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Show ITALIAN TOWNS AND VILLAGESWREGKED HUNDREDS MEET DEATH WHEN EARTHQUAKE LEVELS BUILDINGS, BUILD-INGS, BURYING OCCUPANTS. Survivors Describe Shocks as Terrify-Inn, Terrify-Inn, the Air Being Filled With Choking, Blinding Dust, So That Sun Was Obscured. Home. Italy Is again suffering from un earthquake disaster, the ex-' tent of which has not yet been measured. meas-ured. It is known, however, that hundreds hun-dreds of people have been killed and thousands Injured. Many small towns and villages have been wrecked, and although assistance assist-ance is being hurried from all parts ol 1 lie country to the afflicted area, there is much suffering for want of food, medicines and shelter. It is not yet possible to calculate how many hundreds are dead the list at lust reports showing close to 400 already al-ready reported. There are many bodies bod-ies under the ruins, and there are wounded also under the ruins who have not yet been rescued. There are believed to be many thousands of injured in-jured ; the hospitals at Speziu have ul-reudy ul-reudy received about 500, and 300 have been taken to other hospitals near by. Improvised hospitals composed com-posed of tents are caring for many others. All classes are combining in their efforts to render aid. Survivors describe the shock as terrifying. ter-rifying. The air was filled with choking, blinding dust, so black that the sun was lost to view. "It seemed like the end of the world," terrified peasants say. The great towers of medieval castles were shaken or partially destroyed. The ducal palace of Massa Carrara, which was the summer residence of Napoleon's sister, was seriously dam-uged. |