Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
APPALLING DISASTER
Details Of the Earthquakes in
Italy.
MANY TOWNS IN RUINS
BUILDINGS CRUSHED LIKE SHELL
OF AN EGG.
Seismic Disturbances Came Early in
Morning Without Warning
to Inhabitants.

to Inhabitants.
Further details OF the earthquakes In
Italy an account OF which appeared In The
Star yesterday, show appalling disaster
A cable from Rome last night says: All
Italy Is suffering from terrible depression
because of the news from the south. where
one OF the worst earthquakes ever expert
enced occurred today.
Although the earthquake was felt all over
CaIabria and to a certain extent In Sicily.
the worst news comes from Pizzo and Mon
teleone and from eighteen villages. which
are said to have been destroyed. Accord
ing to the latest news 370 persons have
been killed and a great number injured. 1t
is as yet impossible to even estimate the
property losses.
The shock was felt at 2:o5 o'clock this
morning. 1t lasted for eighteen seconds at
Catanzaro, and soon thereafter was felt
at Messina Reggie, Monteleone, Martirano,
Stefaconi Piscopio, Trfparni Zammaro, Ces-
santri, Nadia, Ohvadi and other points
Scenes of indescribable terror ensued;
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 on
the Madonna and the saints for heip. Inc
men escaped Into the open with their fami-
les all calling on their favorite saints Tor
protection. The cafes were taken by as
sault by the strangely CARRIED crowd. put
as daylight broke without repetition on
the earthquake the crowd gradually melted
away until by o'clock the streets had al
most assumed their normal appearance. ex-
cept IN the ruined villages. where the IN
hab,tants had no homes to go TO- Inc
general confusion was added to by dread
full cries from the jails. where the prison.
ers were beside themselves with fright, and
in some cases mutinied, but fortunately all
the prisoners were kept within bounds.
Troops engineers and doctors have been
hurried to the scenes of disaster to assist
in the work OF rescue and salvage. Inc
ministry of the interior sent S4OO for the
relief OF the destitute. and Minister of Pub
lie Works Ferraris left for Calabria this
evening.
Details of Destruction.
CATANZARO Province of Calabria, Italy,
September S.-By an earthquake which
shook Calabria at 2:55 o'clock this morn
ing the towns of Pizzo, Monteleone di Ca
labria and Martirano were almost entirely
destroyed. At Monteleone di Calabrfa
seven persons were killed and many were
injured by the collapse of the prison there.
Many houses were destroyed. The Pizzo
district is said to be almost destroyed.
Locally the shocks lasted eighteen sec
onds. The walls of the hospital here col
Iapsed and some of the patients were in
panic-stricken from their houses.
All the houses at Stefaconi were wrecked
and II is feared that 100 persons are buried
in the ruins.
The villages of Piscopio and Triparni
have been destroyed.
1t was hoped that the district OF Meas
tro had escaped, but that also has been
seriously affected.
At Martirano all the buildings have col
lapsed. including the barracks Of the gen.
darmes- Six wounded men have thus far
been taken from the ruins. There are other
victims.
aster TO help In the work of the salvage.
At San Gregorio, according to the esti-
mates sixty-five persons lost their lives
The village OF Zammaro destroyed
At hileto eleven are dead and 200 are in
jured.
At Cessanisi almost all the houses were
destroyed The number of dead and in
jured is not known.
The villages of Bratico Sanfeo. San Co.'S
tantlno and Conidoni were destroyed. The
number OF victims in these places exceeds
fifty.
At Spilniga one person was killed.
AT Santo Nobrio there are numerous VIC
Tins.
Almost all the houses In these places
which have not already collapsed threaten
to fall in ruins.
Serious damage was done to houses In
San Floro. where one person was killed.
AT Jonadi ten persons were killed and
100 wounded.
At Daffina buildings were damaged and
number OF persons were killed or wound
ed
At Borgia two persons were killed and
ten wounded. Many houses collapsed.
At Girifalco houses were badly damaged
but there was no loss OF life.
At Montauro several houses collapsed
At Olivadi Ave persons were killed and
many wounded. Houses were badly dam
aged.
Range Of Ruin.
At Maestro and Cortali there was much
damage to property and many persons were
wounded.
At Filadelfa two persons were killed and
there were serious property losses.
At Gimigliano there was no loss OF life
but the loss In property was considerable.
At Jacuno the houses were badly dam
aged. but no one was killed or wounded.
At Nadia one person was killed and thirty
wounded and property suffered severely.
At Martinano there were many victims,
but the number Is unknown Out OF a
population OF little over 5000 there are
200 without shelter.
At Serrastretta the houses suffered con-
sderably. but there were no victims
Troops have been sent to the scenes of
the disaster and engineers have been sent
to Montirano, Nadia, Gimigliano and Mon
teleoue di Calabria.
Excitement in Messina
MESSTNA. Sicily. September SAN earth
quake shock at 2:43 this morning caused
great excitement here. The population fed
from their houses. The amount of damage
done has not yet been determined. There
no loss OF life.
Population Fled.
REGGIE. Caiabria. Italy, September s.
An earthquake shock was felt here at o:4A
am. II exceeded in violence the shock of
1904 The population fed to the fields
Movements Of Naval Vessels.
The Navy Department has been informed
OF the arrival at the navy yard In this city