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Show ANOTHER SOURCE OF DANGER TO TIE SURVIVORS IN ILLFATED MESSINA Hungry and Rabid Dogs Run Wildly Through the City, and Devour the Dead Many of the Injured, Unable to Protect Themselves, Are Attacked by the Mongrels. Messina. Jan. G. Dogs now con6tl- , tute one of the dangers to the earthquake earth-quake refugees. These animals, starving starv-ing and often rabid through lack of water, gnaw the corpses like hyenas ind frequently attack the refugees themselves. Among tho wounded who l-f t Palermo last night, was a young roan whoso eyes ana right cheek had Leen horribly mutilated by dogs. After Af-ter the earthquake he was burled In debris up to his Deck and while thns unable to move, was attacked by three of the animals and Beriously hurt be- ; fore his cries attracted help. Many ; people are shooting all vagrant dogs at sight and stray bullets are an additional ad-ditional danger in the city. j The work of rescue is being push- I ed on lndefatlgably night and day, ' nnd even now persons alive are occasionally oc-casionally dug out from the ruins. A voman was released from the wreck- , Hge of the Church of San Francisco. 1 the did not seem to realize that she ji.il been buried so many days. She explained she thought she was entombed en-tombed in the church after having r.Ied a natural death and that 6he was living in the hereafter. Efforts to release the living will bo continued for two days more in cases where there is reason to bellevo that tuccess will be met with. The rain has at last ceased; the sky has cleared clear-ed and the full moon seems to render the desolation more complete. The mce plcturepquo hills smiling with clive groves are now wrecked and gloomy. In her fury, nature appears to have wished even to cancel blutnry. Tho visitor cannot refrain from a cry of Forrow when he realizes that the cathedral, ca-thedral, the glory of Messina, has been razod. The centuries have re- rpected It from the time of the Normans Nor-mans until :i few days ago. Defying former earthquakes and cataclysms j which had afflicted Messina, Its great columns of Egyptian granite, hvler hiJ stronger than bronze, were all thrown down and crumbled as if of chalk. The magnificent Norman. An-devln An-devln and Argonese tomba of the Kings of Sicily have been reduced to n.ln. Among the many dreadful scenes none Is more pathetic than those of 1he women who have lost their reason t-om shock and suffering. It might, aho seem that half the little army of survivors has becom-r demented. Today, To-day, a party of soldiers came upon the remains of what was once the city hall. They found an old man standing there half-naked. He held a basket , in his hand, but did not think to put it around him. although the air was old. The boldlers asked him why he did not cover himself and urged him to take refuge in a hut, but the old man answered: "I cannot leave ; urn the porter of the municipality." |