| Show ITALIAN eighteen villages in calabria said ati have been destroyed and inde scenes of geror teror enacted rome all italy la suffering froni depression because of the new from the south where one of the worst earthquakes arth quakes ever experienced occurred friday although the earthquake WAS eit all over calabria and to a certain stent in sicily the worst news come bizzo and monteleone Moat eleone an 1 from eighteen Ight een villages which ire sold to nave been completely destroyed according to the latest news re elved persons have been killed in 1 a great number injured it is u yet to even estimate th property losses the shock was felt at 2 55 cloch n the morning it lasted for eighteen seconds at catanzaro and soon there utter was felt at messine regalo mon eleone martinano Martl nano Steta comi pasco phio Tri gammaro nalda and other points scenes ot indescribable terror en aed women aroused from their aleci rushed halt clothed into the streets creaming with fear carrying their bar bles and dogging along their other children and calling for help on the macdonna Man donna and the saints the men escaped into the open with their cami lies all calling on their favorite saints for protection the cafes evere taken by assault the strangely garbed crowd bajt a daylight brok without a repetition ol 01 the earthquake the crowd gradually melted awa until by 8 clock th streets had almost assumed their nor mal appearance except in the ruined villages where the inhabitants had no homes to go to the general WAS added tc by dreadful cries from the jails where the prisoners were beside themselves vel with fright ind in some cases mutt nied but fortunate ail the pr were kept within bounds troops engineers and doctors haat been hurried to the scenes of disante dis aste to assist in the work of rescue and sa vage tte ministry of the interior sent 4 for the relief of the desti tute and minister of public work Ferrar ls lift for calabria friday eien ing |
