 1 a net aa ca iM rrcauilly h i.l.icn e uu erk and Jun I F nai) o da ha Kem1 ra haae cutart urn m nd i wrrv khatlrai a I aaa rat d 1 (he pti) in kr v4Hk) v H nd tvls war njurad t' a gtaaa ami the a onaa and br ka fa uc from t t nc W h la. lha atr hquake waa a I thaktt ha cllj lha pa (Ma. 1 B"d w h faar a d death, baaiacad tha huruhea, Thay HrwffM) lorouih tha doora ant aniared th atuilraa, bu lb a thay war n CTvUr daoyar ban lit -e reata The tt pollca aooi wara Jo nad b ha il ai of truopa orde ad from thalr bar rck an 1 tha paofl war d a from be churvbaa ha b la tba tract a buffer trom Exposure Tb mor rc atr aaa expllona 1) M t avl tha wmH' oa of wh wara in he r nig) caa 1 ffc fJ ( u n tSa axptar aa lha we a i uml ta k aiwl fon U aa nut until Wn after tha aart had aad ahaka tha th raakdaata a entr J h r bonwa. And at day (r-a popuUca ha ban arxcap onally ildv faanrx a a rrenc t tba bva. A a in a f tha a h Quaka kp Ba t had ftntahad any nff hi mere og uau nd waa rvc ny tba hankaajlv qji o Aa h a pHvata ha.) rotlad an. aj n ha earth uaka tha poo ff rata nlrc u om puaurft, kaalt In prmvar Th a aa a ai ant pra r from wh cr- ba did not rtaa until tba kMt tramor of tha aarth had aad Than ba roanplatad tba thankadvioa; Hi ia and Atrac ad that tha damac la atda and oataJda tha va -an ba aacar- 1 la nad at oaf an 1 that f aaa atanc waa naadad a ywba 1 tti u a ajt an m madlataly Ha than rtlrd o ti chm bara. atican Damaged vra of la at can t u k3 ncs wara dansacad aad ha an m of oi r atru uraa war rn.ci.isl bu tt 1 Krrfwtad tbajr A prv minary a ry a. nt Patat a (aibedr& falleo o rod anv aaiiaua dam as a. It wm aa d that lha muri pain 4t f prtca ta vai a bad ol baan harmatl Tha (raataat at temart rr a rd at ha rtm paJa a Klnf Victor F-umaoual aa awakaaad by ha aartbquaka and tba dtatu t a wma h. r 1 y ndd bafora ba was dlrwvtloa; fr la a of tha pa a to aacarta n whera tia uiraat waa dona nd to what U amounted. He aad ba aroukj atart for th damaatt Hi oa at ooco Tha paop a of Boaaa rarrn lad tha at tha t rra of he caa-t Maavtna aarth quaka tba kins nd qoaan want ulck r to tba acana a 1n tnlatarad to ha n turad and drrartd ha dtatrfbtHton of ra TUf For that tiar waa rndoarad to tba baa-ta of tbaiT aahjrcta Oar era damafta waa daaaa at tha PabaMo TVf Kv. Wttmn Thonwa tam ras ha AmftKin orabaaaador trraa. Pravloua aarthuakaa cauatlna: back tbrmiTi tba atr-jctuxa a arrant aa. bad crackad tha wa Oa. a nd t baa naveka wara wtdaaad aufOclantlr to allow vcM from th out Hr Pajta aad Ma ataff InnnadlalatT of 1 farad tbatr aaf-r-aa for tha aM of any wbo mlcht ba n daod. Maaaanfera wara aant to tha rartoua ho a a and Tina wbare Amatirans Bra o aam If tbay ware safe Mr Pa offarnff to d a aid If 11 waa daalrad NO LIVES LOST IN ROME, BUT GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE ROME Jan. 1' 111 l m Fo far aa could ba learaied one boar after the quaka no Uvea ware loat la Rome. or waa It poaatbla to reach any oefln e Jea of the dwrrae of the damage r (Tered b the There wa oonfueVm throuhout tbe whole of Rome In soma caaea tt amount d to terror The telephone waa reeoned to by great n-imbere of people at tr tualrjr the sane lime In endea of 1 " certain the aafet of relatives and rrtenoe. and then to learn the extent of the dam are to the cltr The telephone tlrts did their bear to meet the emergency A ayatem of gath erlna- and ftv ng Informatl n waa Irur rledly Inaugurated Famous Buildings Damaged It waa learned early n he da that among the old buildings dam ged was the Paiaxao Chlgl as wen aa the fa nous col umn of Marrue AureQua. tUatoHc buildings on the rlaia Co lonna. In the center of Rorre also ere damued aa waa alao the famous Farneae SaJace occup ed by the Frencl embass Here a piece of the atone oral e had "The belfry of he church of St. Andrea la In danger of fal Ing and the taWnl has been euiTOundd by a cordon of police to prevent people from approa nj It. A large cro1 gathered this mor rut In the aouare In he front of the o umn of MarcSiure s At a point about Tlf j vrlr uo It was seen that the o umn had "en broken and wised It waa a least , a x rvhes from ts true axis Ten a o I h a t rt 1 p of o u h eB o H dw hi & nit h k h I a (Ml l a ra Wed A U i l a f Ha Jau t h iti a uh broke u at w I a lad I f it t of a j a a n n gh o od n tinted a ha uaaa f 1. b r of i aim eg a1 In tfa ui er . oloaa Nauna ho to a 1 a of A h 1 I an o ed a poal lalb o r o a pa ri uf Uo na n) i i el (i an apa of a d n a h a at a tt at s s ended opr d a ba.a a f da o a aad by eartlquttk loie Ue ul i w. c K ha hanka K n after a a aaa w an the -ho k occurred la nt ft r alnad Ma poaure aud aa dara nnadataly ha tha da a(e a da an 1 de hr at ca laasa a nd a 1 ra uaat a I a report what a aaal a ca wu re u ad. Kins ill V Islt Scene K ig etor f n an a ao ordered ih Inlster of tho n artor to furnlah wl h all data la f I a earthquake 1 he king eapresatxj a deal e to Islt tha dan aged rJtlea In the capital two magnlflrent candle Ueka fell and were broken At tha lalaaao del 1 rago where Thomas Nelson Pai. tha Amert an amhaaaador Uvea. e era! cracks I tha bulkllng which al ready existed opened wider and piaster fall In several roun a Tl a glass was broken In tha amuaaay ofn a. In addition o tha statue of Rt Paul on tba column of Marcua Aurellua. the fa ads of lha Chun) of 8l John Latere n waa damaged and tha atua of the Ha or which la fifty feat high was tw ated o t of plun b 1 the Lauran pala o. especially that part oect pled b the Pr fane muaeum the earthquake aud c a ka of auffl ia t a so to permit outalde I ght to nana, t ate the build ng The hall of tha ham br of daput ea 1 kealae aaa cracked. Anong other ed rt ea damaged ware t e chur has of Ht. AndrU Fratu and Hi Agatha of the k ha. he latter ba Ing the oldest churih of Teutonic origin In Rone. Rushed to Churches. When the shoik waa fait frightened people ruahed into court hee. hut tha col e ordered there out of those wh ch vera In danger of o lapsing In all tha hurchee of The after the ahook had aubatdad. special prayers wara ordered for deliverance from dlaaater It la announced on tally hat the ran er of the earthquake was between Cam pobaaao and Oarno and that tt waa felt strong y al Perugia and allghUy aa far north aa Kerrara. In the eounin pla as the people are ramping la the open. The town of I on la reported to have been half destroyed At Olullano two persons were k led. At if meteo o oriral Institute It la tremble for a i thirty aerunds after tbe ahock had ceased and that tbe dura t oa of the pheooaxnon altogether waa about one minute. It waa etetad It was not believed tha djt urban a x leaded to SicUy The last serious earthquake In th Ron-, dlauict oc urr ad Jury It !. Rome FraeeatL ata no and other town oa tie Alban Mlla felt the shook, and many ulldlnga were damaged, but thee was no loaa of life Further eouth In Ita and 81 Hy however earthquake are frequent and very aev e or at loaa of life and heavy damage o property have urred n tree. regoca |
