Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
ITALY EARTHQUAKE
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST And
EIGHTEEN TOWNS RUINED.
Worst Ever Experieneed--oVer 1000
Persons Killed and Great Number
lnjured-Shock Lasted 1S Seconds
Terror Was Observation-Disclosures
Hurried to Scene.

Rome. Sept. 10.-All Italy is suffer
ing from terrible depression because of
the news from the south, where one of
the worst earthquakes ever expert
enced occurred Although the earth
quake was felt over Calabria and to a
certain extent in Sicily the worst news
comes from Pizzo and Monteleone and
from Is villages, which are said to
have been completely destroyed.
The shock was felt at 1855 o'clock
this morning. 1t lasted for Is seconds
at Catanzaro and soon thereafter was
felt at Messina, Reggie. Monteleone,
Martirano. Stefacomi, Piscopio, Ira
PAM, Zammaro. Cessani, Nadia, Olivadi
and other points.
Scenes of indescribable terror en-
sued. Women aroused from their
sleep rushed half clothed into the
streets screaming with fear, carrying
their babies and dragging along their
other children and calling for help on
the Madonna and the saints. The men
escaped into the open with their fami-
lies, all calling on their favorite saints
for protection.
The general confusion was added to
by dreadful cries from the jails, where
the prisoners were beside themselves
with fright and in some cases mutt
MED, but fortunately all the prisoners
were kept within bounds.
Troops, engineers anu doctors have
been hurried to the scenes of disaster
to assist in the work of rescue and
salvage.
Troops have been dispatched to the
scenes of the disasters and engineers
have been sent to Martirano, Nadia
Glmigliano and Monteleone di Gala
bria.
Later Reports.
The effects of the earthquake were
more disastrous than at first reported
Dispatches from the south give in
creasing lists of dead and injured, The
numbers now running into the thou
sands. Martirano alone shows 2OOI
casualties, and at Lapolio 200. II
. some cases whole families have beef
wiped out. The greatest agitation con
tinues among tie populace, Sigh
shocks are felt occasionally, and sub
, terranean rumblings are still heard
Those persons still possessing home
refuse to enter them.
The worst is now considered to b
over. Those left destitute are begir
/ ming to feel the pangs of hunger. an
I there is also much suffering by thos
insufficiently clad Succor is pourin
I in from all quarters, but the destitutio
Il is so widespread that it is impossible
a to supply all the needs of the peopl
S In addition to the gift of 100000 b
King Victor Emmanuel and ministerii
n subsidies, newspapers in every part {
n Italy have opened subscriptions. Pu
e lie sympathy has been aroused In a
y exceptional degree, and everybody +
2 CARDS the event as an awful calamit
Officers and private citizens in the a
II fected provinces and throughout Il
d kingdom are Fastening to assist in Il
S. work of rescue, and are displaying {
e most superhuman energy in these {
n forts.
IT Official figures OF victims of Il
earthquake in the province of Gaia
1t faro show that $50 dead have alrea'
" been found, that about 1000 were
Il iured, and that there are an enormo
N number of persons without shelter.
h At Messina, Sicliy, the walls of ma
ID houses and churches were cracked
the earthquakes and otherwise we
more or less seriously damaged.