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Show ITALIANS SHAKEN IIP WHOLE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PENINSULA SUFFERS FROM SEVERE SHOCK. Between Twenty-five and Fifty Lives Lost and Many Injured, While the Property Damage Wilt be Enormous. Avelllno, Italy. An earthquake, characterized by one severo nnd several sev-eral minor shocks, which occurred shortly arter 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, morn-ing, wrought great havoc throughout the province or- Avelllno In Campania. The eitlre region, extending for a radius ra-dius of fifty miles, was thrown Into n panic. While the city of Avelllno practically escaped damage, the town of Calltrl, somo thirty-five miles distant, dis-tant, suffered severely. Reports received re-ceived here indicate that half the buildings In Calltrl have been wrecked. wreck-ed. Tho number of killed In that place Is estimated from twenty-five to fifty, while Bcores have been seriously in-jured. in-jured. Prom many other towns and villages come stories or rnllen homes, death and suffering. At San Sole In the province of Potenzn, six persons were killed nnd five injured. Tho convicts in .tho prison nt Bonve-noto Bonve-noto became panic stricken and tried to forco their way past the guards, but were overpowered by troops. This region has suffered much In the past from earthquake shocks, and In 1851, S00 persons wore killed. |