Show ONE LIVES 1 1 LOS 1 LOST UP tirl 1 ITALY buildings tottered and fell with the earths upheaval thousands of people being buried beneath the ruins in some of the stricken districts flames followed and completed work of destruction while in one city a tidal wave engulfed men women and children as they fled from falling failing homes rome the three pio aces of co ena catanzaro and reggio di calob irla ria comprising the department ot of ca bobria which forms the southwestern extremity of italy or the toe of the boot were devastated monday by an earthquake the far reaching effects of which were felt almost throughout the he entire country one hundred thou thousand and dead mes ales s na in and reggio and a score of ot other towns in so athern italy over whelmed the entile region laid waste that is the earthquakes earth quales e s ichord so far as at present I 1 from the reports that aie are comin slowly ii to rome on account of the almost complete de of lines of communication to the stricken places the death I 1 st in messina is esti ry bated abed at from 12 to 50 that ot of reggio which with its adjacent villages numbered V people in eludes almost the entire population at halml 1 al a re reported dead at cassano at cosenza ai at d half the population ot of bagnara about 4 the Alonte monteleon leon region has been deNa devastated stated and bigosa semi nara san giovanni Glov annl scilla lazzaro and cannitello and all other corn com and villages on the straits are tn in ruins stunned at the magnitude of the calamity which has overtaken fellow countrymen all italy mourns for the stricken p evince of calabria and the island of accustomed tor for cen tunes to earthquakes italy stands fever ever in dread but none was prepared tor for the disaster which in the traction fraction of a minute on monday devastated cities and towns and caused the death of thousands messina whose tragic history has been marked by tidal waves and war and which was the center of the ter maelstrom was shaken ato to ruins flames burst forth to complete the city destruction and to burn alive untold numbers helplessly pin coned beneath fallen walls and broken timbers the strait of messina was shaken and twisted by the earth earths s trembling to fco mariners report the channel altered beyond recognition the ports and villages on both the continental and sicilian sides were wrecked and inundated and all light louses houses along the coast were lowed up navigation Is now Is danger oua ous and in some places impossible in the district which wa only beginning to recover from the effects of the earthquake of 1905 reg glo was the center of the earth earths s up the seaport of reggio Is re jolted as no longer existing and the kiclty proper Is in ru runs ns the loss ol 01 life on both sides of the strait and ir eastern sicily was enormous one of the refugees from reggio who wa OME APPALLING earthquakes OF THE PAST year and place lives li ves lost 1692 jama ca 1631 naples 1693 8 S c ly L ma 1755 L abon 50 COO 1783 calabria 1797 qu to 41 caracas 1822 aleppo 21 1857 calabr a 1860 mei doza peru and ecuador 1830 1880 man la aa charleston 27 1896 japan 1905 ind a 1906 san franc the alist to bring the news of the tile cit cla s de cestr action tried to make his i ay to sicily in a sailboat sail sall boit but was compelled to I 1 leairn et irn and finally found afefy at a peninsula penin sila ila port in de bribing his experiences he said mount vesuvius as seen across the bay from naples I 1 I 1 the sea was strangely mysterious ly agitated and the heavens were ablaze sicily the clearing smoke revealed the mastery mes ales na was in flames in the frenzy of despair I 1 turned my boat bad to ca starving bleeding from injuries and almost insane from their territa ing experiences Mes messina sinas s survivors are fleeing in all d erections lons ions ahe spectacle presented ted by the ruined seaport is described as terrifying tumbling fumbling buildings both 1 billed and mutilated many while hundreds of the injured imprisoned in the wreck age were abandoned to their fate bv the fleeing populace one of those who escaped said the eaith earth seemed suddenly tc drop and then turn violently on it ita axis the whole population who I 1 radically were precipitated from the houses rent in twain were spun around like tops as they ran through the streets many mav tell fell crushed to beath and others bewildered took refuge for breath beside the totter ing walls where they soon met the t f te of their companions there is the greatest danger that 1 pestilence will tollow follow the destrie ton t on of the towns where on account of the them vast havoc wrought bodies will I 1 e unburied tor for days and weeks those who escaped death many mamy of whom hom are badly injured are making breir way ba b the thousands to the dearest place of refuge their sut suf felings even enen now must be intense as they are without tood food or clothing it is feared that many foreigners have been killed as a number of the hotels at messina and doubtless at I 1 ether places were crowded with tour its already british and russian squad rons have arrived at messina sail sall ars and marines have been aisem barked and they have performed courageous acts in rescuing the in lured ared and removing he wo eded A large number of survivors have been transferred to the warships chien ire t transformed r a n ed into great floating fre hospitals spi t a I 1 s steamers amers with doctors druggists firemen alren en and workmen have arrived at messina from catania and ether daces special dispatches received from calabria confirm the destruction ot of regalo they report that the situa tion there is as bad it if not worse than at messina the streets in rome are jammed with people who as soon s they heard the news flocked into the streets the hands of all the nations have been extended to italy in her afflic ion tion from rulers have come mes sages of cond condolence glence and from the peo rie spontaneous promise of that aid brings the world closer to gether in time of great calamity great britain france prance and russia have sent their warships quick as the hash flash of the telegraph could carry the ciders to lend assistance to stricken cities relief funds have already been started and a hundred ships and trains aie are on their way carrying supplies and reinforcements cements to the south rome milan florence Floi ence naples and ether cities are sending physicians bolice and firemen TIDAL WAVE THIRTY FEET HIGH hundreds of men women and cah dren caught by rush ng waters palermo railroad communication edth ith messina has been restored A trainload of refugees came in here tuesday morning but they are all r radd reddened ened with terror and no one Is capable of giving a connected account accounts of the catastrophe all agree that messina has been destroyed and that the victims will be counted b by the tens of thousands the Trian cria hotel with ninety guests was demol shed the city hall ball the bourse the telegraph offices and the barracks also were ere destroyed A tidal wave thirty feet high swept up three streets of the city in the height beight of 0 the contusion confusion following ane hock hundreds of half dressed men women and children who had fled from their houses to the streets were caught in the onrush of waters and drowned or ired the refugees declare that the en tire country around messina has been e eia stated and that everal villages have cisal feared telegraphic re lorts have been received from all 1 I arts of the island of sicily they sy the inhabitants everywhere are terror stricken and arid praying in the streets and churches reggio is described as nothing but P vast sepulchre U S 8 CONSULATE DESTROYED united states consul and Wife Dead in the ruins washington that arthur S che ney american consul at messina ble I 1 y and his wife lost their lives in the earthquake disaster which devas bated that city Is indicated by an of facial dispatch received tuesday night ly the state department from stuart lupton american vice consul at mes ves sina the messina consulate destroyed and consul and wife supposed to be dead I 1 UPTON |