Show w w Y IBLE wigs HURRICANE earthquake AND TIDAL WAVE REPORTED TO HAVE DONE DAMAGE mary villages in southern italy are arc it id ruins and many people are missing land flooded aulm scans sold caples aks an untold number of lives wore were lost and ninny many vil villages lagoa in southern italy were destroyed by the gl storm which swept in ili from tho the sea 49 the tl 0 stor lills force began below nn na 13 exten extended led with fury fuik against tho the province of CaIn calabria bria tho too of tile the it italian hall boot and oven even crashed q galust against tho the northern nor thoin shores shores of sicily where tile ho city of messina was do destroyed by tile gigantic earthquake at f december 28 1008 1908 this storm was vas n portion of tho the tie tr 0 amondous atmospheric disturbance which during din INK twenty four hours had killed scores in ili n iRal cloudburst and wrecked many anany fishing smacks oft off tile tho mast of hi allitt Il litt litany all y Ilaga reports received in this city reveal that tile tho number of dead may not bo be known for foi days as aa countless fishing vessels had go gono no to soa sea before the kooim broke somo some may havo have out ridden tile waves tiny fury thero there was no flood hero here at naples but the alie force of tho the stor storm ili tied up all shipping no vessels daring either cither to enter or dopart depart from tho the harbor during tho the night to the southward a gigantic tidal wave wac followell followed by a hurricane boat beat against tile tho shores of calabria wrecking numerous small crafts caught aught inshore and destroying tiny fishing villages the hurricane even extended as far inland as the city of monte leolie far back from tile tho gulf gill of san Euter eufemea nia where roofs wore wrenched wion chod from halt half a hundred houses while tho the populace of persons sought safety in tho the hills the little city of Da bagnara gnara on cal armias coast as tho the head of tit tho strait of messina was virtually wiped out by the tidal wave vave and thousands of acres of vintage land were flooded it Is not known how many of the agoo population survived sui but it Is believed most of them found safety in time bagnara la Is especially noted among british and 1 artists who have painted thousands of views of sicily from the hills messina the sicilian city of totally wrecked by tho the earthquake of 1908 again experienced a series of tremors followed by a stifling whirlwind groat great damage to property was dono done by tho the winds force it is believed little loss to life resulted there tho the tidal wave swept with great power into tile tho strait of messina but practically nil all fishing vessels in it were able to reach harbor before tile tho blow fell deports received in naples indicated that tho the greatest financial loss would not result from property destroyed st but from hundreds of thousands of acres which were flooded tho the province of cala calabria arja especially depends upon its exports of wheat oil anti and wine and it is believed tho the tidal wave vave caused damage to tho the vintage regions which cannot bo be placed in producing shape for months |