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Show CATALANS THINK THEY ARE SAVED BISLAGAT1 THEY SAY APPARITION OF PRO- ! TECTORESS OF TOWN APPEARS, j Whole Populace U In State of Great Excitement, and Many Await Re- j Appearance of the Vision. Catania. Jan. id. For two days the populace of Catania has been In a state of great excitement over a report that an apparition of St. Agatha, tho protertoress of the town, had bvil teen on the summit of'Mount Etna," Those who say they saw the specter declare that the vision seemed to them "like an angelic dream." St. Agatha being enveloped In ihin vaporous clouds through which shone rays of dazzling light, while her right hand was extended as though in a sign of benediction and protection over Catania. Catan-ia. Because of these reports, the belief be-lief has spread that Catania was saved sav-ed from the earthquake only through the Intercession of St. Agatha. Groups of persons assembled In the squares or on the roofs of houses gazing gaz-ing at Mount Etna, waiting for the vision to re-appear. Many of them say that, when the smoke from the volcano was densest and the sun was shining strongly on the glittering snow, they saw St. Agatha fall upon her knees. The credulous on hearing these tales knelt In prayer and boat their breasts as penance for their sins. ' The Duke of Genoa arrived here yesterday yes-terday and visited the hospitals where he addressed words of consolation to the wounded. |