Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-13
italy EARTHQUAKE
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST and
EIGHTEEN TOWNS RUINED.
Worst Ever Experienced-over 1000
Persons Killed and Great Number
lnjured-Shock Lasted 18 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.
pani, 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 ana 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,
ulmigliano 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 1000
casualties, and at Lapolio 200. In
some cases whole families have been
wiped out. The greatest agitation con.
tinues among ,he populace. Slight
shocks are felt occasionally. and sub.
terranean rumblings are still heard.
Those persons still possessing homes
refuse to enter them.
The worst Is now considered to be
over. Those left destitute are begin.
ming to feel the pangs Of hunger. and
there Is also much suffering by those
insufiitiently chad. Succor is pouring
in from all quarters, but the destitution
is SO widespread that 1t is impossible
to supply all the needs Of the people.
In addition to the gift Of $4,000 by
King Victor Emmanuel and ministerial
subsidies, newspapers in every part OF
Italy have opened subscriptions. Pub
lie sympathy has been aroused In an
exceptional degree, and everybody re-
CARDS the event as an awful calamity.
Officers and private citizens in the af-
fected provinces and throughout the
kingdom are Fastening to assist in the
work OF rescue, and are displaying al
most superhuman energy In these ef.
forts.
Official figures OF victims Of the
earthquake in the province Of Catan-
zaro show that 45O dead have already
been found. that about 1000 were In.
jured, and that there are an enormous
number of persons without shelter.
At Messina, SicIiy, the walls of many
houses and churches were cracked by
the earthquakes and otherwise were
more or less seriously damaged.