Show part of italy is in a state 0 t panic catanzaro Gatan zaro province of calabria italy sept 8 A violent earthquake at this morning caused serious loss ot life and widespread destruction st in calabria the towns of pizzo monteleone di calabria and martirano were almost entirely destroyed st at monteleone dl calabria seven persona were outright and baay were injured by the collapse of the prison hare the pizzo district is said to be almost entirely destroyed st locally the shocks lasted IS seconds the walls of the hospital here collapsed and some of the patients were injured the inhabitants of this city fled panic stricken from their homes later all the houses at Stefa have been wrecked by the earthquake it is reared that a hundred people are buried in the ruins the villages of and Tri have been grave news continues to arrive from pizzo Monte loone di calabria and martirano which have been almost destroyed by the earthquake there are numerous victims it was reported that the district of nicastro had escaped also h as been seriously affected at martirano all the building si hava collapsed including the barracks of the gend armes she wounded men lav thus far been from the ruins there are other vic ms troops have arrived at the scene of the disaster to help in the work of salvage an enormous disaster rome sept S details of the earthquake in calibrio Ca libria indicate an enormous disaster the known dead up to the present time number in addition many persons were injured entire villages have been devastated widespread disturbance rome sept 8 light earthquake shocks are reported to have occurred at Castellan lire naples and florence |