The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

 IN GLABRIA Over Hus red Lives Are
 YLost. PAEIcs RIVALS EVERYWHERE Villages Destroyed and Houses Re-
 duced to Ruins. First Shock Was Tremendou. One and Was Followed by Two Others
 of Longer Duration--Pope
 Hears News.

Rome. Oct. 24.-The details received here during the day regarding the earthquake in Calabria. in every way teno to show that the damage done was much more extensive than at first estimated. but that the loss of life has not been great.
 The lowest estimate place the num- per or killed at about twenty and the highest at about I20 but m to thia evening there is nothing to show that the last figures mentioned are correct. Nothing definite will be known on the . subject until the ruins are cleared away.
 Premier Gioletti conferred with King Victor Emmanuel on the disaster and it was reported later that his majesty would go to the district if any fresh shocks occurred. The Pope, when in formed this morning of the destruc- tion. was much distressed and said, with tears in his eyes: Are we hay ing q repetition of the disaster of 1905 !? God help the poor souls" The pontiff has decided to send sum Of money for the relief of the sufferers.
 Details of the earthquake show that the shocks were especially severe in the southern end of Calabran Penin- sula, but throughout CaIabria terri tory, there were scenes of decoration and despair.
 The first shock was a tremendous one and was followed by two others of longer duration. which entirely de- sroyed two villages and reduced many houses in several others to a mass of ruins. The first shock, fortunately, brought the entire population of the villages into the open air. Many suc- eeeded in making their escape to the hills or open plains which accounts for the smallness of the list of fatalities.
 To add to the desolation caused by the earthquake, 1t was raining in tor rents in the evening, which greatly in- creased the suffering among the home less people. Half the houses at Fer ruzzano and Brancaione collapsed, and many people were buried in the ruir,a and at SnopoIi and St. Ilaario, more lives are said % haze been lost Panic prevails everywhere.
 Bocella, JoEica. Reggie, Cosanza, Baraodio. Cittanova, Palmi. Marina end other towns also suffered from the shocks, but none severely. Half the houses of the village of Gerace are in ruins and similar conditions prevail in number of other places.
 The scientists at the University of Naples, who study seismetic disturb ances, say that the earthquake of 1905 was preceded by the sudden cessation of the eruptions of Mount StromboIl and Etna. Mount Vesuvius, they add. was active until week ago, but since then the volcano has not emitted any smoke at all.
 A special dispatch to The Tribuna today says that 100 persons had lost their lives in the commune of Ferraz- zono alone, but no confirmation of the report was obtained.
 During the confusion caused by the first earth shock, the prisoners in the jail at Catanzaro mutinied and were only subdued with great difficulty. The female prisoners were particularly alarmed. screaming and shouting and beating the doors until the whole place was in a terrible uproar. The prison ofElcials did everything possible to quiet them, but the panic broke out afresh every time and earthquake shock was experienced.
 As soon as possible attachments of troops, with relief trains, were hur- ried to the scene of the disaster and did everything they could to assist xhoaa who had fad from thalr bnynaS