| Show San Francisco Dec special I tram from Victoria D 13 C says EvIdence ot of Great Creot deter determination I not to be caught napping at atan any an ot of her outposts Is afforded b by the 1 promulgation ot of IUt an order that hereafter all merchant vessels wishing to enter Esquimalt harbor must come to 10 a 0 dead Jend litO stop at the entrance and signal their presence e by means ot of n a special series ot of whistles which have hae been privately to the local pilots and the masters ot of such steam craft cratt as may naturally bo be to Visit the naval tort Dart and which will be answered from the shore Much ta Is excited locally b by thelle orders token taken In conjunction with the strIct precautIonary measures measure adopted at the tho dock and naval yards ards DISASTER IN EU EUROPE ROPE Rock on Which Hotel Is Built Slides I Into nto the Sear Sea FA lAL BREAK IN TIlE ICE In iii Italy leilly Causes Great Lou Lo or at lorly Drown nome Rodie Dec disaster took vInce place this dt t Amalfi the tho POPular tourist resort on the Gulf Gult ot Salerno About 2 an enormous rock upon which stood the Capuccini hotel slid bodily Into the 6 sea with Q a deafening roar and without a moments warning carrying with It th the hotel the tho theold i old Capuchin monastery below the thu Ito i tel Santa and several vIllas Many J people eople were er buried In the tho deb na h crushed tour four to 10 the bottom ot of the sea destroyIng theIr crews crewl Th The mOBS mass ot of earth which slipped was about cubic yards The population Is In a sta state t ot of terror tearing fearing fresh tresh calamities Troops have haV d upon the tho ll scene ene and have hae begun rescUe work It Is believed that thal the loss ot of life lite t ia heavy Including a 0 number ot of monks monk and the ot of the hotel As Aset Asyet yet et It Is to ascertain the exact number Amalfi Amal Is u a small but lively town ot of 1000 Inhabitants situated III at the en entrance trance ot of n a deeD deco ravine surrounded by ImposIng and rocks ot of the most formS The monastery was found founded ed In 1212 by Cardinal Pietro Capuano for Cor the but Into O session ot of theCa the In 1583 The buildIng which stood In tho hollow ot of rock that tha t rose from the sea to a height ot of feet teet contaIned tine cloIsters Dec ot of forty school children were drown drowned d today In Inan inan an Ice accident nt at hen near the French frontier The children ot of the tho district had been gIven a hOll holiday ay with wiLls to via play on the tho frozen river Lys Iye When the merriment was at full tull height the Iho lee ice broke suddenly and the children disappeared A few tew were res rescued cued halt half dead but the majority were drowned bodies have hae been n recovered but others are still he catastrophe he spread consternation throughout the town where nearly every family suffered loss |
