Show 1 MULTITUDE OF MAI DIE FROM destitution Is 3 rife alfe and appalling pallina Ap there ta Is little food and less water and outlook Is a gloomy one rome borne the forces which on monday destroyed the sun kissed cities and towns of southern italy and sicily also destroyed the means 0 of sustenance te nance telegraphic communication has been established with If messina essina the apparatus having been set up in a railway station Afes messages sages that have come over the tha line though they have been meagre in detail show taft hope la 44 gone nothing remains of the city but a mass of ruins that have been swept by fire A mere handful of survivors la Is being cared for by tho the rescuing forces but their distress Is great and it has been increased by the recent icy wind that followed tha mhd deluge of rain destitution Is rite rife and appalling there Is little food and less water of Mes sinas population it la is believed that fully perished orty forty F thousand died aled in regalo king victor emmanuel and queen helena were in Dl essIna on wednes i day the king explored the ruins regardless gard less of the danger to which he exposed himself ile he was often moved to tears at tho the heartrending scenes he a came upon at every turn tho th a king was vas oud ond in his bis praise of the splendid work accomplished by the italian russian and english blue jackets who caved many persons who otherwise would have perished the queen spent the day in the wards of ampro I 1 leed hospitals visiting tho the wounded |