Show enother QUAKE VISITS residents are driven from their homes and are now camped in the fields and streets the broken walls of the old ruina thrown to the ground but so far as known a mother and child were the only ones killed messina this city experienced two terrific earthquakes at about half past 7 thursday morning july 1 I which were accompanied by roaring sounds and are aie said to have had a stronger and ana more move ment than tile the one last december destroyed messina and other cities laid waste mail many villages in ill calabria and killed per persons although the shocks thursday had no such terrible con sequences consequences tile the 25 residents of the city were thrown into terror th they ey ran into the sti streets beets barild stricken and nearly the entire population la Is encamped in the open places fearing to return to the tures which have served them as homes since the city was dc destroyed st royed the broken walls of the old ruins were e thrown to the ground and 1 messina was fo for a few minutes ered erad in a cloud of dust the casualties were few and the conj only y persons killed so BO far as Is known were a young woman ant and her infant the woman had come liere here only a few lays days ago and had settled in rooms which thae great earthquake had left relatively undamaged she was stan standing stand drig ng at the door when the shock it occurred and rushed inside to save her child before she could escape front from the room the second shock idrew N down the walls burying both mother and child under the stairs several were struck by de cached stones but so far as Is known no onn one was fatally injured all commerce ceased in the city and the places of business along the sea front were closed As a result several thousand workmen were idle and special precautions are being taken to prevent disorder reggio suffered almost as severe nvere a shock as messina but no casualties have been reported ported le at that place according to tile the reports the effect of the earthquake was practically the same as at messina the seismic disturb ances was felt at taormina but no damage was done there within twenty four hours the shocks at messina numbered twenty three |