The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-09
MEN AND WOMEN, IN
TERROR, CALLED ON SAINTS
Rushed Madly Into Streets Car.
rying Screaming Children in
Arms T errified Prisoners in
Jails Mutinied - Govern
ment Sending Relief
Trains.
(By ASS ocIatcd Press. )

E8t ROME. September s.-All Italy is suf-
fering from terrible depression because
OF the news from the south. where one
Of the worst earthquakes ever experienced
i occurred to-day.
Although the earthquake was felt all
over Calabria. and to a certain extent in
{ Sicily, the worst news comes from Plzzo
tEanl Montelcone. and from eighteen vii
lagos. which are said to have been COM
pletely destroyed. According to the latest
news received SO persons have been killed
and great nunDer injured. it 5is as yet
impossible to even estimate the property
losses. tis5F
People Terrified.
The shock was felt at 2:55 O'Clock this
morning. 1t lasted for eighteen scconus
at Catanzaro, and soon thereafter, ,wag
fclt at Mcsslna. Reggie, Monteleonc, Mar
/. tlrano. Stcfacoii, Plscoplo, Triparni,
zammaro, Cessanti, Nadia, Olivadle and
other points. M
Scenes OF indescrbablef terror cnsued
+ 5, omen aroused from their sleep, rushed
half clothed into the streets screaming
with fear, carrying their ba bles and drag!
ying along their other children and CALI
ing for help on The Madonna and the
saInts The men escaped into the open
with their families. all calling on their
favorite saints for protection. The cafes
were taken by assault by tho strangely
sarbed crowd, but as daylight broke
without a repetition Of the earthquake,
h the crowd gradually melted away until
by O'Clock the streets had almost as
sumcd their normal appearance. except
4 In the ruined villages where the inhabl-
!ants had no homes to go to.
Prisoners Mutinied.
The general confusion was added to by
dreadful cries from the jails where the
prisoners were beside themselves. Wi.n
fright and In some cases, mutinied, but
fortunately all were kept within bounds
Troops, engineers and doctors have been
hurried to the scenes of disaster to as.
slst In the work Of rescue and savage.
rhe ministry OF the interior sent $1,000
for the relief OF the destitute. and Min.
lister of Public Works Ferrar1s left for
calabria this evening.
About Six Hundred Injured.
September. 9.-The newspapers this
morning give heartrendng accounts OF
i The terrible calamity caused by the the
earthquake. At Montelone, houses were
razed The railway depots at Pizzo,
saular and Enfermlcia had to be evac-
uated as they were considered unsafe.
At Messinn n severe shock was expo
rlenced. but It was sllghter than that In
z Calabria.
Tho earthquake centered in Calabria,
destroying over twenty-five villages.
leaving thousands absolutely destitute
4 killing upwards OF four hundred and
wounding nearly six hundred @
The province of Calabria Is very noun
famous and Is given over almost entirely
to oagriculture. The people there are very,
poor but Industrious. The extent of the
disaster they have suffered cannot as
yet bo clearly stated, as many Of the
telegraph lines are down.
King Victor Emmanuel, who is sojourn-
1 Ing at Wiallambrosa, as soon as he learned
Of the catastrophe, sent 5000 for the aid
of the sufferers.
The magnitude OF the earthquake Is even
greater than was at nrst supposed.