The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-09
HUNDREDS KILLED Eighteen Villages Are Com pIeteIy Destroyed in the South of Italy by an
 Earthquake.
GREAT NUMBER INJURED
LATEST ADVICES PLACE THE
 DEAD AT 37O.

Other Places Still to be Heard FrOna-
 Shock Lasts for Eighteen Seconds
 Scenes of Indescribable Terror Ensue
 Women Aroused From Their Sleep
 Rush Half Clothed Into the Streets
 Screaming With Fear.
 Rome, Sept. S.-All Italy is suffering from terrible depression, because of the news from the south, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced oc- cured to-day. Although the earth quake was felt all over Calabria and to a certain extent in Sicily, the worst news comes from Pizzo and Monteleone and from eighteen villages which are said to have been completely destroy ed. According to the latest news re- ceiyed 370 persons have been killed, and a great number injured. It is as yet Impossible even to estimate the proper ty losses.
 The shock was felt at 2:55 o'clock this morning. It lasted for eighteen sec ondts at Catanzaro and soon thereafter was felt at Messina, Reggie, Monte leone, Martirano, stefaconi, Piscopio, Triparni, Zanmaro, Cessaniti, Maida Olivadi 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 for help on the Madonna and the saints. The men escaped into the open with their families, all calling on tEleir favorite saints for protection. The cafes were taken by assault by the strangely garbed crowd, but as daylight broke without a repetition of the earth quake the crowd gradually melted away until by 8 o'clock the streets had all. most assumed their normal appearance, except in the ruined villages, where the inhabitants had no homes to go to. The general confusion was added to by dreadful cries from the jails, where the prisoners 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. The ministry of the interior sent $4,000 for the relief of the destftue, and Minister of Public Works Farraris left for Calabria this evening.
 Catanzaniro, Province of Calabria, Italy, Sept. S.-According to the latest telegrams received here, the earthquake caused serious damage to houses in San Floro, where one person was killed. : At Jonadi ten persons were killed and 3 hundred wounded.
 At Daffina buildings were damaged and a number of persons were killed or wounded. Troops have been dispatch ed to the scenes of the disturbance and engineers have been sent to Montirano, Maida, Ginilfaho and Montelone de Calabria.
 The following additional details of the damage in this district have been received:
 At Borgia two persons were killed and ten were wounded. Many houses collapsed,
 At Girafilco houses were badly dam aged, but there was no loss of life.
 At Montauro several houses col- lapsed.
 At Oliyadi five persons were killed and many wounded. Dwelling houses Wre badly damaged.
 At Nicastro and Cortali there was much damage to property and many persons were wounded.
 At Fidelfa two persons were killed and there were serious property losses.
 At Gimigilnao there was no loss of life, but the loss in property was con- siderable.
 At Jacquino the houses were badly damaged, but no one was killed or wounded.
 At Naida one person was killed and twenty wounded, and property suffered severely.
 At Martiano there were many vic- tims, but the number is known. Out of a population of little over 5000 there are 2,200 without shelter.
 At Seresstrate houses suffered con- siderably, but there were no victims,