The evening world. Newspaper, January 14, 1915, Page 2

et ‘One hundred and fifty large panes of glass in St. Ws, forty-six of which are in the dome, were broken. The quake fB caused a number of deep cracks in the masonry of the stairway lead- }4o the huge ball on the top of the dome., Visits to the ball conse- atly will have to be suspended. Several mosaics inside the basilica have been damaged, as was the statue of the Redeemer standing on of the facade, " Relief measures for the thousands of persons who have succeeded in ng from their collapsing homes in safety but are in want and without are going ahead with all possible speed. Special trains have been hed carrying physicians and nurses, and Government, officials have fen ordered to provide all necessaries for the stricken people. 4% shock of perceptible strength was ‘at Z0'clock this morning here. It created a panic among who already were badly terrified, and thousand into the streets in their night clothing. So far as no additional damage resulted. G STARTS FOR SCENE IN AUTO. King Victor Emmanuel, despite the protests of Government officials urged the international situation in Europe as a reason for his staying left early to-day for the vicinity of Avezzano to do whatever and by his presence give stimulus to the work of relief. © Again urged before he left to stay in Rome. ) . The King replied: ‘The sufferings of my people are my heart than anything else." E Queen Helena, still in bed recovering from recent illness, when she birth to a daughter, has expressed the keenést regret that she could go to the scenes of devastation, as she did at Messina. The Duchess of Aosta has gone to Monteroduni, where she has in- bled herself as a hospital nurse for the wounded, me. Pope Benedict is awaiting a report from Monsignor Sagni, Arch- » of Aquila, on the gravity of the situation and the probable loss of He has expressed a desire to go to the spot if his presence is neces- ry and comfort the distressed. DPS RUSHED TO AID VICTIMS. SRellef committees in each locality that has been stricken are being 4 to work under the direction and in co-operation with the committee in Rome that is under the supervision of Premier » ¥ “ military has been rushed to the scene, and soldiers by night established tent colonies in which the homeless thousands may temporary shelter. Lines of communication, especially railroad tracks and telephone wires, have been interrupted seriously throughout the earthquake belt, and the transportation of supplies furnished by @ Government and private sources Is going forward by automobile Ml horse<irawn wagons. The forces at work relieving distr scenes of the greatest gedy. Families have been sepai have returned to thelr d homes to find their children and wives dead or missing. n are fatherless and wives have become widows. | In every stricken section temporary hospitals tmve been established, fo these have gone nurses and-doctors te care for the injured. The E includes the Duchess of Aosta, who has gone to Monterduno as a ‘was second only to that et Messina, however, Premior Salandra was inclined to believe that the dead emergency fund of $60,000 was eet aside relief and at the came time the Minister of War was in- the ald of those sent into the @ll of the medien! oficers of the army have been ald the private physiciads already on to get to the various villages and render relief, The highways are DEVASTATED ITALIAN CITIES AND TOWNS; i iS re 3 HS Pf | jow the following citle: towns affected by the earthquak Aveasano and vicinity—16,000 killed and many injured. Alellt, 1,000 reported dead; 600 hurt, many fatally. Arpino, 180 known dead; many hurt. Albano, some deag, number un- known; town badly damaged. Arricla, 40 reported dead. Campo-basso, partly wrecked; 20 »; known dead; rumor that many are me buried in rulne, 1 Ciprano, many houses destroyed: | Bo lose of life yet reported. 6 ) bartly demolished; no loss of | t reported, etri, T reported dead Jano, 3 reported dead. 0, several dead in ruins of i 4 it | : i 5 é HE: i 4 A Hi z she re HI ed buried in ruins of their homes; uo *| details as yet obtainable, | ;| Megtiano, entire city reported de- molished; feared death Hist will ve; large; ao details obtainable. | Monte Rotondo, 3 known dea “| cluding noted F Poppi, reported death list heavy, no detai jet obtainable. five dead, many hurt. | dead in city but many wurt. Ripl, fifteen reported dead, many t | injured. Hora, one hundred reported dead, pi wrecked, Messina + Cartago, Costa Rice Thrace and Asia Mini blocked at points and the of necessity be of the slow: It {s feared that this will increase the num- red are believed to be in a serious condition. aken steps to aid the homeless. Many of tho vacant buildings in the city have already been taken over by the municipality and will be ped with cots for the refugees who are brought Meanwhile a jot fund has already been started. LL OFFICIALS OF AVBZZAO KILLED. Troops to-day were constantly arriving at Avezzano to assist in the work of rescue. The survivors are in a pitiable condition. Hardly one is without relatives in the ruins of the town buried under the wreckage of their homes. The streets of the city are nothing more than huge piles of stone and brick. Through this the rescuers are digging wherever they have reason to believe they may find survivors. Their work is enormously difficult, Many heartrending scenes are witnessed. Survivors dig hastily into heapa of plaster and stone, often stained with blood. The gruesome search is only too often successful. In many Instances survivors faint as their dead are brought to light amid the ruins of the home. Then the heart- broken searcher has to be cared for by the members of the hastily organ- ised relief committee, Au employee of the manicipality of Avezsano, one of the few survivors ‘of the city, says the dead Include the sub-Prefect and the members of his f 4 the whole staff of the Prefectares the staff of the law courts; the yor and all the members of the Municipal (‘ouncil. Ninety-five out of the 100 noldiers who comprined the local garrison lost their lives, as did four out of the seven Custom officials, and eight out of the mine local po- Hcemen. This man was on the street when the shock came, To him it seemed an if everything fell to pieces at once. An immense cloud of dust arose from the ruinn and completely veiled the sky. The few survivors of Avezzano assembied in Torionia Square. Suffering from shock, if not from actual wounds, they were for a time not capable of helping the wounded buried in the ruins, HORROR DRIVES WOMAN. INSANE. At Bourcola a woman who unearthed the body of her three: child suddenly became insane. At Popol! a young husband, ret from the fields where he had been at work, rushed to his home and fo it @ heap of ruins. He tore away the fallen masonry and entered what remained of his home, only to find his wife lying dead with the baby in her arms. At Sora an old grandfather, je survivor of his family, insisted on forcing his way through the shattered walte of what once bad been hin home. Suddenly the walls collapsed and the old man was buried with the other members of his family. At Sora, in the Province of Caserta, a town of over 6,000 populati: the victims of the earthquake are estimated at 400. The town itself has been much damaged, ‘Two-thirds of the houses have been razed, while many of the others are #0 damaged that they will have to be pulled down. ‘The Rosa! Palace is ruined. Twenty workmen are tried in the wreckage, Reports reaching Rome today of the casualties counted leet night set forth that at Sassa five persons were killed and forty wounded. At Popoli|: two persons were killed. At Antrosano there are seven dead and thirty wounded, while at Cocullo there are nine dead. Twenty persone lost their lives at Torre, ten at Picenze and six at Bussi, ‘The work of rescue and the search of the ruins in the hope of finding people still alive was continued all through the night. Then fires were lit and togches brought into use to make night work possible. The soldiers who early were ordered to the acene of the disaster did splendidly. Medical are boginning to talk of the possibility of epidemics among those who escaped. A very large number of people fled from the stricken area and will have to spend some time without adequaté sheltér. They undoubtedly will suffer from exposure and from the lack of food. A railroad train which yesterday was reported missing has been found near Avegsano. The centre of the disturbance appears now to have been the extinct volcano of Fucino in the province of Aquila. It is stated here that there has been no loss of life reported in the province of Potenza, where the full strength of the earthquake was be- lieved to have been felt. Communication was restored for a brief interval today and the officials report that while there has been great property damage, it is not believed that any one has been killed. The gravest axiety had been felt for this province because all communication with it has been cut off since the earthquake. ‘The area that suffered from the earthquake is included in the territory through the heart of Italy from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic. There are included some several hundred square miles extending on the west from What Is Castoria ASTORIA ie a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It CHOCOLATE COVERED COCOANUT ROYALS—The heart of this [ome 8 Grated Coceanat, an, | town reported com ‘The chain of the Italian mountains that form the backbone of Italian peninsula runs through this séction, and with wires down and most of the territory blocked with snow the work of securing details will TO RECEIVE AID FOR EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The Amer- jean Red Crosa announced to-day that it would be glad to receive at its here contrityitions for alian earthquake sufferers and forward such money through thie Department to the proper je in Italy here i a well organized Italian ‘ross, it Was said that the Amer- society would not send nurses or ors, unless requested to do « None of the workers on the battle fields could be so employed, however, it Was sa ote who were killed in Avezanno were crushed in the ruins al reports say that the houses col- though they were made of after the initial shock, but it Is ished. The uninjured immediately jon of the city that suffered least district reported entirely destroyed Magiiano, Cappadocia, Celano and Pesoiro. to have been partially wrecked. jock severely, but suffered only slight damage. Sul- the province ‘i ean and other towns in that Hurt by Ranaway Truck, and some loss of life. A motor truck slipped Its brakes to- to estimate the extent of the damage in | day and went gayly consting down San the provinces. They are vending all their energies to hasten the work of |vrashed into the feed store ae Gillie relief. Bi t End Avenue, ht ink mass hurt internally in addition to hav! cut eye and «and was taken to the Polyclinic The truck belonged to the Vehicle Company of Borden ane and City. i Joss of life in the vicinity of Rome is estimated at about 100. ot wreckage. News received from Arpino, thirty miler south of Aversano, says forty persons were killed there and 110 wounded. The Cicero Tower, at Arpine, in memory of the great Roman orator bors there, collapsed as a result of the earth shock. ' The Under Prefect of Sera, twenty-five miles south of Avekeano, tele- | @raphs tabt half the town has been razed. He implores assistance. { At Monte Rotondo in the fall of the municipal tower Prof. Luigi Mig- | nati was kille@ and his four daughters seriously injured. HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES SWEPT. Nowe is mow being desperately sought from the ancient fortified City of Aquila, in the Department of Abrussi. It is reported that several villages near Aquila have been destroyed. It {s officially announced that the centre of the earthquake was be- tween Campobasso and Sarno, and that it was felt strongly at Perugia | 7 and as far north as Ferrari. The populace over this territory of many) buadreds of square miles have fed from their homes and are camping in| the open in fear of a repetition of the terrorizing event: At the Meteorological Institute of Rome the endurance of the rocking and the trembling of the buildings of the ital is questioned as having | lasted @ whole minute, but it is said that there is no doubt that for thirty | seconds the country wide aud all its architecture were shaking. King Victor Emmanuel was at the Villa Ada when the earthquake ccourred. 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