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Show STORMS ADD TO ' SURVIVORS' AFFLICTIONS Rome, Jan. 21. The stormy weather in the earthquake region is adding greatly to the affliction of the' refugees. refug-ees. The w'ork of but erection has been retarded and the country all about Messina is like a lake of mud The panicky feeling also Is kept up by numerous earth shocks. At Pamle where tho rocks tower high above the level of the sea, a column of sulphuric gas ha6 been pouring to the surrounding woods. The Americans remaining in tho Messina district are Charles King Wood and Harry Bowdoln. the latter of Boston. Bowdoln yesterday said, "the crying need is for wood for huts for the shelter of many thousand people. There Is no wood obtainable in the district and nearly all the houses are either down or badly damaged. "The American Red Cross is abso- lnfelv nlnne In our flplH Thn mllltni-,. and civil authorities are deeply grateful for tho supplies. When we unloaded case after case of the very things the Italian officers have beoh telegraphing their government for sonie of them wept for joy. These men have performed splendid service and they havcexisted In the greatest discomfort." |