Milford chronicle., 1883-08-10
THE CALAMITY IN ITALY.
HEARTRENDING SCENES IN NAPLES
Only Five Houses at Present Standing In
Cnsamicciola.

o A dispatch from Naples to Reuter-
? Telegram Company, says: "It is nov
+ stated that the number Of persons kille,
! by the earthquake on the Island o
Isehia, Saturday night, was 1000, anC
that the number Of wounded wa
1,OO0."
Most of the houses were thrown down
7 and 5000 people are reported killed
and as many injured. All estimates
howevers, are imperfect. Some of the
I people escaped to the sea and made
: their way to Naples. The Hotel Pic.
3 cola Sentinella sank into the earth. The
shock was felt miles out at sea, and al
Naples twenty miles away. The towns
Of Forio and LacceamenO, near Casa
micciola, were also damaged Accord
ing to the statement of some who ESCAPED
the first shock was followed by an open
ing OF the ground in many places. Water
gushed out of springs that were
previously unknown. The excite
ment throughout Italy is intense.
Steamers loaded with the dead and in
jured are constantly arriving at Naples.
and nothing else is talked Of Many
churches were ruined at Forio, and
fften persons were killed at Sarrara.
All the hotels at Casamicciola are
wrecked. The dead are fearfully mutil-
ated. The calamity will exceed the
Chios earthquake in 1881.
Professor Palma, the Baroness Diri-
sells, Commander Zupputi, and the fam
lies of Signori, Cecere, Siciliani, Ali,
and Mariana are among the dead. The
/ Marchioness Pacca Laurati is supposed
to be among the dead.
Professor Palmieri, Director of the
Meteorological Observatory on Mount
Vesuvius, states that the disaster was
not due to an earthquake, but to the
/ subsistence of the ground.
! The scenes in Naples occasioned bv
the accident are heartrending. The
| hospitals are crowded with wounded sur
vivors, and the dead houses are filed
with bodies of the victims. The bodies
of several Neapolitan ladies have been
recovered from the ruins. Five houses
remain standing at Casamicciola. Cries
for help can be heard coming from the
ruins. Sappers are hard at word en-
deavoring to rescue the persons who are
still alive Boats from the island filed
with dead bodies are arriving in Naples
constantly.
AuAAAJ MOAAANn anu NAAAANAAEll dLG hLuOlR
the victims of the earthquake on the isl |
and of Ischia. Most of the corpses
which have been recovered are so discol- |
ored by dirt that even after they have |
been washed the features of the victims |
are unrecognizable. All the members
of the police force at Casamicciola were
killed.
OF the foreigners staying at Oasamic-
ciola only those were saved who were
at the theatre on Saturday night. Sur
vivOrs state that they were obliged to
pass Saturday night in absolute dark
ness, without daring to move, even to
assist those calling for help beneath the
ruins. There is now little hope that the
latter are still alive. According to the
latest estimate 5000 persons perishedo on
the island. Three soldiers searching for
victims were fatally injured on Monday.
Several men and women were rescued
from the ruins on Monday morning.
Many more might have been saved if a
larger force of rescuers had been availa-
bic earlier Many persons who were
heard groaning during the night were
lead before they could be reached and
carried to places of safety.
Survivors say that thirty-seven per-
IONS we're entombed in a room in
he Hotel Piccola Sentinella
Count Sergardi, after three hours ex- ]
lausting labor, rescued eleven persons I
nut failed to accomplish the PRINCIPAL c
biect of his efforts, the saving of his c
lister. The play at the theatre on Sat '
rday night was a burlesque, which y
pened with a scene representing an :
0
An eyewitness describes the scene at
he theatre at Casamicciola when the :
arthquake occurred as an awful one. =
he curtain had just risen when tre- =
lendoUs shock was felt. A fearful roar 4
Dllowed and the ground rocked like the =
ca in a storm. A great cry of o
error arose from the audience. n
no were thrown into a heap, IL
nd a large number of them were C
uried beneath the timbers of the build ia
lg which fell upon them. Two more bl
locks occurred. All who could rushed el
ltside of the theatre and hundreds of
persons clambered into the trees bC
i the vicinity for safety. Most of the pl
eople, however, escaped to the shore pl
here bonfires were lighted as signals of II
stress. Hundreds of half-naked men Oh
I'd women wild with terror and grief, nc
n to and fro among the ruins with re
riches during the night searching an
T missing friends. All the bodies la,
covered were buried Immediately de
prevent miasma. King Hum. hi
,rt, who has been soiourn- SCI
g at Monza, has gone to Casamicciola. a
le municipality Of Vienna has voted de
favor of donating a large sum Of hli
1ney toward the relief of the Co
rthquake sufferers in Ischia. As wi
was impossible to recover and fol
ry all the bodies, Signor Gen no
j, Minister of Public Works, to
lered that, in view Of the horrible ex- wit
lations from the decomposing remains, let
, uncovered cOrpses be left where they tai
and liquid lime be poured over the sus
MS made by the earthquake. Casamic- ter
Ia has thus been converted into a vast chi
netery. wit
IT a boarding house table the com tbl M
~ were discussing English words Ger
ich cannot be rhymed with such as hin
Iver," chimney" etc. The land wel
= spoke out, "'Coffee is another ano
d for which no rhyme has ever been IN IN
covered" 81 beg your pardon, . for m
Dumley, who sat at the foot Of the bio
le, "but know aword which rhymes rea
b coffee. "Yes,7 responded the 4
lady in an interested manner, ''and w WI
It is itq" Hickory" ice
7HY is a good square meal to hun and
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