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Show oo OFFICIAL REPORT OF EARTHQUAKE I Authorities Receive Account of Casualties in the Vicinity of Avezzano. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION Many Thrilling Rescues Made and Many Still Buried in Ruins. Avezzano, Italy, via Rome, Jan. 16, 2:20 a. m Offlejal reports regarding the extent of the earthquake disaster, now are being received by the authorities. authori-ties. They concern towns and villages vil-lages in the district in which Avez-zerno Avez-zerno js located and thus far are as follows: Paterno, completely destroyed except ex-cept one house: 1.000 dead out of 5,800 Inhabitants. San Bellno. almost totally destroyed des-troyed fifto dead out of 1.600 inhabitants. inhabi-tants. Scurcola, destroyed; number of victims not yet ascertained. Villalago, 27, dead and 20 wounded Rajano, four dead. Ftatturo, near Scanno. 200 dead. 60 wounded. Popoll, five dead, ten wounded. Pentima. four dead, eleven wounded. Barrea, nine dead, twenty wounded Villetta-Rarrea, three dead. Duke of Abruzzi Directing. The Duke of Abruzzi arrived here last night and inspected the work of rescue He visited every spot and gave such aid and advice as he could. He expressed the intention of visiting all 'lie villages that had suffered, suf-fered, -onie ,,f which are still cut off from communication. As an instance, news only reached here today that In the town of Pescasseroli, many persons per-sons are buried in the wrecks Of houses and that up to the present time fifteen bodies bad been taken out and eighty injured persons rescued. A thrilling episode of the earthquake earth-quake happened at Capelle, Just north Of Avezzano which village is In ruins While the work of rescue was pro-ceeding pro-ceeding the soldiers heard strange cries and led by the sound reached a spot where thev found a woman buried under the debris with a new born child Both were extricated alive and uninjured and are doing well captain of carasineers, who was among the rescuers asked to be the Oodfnther of the .child and suggested that the hoy be called Terre Motino meaning a small earthquake. Many Victims at Pescina. The catastrophe at Pescina southeast south-east of A rezzano, Is growing In gravity grav-ity The victims, according to reports re-ports received from there now number num-ber l.fiOO. The whole village of Gioja De Mars! is reported destroyed. The number of victims ! not yet known At Colderosso there are 2 4 dead and at Antelpedio forty persons were killed. 1 |