Show MESSINA AND hal TO III EXIST first reports of destruction caused by earthquake and tidal wave were not exaggerated sufferings of survivors nome home As reports come f from rom italy and sicily of the dani dam uge ego done by earthquake and tidal wave vave tho the world stands aghast atthe athe at he horror of tho the situation messina Mes silla and reggio havo have practically t c ceased to exist in the ruins of the former city two thirds ot of tho the in habitants llo lie burled while at reggio one halt half tho the people lost their lives messina counted and reggio reggie souls soula messina alexsina Is to bo be evacuated ent entirely rely as soon as possible tho the disposition of ilia lead dead Is ono one of the greatest problems lonis confronting tho the authorities two days spent amid tho the ruins of messina Aless lna and bring convincing OvI evidence dence that tile alio horror of the situation in the straits of messina has in no sense senco been exaggerated messina and reggio were not the only towns visited by the terrible halml cosenza oas sino and bagnara suffered buffered terribly ellid in tile iho Mont elcon region deposa seminara seman ara san ban giovanni Gloy annl scilla lazzaro fare and cannitello and other villages fire are in ruins the radius of ruin and death extends ads back acl with decreasing intensity int density forty forte miles on oil tho the main land and for or thirty miles in sicily tho the accounts cfall of all survivors agree that the devastation was accomplish ed cd in less leaa than one minute tile the strata below the strait slipped along the line of I a fork then ia r tidal wave rushed in ili and out and all was over there Is reason to believe that the devastation by earthquake in calabria and sicily Is la not yet at an end several minor shocks were experienced saturday and many tottering walls were thrown down but it Is not cnown th tha tAny pei persons sons wore were killed hilled 1 I 1 ile he new quakes fire starting martin g th the 0 fi fires res afresh and the people are in a condition bordering on panic during the first few days stich auch bodies as were recovered were laid out in long rows for possible identification but as there were very few cases where any of the dead were recognized they aro are now being covered with quicklime when this ma tordal berfal is available otherwise they are being left to decompose where are found now ull all the efforts ore aro being directed to getting the survivors away exports experts who are in messina studying in g the cause of the earthquake generally brally agree agre e that it was the result of a fault in the geological formation under tinder messina which constituted a line of concerted volcanic action bei between tween mount vesuvius anti and mt alt etna ond end that a slip occurred similar to the one which detached sicily from tile the main land surroundings of the channel in tile the harbor show that in some borne places the surface has risen and in others subs subsided idea the british battleship elmouth exmouth EM Ex mouth near reggio found only fifty eight fathoms of water where before tho the carth earthquake there were arthur S cheney american consul at messina sicily and his wife lost their lives in fit the dis disaster aster which devastated va the city just how they met death has not been learned and probably never will bo be bayard cutting jr american vice consul at milan hilan ivall take charge of the consular service y ace at alecsina it has hag been learned that the capucine monks at reggio escaped and c eld eia brave work in rescuing the less fortunate of the twenty one nuns litins pt the convent of can vincenzo ul di paola only seven remain alive they cro now engaged in ili li the wounded A naval observer of the destruction cf messina says there were four tidal waves ranging front from twelve to thirteen feet high thirty minutes elapsed between the rolling in or oc the first wave and the destructive oil onslaught of tle the last refugees from messina and reggio a ore r a pour pouring ing into caginia Cat Ca lnla tinia and the city is iq one vast hospital with each house in it a ward thousands of half nude individuals ct cf both sexes have gathered along the muddy leaches beaches on either side of the ruins of messina seeking food or trying to get away by sea many childe children ren have died from exposure and the cases of madness are increasing the sufferings of persons still burled buried in the ruins of fallen buildings who are slowly dying f from ron hunger Is IF awful to coilty dead bodies havo have been found which b ben eat mute u to testimony of the torture endured before death relieved thell their sufferings several of these persona i havo bave tiled died from froin the gnawing nt at their arms and hands evidently delirious irom from pain and hunger other bodies bro brought tight from tile ruins had portions of shawls and part particles idles of clothing in the mouths monti s and one woman had tier her teeth ali firmly aly fixed th in the los lea of a lead dead baby tile the archbishop of messina alecsina has been found still living in the ruins ol of his palace messina next to palermo tho the chief commercial town of sicily with up ward wal A of inhabitants Is situ abed on oil the strait of messina Meas lna and aad la Is overshadowed by a range of rus gort rocky peaks it has experienced many any vicissitudes it was founded ly ily Cuma vait pirates and about D 0 TIO about fugitives from samos samoa and miletus took ceases slop of tile the city and it was alyon the name pt of messina it was an important place in ili the time of the romans Ho and bore it a pait t in ili the naval ward of caesar and bomp oy ey in A D messina jessina V was as taken by the Saya Sara cons who in ili turn were dispossessed by the normans lii ili 1062 messina has been tile the scene of many batt batties lots and sieges and has been often devastated there are no important rolled of antiquity during the eighteenth century mos ales sina ana was overtaken by two overwhelming v wh b calamities pl a fearful pl plague ag 4 tle in ili 1740 0 from which persons died and fin an earthquake in 1183 which des destroyer desti troyet oyed almost the entre entire town Ar messina essina lies on the lino alno of contact of the primary and secondary formations on oil which boundary earthquakes between etna aud and vesuvius are always most v violent A severe bombardment bombai dment in september 1848 by the neapolitan troops also caused great damage and in 1864 tho the cholera carried oft off no fewer than the earthquake of november IM also left many visible traces of its ita destructive force Roff go across tile strait fam fpm from mea ales gna pl in a where tile tho full force foice of the earthquake was felt on the italian sid side e Is also an old city its origin lost in ill tradition frequent mention la Is found of it in the of latin writers it was captured by tho the goths goehs in 1109 and was rebuilt by Cilar charlemagne lemagne in the ninth contu century rv it became a part pait of the italian in 1859 and at the time of the earth quake was wag a thriving little city it was noted for its churches chu iches works ot of art and for an ail insane asyl fim tim one of lie he best managed manafi eil institutions in italy taormina another city that has haa figured prominently in the dispatches since the earthquake Is down the coast of sicily from Me melashia ashia it has haa in recent years yeara become a popular resort for tourists at the time of tho the disaster there were many americans americana and english there its ita scenery la its said to be unsurpassed anywhere in the world and its climate in th the 0 season Is perfect like all other sicilian tn cities it Is noted for its churches ton convents vents and works of art it was founded years before christ and lins has had art an eventful historical career it was tho the football of v arring monarchs for centuries the Amp american rican ambassador lloyd C griscom has appointed a committee of americans to which will be entrusted the work of utilizing the ironey received from the united states to the best advantage of the earthquake sufferers the united states Is far ahead ot of other nations in ili the relict ambassador CrIs griscom cont ta has succeeded in finding nil an lioyd sten steamer of UK tons capable of carrying 1200 pais lie ile has chartered tho the steamer se arner for two weeks and it la Is being loaded with medical supplies and provisions this will cost in addition to supplies the american relief vessel will ein embark barli six doe doctors and twenty male and female nurses three of the latter being american Americ tin girls from now new york who their services american energy has been strongly ng manifested in the looking to tile the relief of the earthquake sufferers ambassador griscom and tho the ir irem embers bera of tile the committee have assumed personal responsibility for tho the expenses of the expedition relying upon the american public for funds curious freaks of tho the earthquake were everywhere to lie be observed standing walls had fallen out exposing one tier of the booms rooms above and in n which nothing seemed to have hava been disturbed pictures hung straight on the walls lamps vwe on tables and vases and flowers on man tel tc 1 pieces |