| Show F 1 I 1 I 1 a S I 1 0 I 1 Z I 1 I 1 a I 1 I 1 11 I 1 f I 1 t I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 f 6 L I 1 din I 1 I 1 t t a queen of italy almost disaster in the streets 0 overcome acome by the terrible scene of death and I 1 of messina AA essina death list one may reach I 1 half 4 the population Pou lation of calabria and sic sicily ily has perished town annihilated rome dee dec 30 20 tho details of 0 one of the most appalling disasters recorded in the history of the world are bang unfolded in the dispatches dis patches coming in today from calabria and sicily it Is a story or oc indescribable horror and calamity trio the earthquake of lk monday londay morning wrought havoc end destruction that cannot bo be estimated italy I 1 is stunned by a visitation described as the grea greatest zest lisas ter in the memory of living man yet tho the full measure of the catastrophe has not yet been taken the calamity calani grows with the receipt of every fresh dispatch from the south calabria is dotted with small towns and ana villages and new localities are reporting almost hourly casualty lists that run from the hundreds into the thou rands it it la still impossible to lo reach any accurate estimate of the deaths but the total number is placed anywhere between and in some quarters it is declared that the final numbers will be as high as per nims one halt half of the population ot of L calabria and eastern sicily apparently has perished countless thousands or injured men women and children are lying in tha julns it Is impossible to succor all 14 berless injured anju red of tho survivors survivor a who ho have made their way to other cities are still without medical attention the facilities tor for proper care oven in the cities that did not bro inadequate the devastated dis brict Is still filled with half demented survivors survivor a starving and wandering aimlessly in the rain the ruins are detill burning king victor emmanuel ana queen helena arrived in messi messina na V 3 thia morning they both personally per smally vont Y ont to work to aid the injured their example has haa been a wonderful inspiration to the whole country every possible thing is being done to forward the work of relief but the railroads into the afflicted sections have been put out of operation bagnara a town of people north of reggio is ig reported as annihilated the entire population is 13 paid aid to have perished reggio a city c ty 4 A of 50 people has been practically demolished demolish td the detailed stories of the refugees I 1 only add horror horror upon to the calamities of tho the fateful day fresh earth acocks were experienced last night ut at pizzo in calabria and pa palermo I 1 ermo Sic lIlly last evening ov ening they wore were not severe rome de dec 0 SO half alf the population of calabria and f the ne eastern part of sicily Is dead the other part Is weeping As the great extent of ti the a seismic disturbances becomes apparent ap par it seems impossible to e exaggerate the horrors which have fo followed ail ange e d them the calamity which has overwhelmed italy italy Is almost beyond the grasp of the imagination 11 not only because of the dead now thought to num i her ber tens of thousands but because of the innumerable wounded burled buried in the ruins many of whom will perish because it Is impossible to rescue th them em from the wreckage of their former homos homes the whole of italy Is absolutely stunned st n and at the scene of the disaster disa disaster the bl bulk of the people aro are literally demented with the mid suddenness denness and extent of tho the blow the total number of victims Is variously estimated from to I 1 king victor and the queen arrived at messina today As they made their way into the ruined town the scene of disaster and horror was too much for the queen who almost swooned crowds of terror stricken persons swarmed about tho the royal party throwing themselves in tho mud and screaming for pity and aid many lany terrible stories aro are related la in connection with tho the rescue work the re rescuers sers had to contend with a superstition so deep rooted in the sicilian mind that in many instances injured men en and women clung to crumbling walls refusing to let go their hold bold and seek safer position As further facts concerning stricken messina IN become available they corro borato in every detail the worst fears heretofore expressed the cathedral municipality buildings barracks and prisons aro arc all destroyed and presumably surn ably all tho the smaller buildings shared the samo same fate of two hundred and eighty railway employed emp loyes in tile tho station at Af messina essina only eight are known to have survived at rossio the of death still reigns leaving to the imagination tho the 1 I t ir 1 i HP i quadie 5 j 4 ij 00 11 9 f I 1 af pf a terrible havoc havoc wrought by the catastrophe with the horrible inrush of the sea tho the swallowing up of 0 boats the crashing of ships and the dost destruction rution of bridges and walls the sea became almost instantly covered with debris after the upheaval containing contal ning refuse of every description dotted with human bodies when the day dawned the entire shore line of the surrounding country was utterly alteri r changed in appearance the coast line was greatly altered while of all the magnificent houses along tho the shore only a L few tott tottering ering ruins remained from those ruins from time to time there sprang jets ot of flamo flame and smoke king victor emmanuel and the queen who left yesterday for the scene of the disaster have won the hearts of their subjects by continuing in this noble manner the traditions of tho the house bouse of savoy which makes the sovereign actually share in all the suffering 0 of f his hah people A national com committee commett mitt has been form ed to collect funds for tho the victims the committee Is headed by the th 0 dulco duke of aosta aasta and includes the presidents of the senate and the chamber of deputies tho the mayor of rome and all prominent men in the loading towns the list has been opened with contributed tri buted b by king victor emmanuel all hanks clubs civic and commercial associations and the newspapers have opened subscription lists the premier has hag received a telegram from signor felice a deputy at ales messina summing up the situation as follows messina lessina A la Is completely destroyed razed to the ground the victims may be numbered by tons tens of thousands the conflagration which Is still raging Is completing the destruction of the city salvage implements firemen and soldiers must be sent immediately tho disaster exceeds tho the wildest imagination 11 the volcano of St is active and the seas around the island asland aro are very agitated and dangerous to navigation tho the pope has telegraphed the archbishop at palermo a large sum gum of money and instructed him to proceed to messina immediately to help the survivors from the latest esti estimates males today it Is feared that the total number of victims in sicily and calabria will reach more than one hundred thousand while tho the damage to property will bo be several hundreds of millions just before the departure of the king icing yesterday one of the crowd of notables seeing their majesties off ex pl almed surely tho presence of their maJest majesties les will be sufficient to condole the unhappy people dont talk nonsense the king ro ported sharply I 1 many survivors at catania a sicily temporarily lost their reason and when questioned concerning the disaster glared at their questioners onora and murmured incoherently and ceaselessly A messina lessina la Is destroyed persons arriving at catanzaro from the coast state that messina essina lU la is still blazin bla eln despite the torrential downfall of rain nova news reaching catanzaro from the outlying districts in calabria indicates that thirty flye five towns and villages have been wiped out while the number of dead in that district alone exceeds thirty thousand the few survivors are mad with terror and have fled to tho the forest and mountain tops where they are subsisting on roots and the bark ot of trees J pierpont pont morgan has sent for the relief of tho the earthquake suffer ici cis s I 1 |
