The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-12
BIG EARTHQUAKE In ITALY.
Province Of Calabria Shaken and In
habitants Flee to Fields.
R0MBoLI VOLCANO is ACTIVE


Relief Fund Whole villages De-
siroyed and Hundreds Are Reported
Killed and Injured.
Rome, Italy According to estimates
several hundred persons were killed
and hundreds more injured ,Dys the
Earthquake which caused devastation
throughout Calabrla 1t was impossi-
4ble even to estimate the property
losses.
Twenty-Five villages were destroyed.
The earthquake was felt all over Cal
abria, and to certain extent in Sicily.
The worst news comes from Pizzo ana
Monte Leone. Light shocks were felt
as far north as Naples and Florence
The Province of Calabria is very
mountainous. and given over to agri-
culture. The people there are very
poor but industrious.
King Victor Emmanuel, who is So
journing at Vallambrosa, as soon as
he learned Of the catastrophe sent
$1,000 for the aid Of the sufferers, and
instructed the officials to afford every
possible aid. Subscriptions for the suf-
fererS have been opened by the news
papers.
The ancient crater on the Island OF
st. Romboli was in eruption. throwing
out lava and stones. The population
of the island is fleeing.
The shock was felt at 255 o'clock in
the morning. 1t lasted for eighteen
seconds at Catanzaro, and soon there
oft II ~
Monte Leone, MartiranO Stefaconi,
Piscopio Triparni, Sammaro, Cessan-
It'll, Mazda, Olivadi and other points.
The shock at Riggo was worse than
that experienced last year
Scenes of indescribable terror en-
sued. Women aroused from sleep
rushed half clothed into the streets
screaming with fear. They carried
babies, dragging along their other
children. and called for help on the
Madonna and the saints.
The men escaped into the open with
their families, all calling on their ia
vcrite saints for protection. The cafes
We're taken By assault by the strange
ly CARRIED crowd.
AS daylight came without repeti-
ton Of the earthquake the crowd grad
ually melted away until by s O'clock
the streets had almost assumed nor
NAL appearance, except in the ruined
villages. There the inhabitants hadD
no homes to go to.
The general confusion was added to
by dreadful cries from the jails. where
prisoners were beside themselves with
fright. In some CAGES they mutinied,
but all were kept within bounds.
Ht1,n0 zrs4~.. IL.
been hurried to the scenes of disaster
to assist in the work of rescue and sal
wage. Minister of Public Works Fer
raris left for Calabria at once
Catanzaro The towns OF Pizzo.
Monte Leone and Martirano were al
most entirely destroyed by earthquake.
At Monte Leone seven persons were
killed and many injured by the col
lapse of the prison,
At Martirano all the buildings col
Iapsed. including the barracks Of the
gendarmes. Six wounded men were
taken from the ruins. There are other
victims
Locally the shocks lasted eighteen
seconds. The walls of the hospital col
lapsed and some of the patients were
injured. The inhabitants Of this city
fed panic stricken from their houses
All the houses at Stefaconi were
wrecked 1t is feared that 100 persons
are buried in the ruins.
At MartiranO, out of population of
more than 5000, there are 1900 with
out shelter Among the villages said
to be destroyed are the following: Pts
copio, Tripapni, Zammaro. Bratico,
Sanfeo, San Costantino and Conidoni
Practically all the habitations at Ces-
sanisi are wrecked How many dead
are in the ruins is not known. At
Spilgnia and SantO Nobrio almost all
the houses which have not collapsed
are in an unsafe, condition and threat
en- to fall At Baf1na buildings were
damaged and a number Of persons
killed or wounded.
Houses at Girifalso were badly dam
aged, but there was no loss of life. At
Montauro several houses collapsed
Maestro and Cortali suffered great
damage to property, and many persons
were wounded. The property loss was
excessive at Serrastretta. Gimiliano
and JacunO.
Calabria is in Southern Italy, form
Ing the southern part of the former
Kingdom of Naples. 1t is divided into
three provinees-Cose Calabria and
Catanzaro-and is traversed by the
Apennines. The region is subject to
earthquakes.
GEAR AT PEACE SERVICE.
With Members of Royal Family He