Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-31
THE EARTHQUAKE.
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CALAmITY Ar IsCHIA.
searehius the Knins for tho Dead and Alive
-kntomed Beneath . hotoi-4, 900
People Killed.
The hospitals are crowded with the
wounded and dying victims of the earth
quake on the island Of Ischia, near Naples,
Italy. The dead houses and sheds adjoin-
ing are filed with corpses. People arriv
ing at Naples from the ill-fated cities
describe the scenes as terrible. On all
sides can be seen partially buried persons
crying for help, while thousands who have
friends missing are securing through the
ruins in search of them. The latest reports
put the number of dead at four thousand,
with one thousand more wounded. Boats
from the island filled with dead bodies are
arriving there constantly. One boat
brought the bodies of twenty four infants.
There were very few English visitors on
the island at the time of the disaster.
None of the special dispatches mention
American names among the killed or in
jured.
The municipal authorities of Naples are
sending relief to the island and are doing
all in their power to alleviate the distress
of the people. Fifty wooden buts will be
built Immediately for the accommodation
of the survivors. A few persons were
taken from the ruins alive last evening.
Eight hundred more troops went to the
scene of the disaster last night. A de-
tachment of sappers has been sent to the
scene of the disaster to assist in rescuing
people who have been buried but are
still alive. But five houses remain stand
ing at Cassamicciola. Cries for help
can be heard coming from the ruins.
Or the foreigners at Casamicciola only
those were saved who were at the theatre
on Saturday night. Survivors say they
were obliged to pass Saturday night in
absolute darkness without daring to move,
even to assist those calling for help be-
meath the ruins. There is now little hope
that many of the latter can be rescued
alive. Three soldiers searching for vic
tins we're fatally injured. Subscriptions
have been opened throughout Italy for
the relief of the distressed.
Survivors say that thirty seven persons
were entOmbed in a room in the Hotel
Piccola Ssntinella. Count Zergardi, after
three hours exhausting labor, rescued
eleven persons, but failed to accomplish
the principal object of his efforts, the
saving of his sister. The play at the
theatre on Saturday night was burles-
que, which opened with scene represent
ing an earthquake.
thousand persons perished. The stencil
from the dead bodies of human beings and
animals is almost unbearable. Several
men and women were rescued from the
ruins on Monday morning. Many more
snkt hax hoon x,oA if fOroa nf
rescuers had been available earlier. Many
persons who heard groaning during the
night were dead before they could be
reached and carried to places Of safety.
Professor Palma'e Death.
Professor Luigi Palma, who is said to
be one of the victims of the earthquake at
| industry. He was born in Atri in 1914
The University of Bologna conferred upoz
him the diploma of professor, and fol
sixteen years he taught at the academy at
Bari. In collaboration with other writers
he was the author of "Dizionario 1deo'
logico Gsnerale," a work of great ability
| and vast research.
A cincinnati Family Escapes.
Mr.. Charles Schmidlapp, a wholesale
liquor dealer of Cincinnati, and family
we're in Casamiccola, on the island O
Ischia, when the place was destroyed by
an earthquake. A cable dispatch says
that all escaped with their lives.
Aid or The Victims.
| In the absence of Chevalier G. r. Rafft
the Italian consul general a subscription
in aid of the victims by the earthquake
will be opened at the Consulate office No
81 State street, New York, by Count de
Revel, the vice consul. Subscrition,
will also be received for the same objec
at the Offices of the Italian newspapers
l. Eco d. Nalio, at No. 81 Liberty street
and II Progresso, at No 2 Centre street.