The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Che Earthquake in NRPleS-GreaI
Loss of Life.

Loss Of Life.
The Naples correspondent Of ths Londor
Times. writing under date of the 92d Of De
cembsr, 1857, gives the following partcu
lars Of the late terrible earthquake in tha
country. He says:
"At Bari the two awful shocks on the
night of the 10th had crushed the barracks
of Gendarmes and filled the people with
terror, who passed tie night in the open air.
At Ricigliano, commune Of Cumpsgnu, ten
houses had fallen, Eve or six persons had
been dog out Of the ruins, and two persons
had been killed. In Caposelle and Sener.
CHA man and chiId, had their legs broken
in attempting TO- escape. In many other
communes houses and churches had been
split, and the cupola of the church of St.
Gregory had fallen in.
On Saturday morning two shocks had
been felt ut six and ten o'clock, A. M., and
staircases, had fallen, while many of the
houses had assures in them. Putenza, the
capital of Basilicats, however, and the
neighborhood seemed to have suffered more
than any other port. The shocks there
were continuous, and not single house re.
mains which is hubitable. Now Potenza
contains population Of upwards of twelve
thousands souls. The Palace of the Pre-.
lecture, the military and civil hospital, the
barracks Of Gehdarmes anu Of the Reserve,
the College of Jesuits, the churches, and es.
pecialfy the cathedral, are alI rendered use.
less, aud emo one can without danger cross
bis own doorway, They were continuing
to disigter, the numerous victims, the number
Of whom was unknown. The whole rcou.
lution, who had been in the open air, were
beginning 10 take shelter in wooden bar.
racks erected for the purpose. From other
parts Of the province very affecting news
had arrived. Tito, "a township of near ten
thousand souls, near Potenzl,) Marsico Nh.
ovo, Laurenzana, and Brienca, were almost
entirely destroyed. Two thirds OF Vignola
had perished. Immense are the disasters in
Vignola, CalveIlo, AMI. and Abriola; and
more than immense is the terror aud desola.
ton of the inhabitants.
In the commune of Catoni twentv.one
have perished und nineteen have been
wounded, not TO speak of the damage done
TO the buildings. In 'Castelsano, which is
nearly Ieveled with the ground, four hun.
dred persons have prrished. The same mis-.
fortune has also happened to Sarconi, where
thirty persons have been kill d.
From the remaning communes of The
district no intelligence had as yet been re.
ceived. 1t is impossible, therefore, to cal.
culate the number Of the dead. The popu.
lar voice makes it amount to many thou
sands. have heard as many Us fifteen
thousand, even twenty two thousand, stated.
1t is very clear that, according to official in
formation, several thousands must have per-
shed. Commissions have been formed in
all the suffering localities for the relief of
the suffering. Government has sent down
fresh supplies Of beds, linen and wood for
the construction OF barracks. Telegr phic
communication had been re.established Us
tar as wus possible. Nurses, Si ters of
Charity and priests had also been sent down.
and everything was being done for the com
fort Of the muny thousands who, not only
from fear, but from necessity, are now en-
camped in the open air. Persons who have
fed from the awful scenes, and have arrived
in the capital, give yet more he rt-rending
details; but the Official journal evidently
fears the effect Of them upon the public
mind.
No sooner was he shock of last Saturday
felt than host of thieves and assassins
rushed towards the Soledo, but the Gendar.
mes soon4 put them down with their drawn
swords. hasten 10 send you the
report WHICH the government published last
night pf Intelligence from the scene Of
ruin. 1t justifies all that have said OF the
indisposition of the government TO tell the
whole truth, and as to the probability Of pri.
Ysts reports being truet The mind, says
the official writer, shudders to contemplate
the detnils-.they;, surpqss beyond measure
what hos already been published. In PolIa,
alone two thousand victims have been disn.
TERED, ard they were stiIl at, work Per.
tosa, Atessa, Auletta, entirely destroyed
suffered next after Pola. Then Padula
md st. Pietro, and afterwards Snl!a, Diano,
Snrsnno, Montesanto, st, Arsenic and Su.
pri. In all these places the number of
desd as yet brought to light is two th,usand
six hundred. The Official journll cannot
aud will .uot enter into, details, but mentions
Mslf, Barile, Avella Venosa, in the Bazili.
clta, wlere houses and churches were
thrown down and people killed and wound
ed. .,-.