Show italy BY HURRICANE earthquake AND TIDAL WAVE REPORTED TO HAVE DONE DAMAGE many villages in southern italy are arc in ruins and many people are arc missing land flooded aulm woja sold naples an untold number of lives were lost and many villages in southern arn italy were verc destroyed by tho the gl storm which swept in from tile the sea sea the stor storms mii force began below naples extended with fury baguinat tho province of calabria tho too of the italian boot boat and oven even crushed against tho the northern shores of sicily where tho the city of messina was destroyed by tile tho gigantic earthquake ot of december 28 1 8 1903 this storm was a portion of tho the tremendous atmospheric disturbance which during twenty four hours had killed scores in a portugal cloudburst and wrecked many fishing smacks oft off tile tho coast of brittany Fraga reports received in this tit Is city reveal that tho the number of dead 11 on a may not bo be known for lays days as aa countless fishing vessels hail had gorie gone to sea before tile broko broke somo some may havo have out ridden don tile waves fury there was no flood here at naples but the force of tho the storm tied up all shipping no vessels daring either to enter or depart from froin tho the harbor during the night to tho the southward a gigantic tidal wave followed by a hurricane beat against the shores or of calabria wrecking numerous nume roua small crafts caught inshore and destroying tiny fishing villages the hurricane oven even extended as is far inland ns as tho the city of monto monte loone far back train from the gult gulf of san ban eufemia where roots roofs were wrenched from halt half a hundred houses ahil tho the populace laco of persons persona coughl safety in tho the neighboring hills the little city of bagnara Ua gnara on cal aninias coast as aa tho the head ot of tho the strait of messina alecsina was virtually wiped out by tho the tidal wave aavo and thousands of acres of at vintage lind land flooded it Is not known how bow many of tho the agoo population survived but it Is believed most of them found safety la in time bagnara Is especially noted among british wid und english artists who havo painted painton thousands rif of blows of sicily from tho the hilla messina Meas lna tho the sicilian city of totally wrecked by jim earthquake of 0 1908 again experienced a series of tremors followed by a stifling whirlwind great damage to property was dono done by tho the winds force it is believed little loss losa to lire resulted resul teil there tho the tidal wave swept with groat great power into tile the strait of messina Mo salna but practically all fishing vessels in it were able to reach harbor before tho the blow fell reports received in naples indicated that the greatest financial loss would not result from property dost destroyed st but from hundreds 0 of o thousands of acres which were flooded tho the province of calabria especially depends upon its exports of wheat oil and wine and it is believed tile tho tidal wa aavo 0 caused damage to the aln tago tage regions which cannot bo be placed in producing shape tor for months |