Show LAND lANDSLIDE S LID E H HITS ITS ITALIAN GULf 5 1 U DIE mE mEI i I J I American Germ German n Tourists Tourists Tourists Tour Tour- Near Scene of Catastrophe Catastrophe Catas Catas- Reported to Have Left Points Points' of Danger AMALFI Italy March 27 One One Onehundred Onehundred hundred persons were reported I killed and lives of many tourists including Americans imperiled when a series of landslides devastated devastated devas devas- devastated I villages on the Gulf Guif of Salerno yesterday it t was officially i announced to today I SALERNO Italy March arch 27 By A. A The P-The P. P The P.-The The gravity gravity of ot the landslide landslide land land- slide sUde In the vicinity of Amalfi yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- grows hourly bourly Estimates here place the deaths In the villages along the coast at fifty but many of these places are cut off both from road and wire communication and the exact number num num- ber of victims Is unknown The bulk of the victims are re reported reported reported re- re ported at the village of Vettica A Ahome Rome home tome dispatch late last night said there were at least dead at Vet Vet- tica vet vet-I The government is rushing all possible help to the scene There I is a possibility that a number of ot Americans are affected as a lar large e convoy of tourists left for Amalfi yesterday Later news from Amalfi was that the American and German t tourists In the Amalfi AmalU hotels had all left the dan danger er points when the slides came The names of the tourists ts are not obtainable because of the lack of telegraphic communication Amalfi on the Gulf of ot Salerno Is picturesquely situated on on the tho summits summits summits sum sum- mits of lofty rocks crowned with embattled walls and ruined towers It suffered from a landslide In January January January Jan Jan- uary 1900 when a portion of ot the promontory on which It Is situated fell feU Into the se sea |