The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-25
SCORES PERISH
AMID RUINS Of
GALABRIA QUAKE
Two Hundred Bodies Are
Found and Deaths May
Surpass 500
VILLAGES DESTROYED
Torrential Rain Increases
the Misery of Panic
Stricken People
CAMP IN THE OPEN
Several Famous Structures
Are Razed by the
Ternblor
VILLAGES DESTROYED
CAMP IN THE OPEN

ROME. Oct 24.-At 8 o'clock this
evening about 200 bodies were taken
from the earthquake ruins in Calabria.
It IS now estimated that the deaths
viii surpass 500. but it is impossible
TO get accurate information on this
subject, as many villages are still cut
of by the foods and the destruction
of roads and telegraph lines, and no
word from them can be had.
The earthquakes continue. but they
are slight. The people are stnl in a
condition OF apprehension. which is in
creased by each tremor. In spite Of the
torrential rain that is falling. they ab-
soiutely refuse TO remain under any
cover. They have made their beds in
the open. Mattresses have been spread
about the squares and the fields sur
rounding the stricken villages. and the
people are covering themselves and
their children as best they may.
Many thousands WI pass the night
81 this manner. The only buildings
that the frightened people viii consent
70 use are the churches. and even there
they VIII not stay long sacred relies
have been exposed in the cathedral OF
Catanzaro and this served in measure
70 calm the population.
10 bodies had been recovered from
the ruins until 6. o'clock this evening.
At that hour about zoo were taken out.
This earthquake bids fair to rival that
OF 1905
The details received here during the
dsy regarding the earthquake IN Gala
bris yesterday in every way tend TO
show that the damage done was much
more extensive than at first estimated.
The first shock fortunately brought
. the entire population Of the villages
into the open. many succeeding in
making their escape to the hills or
open spaces.
To add TO the desolation caused BY
the earthquake it was raining in tor
rents yesterday which greatly in
creased the suffering among the home
less people
Half the houses at Feruzzano and
Brsncaleone collapsed and many per
sons were buried in the ruins and At
sinopoi and Stellsrio more lives are
said 10 have been lost. Panic pre-
vailed ever, where.
Half the houses Of the village Of
Gerace are in ruins and similar coudi-
tions prevail in 2 number of other
points iH Calsbrls During tho con
fusion caused by the drst earthquake
the prisoners in the jail At Catsnzsro
nlutinied and Yere only subdued with
great dificultys The female prisoners
were particularly alarmed. screaming.
shouting and beating the doors until
the whole place was in = terrible up
roar The prison officials did every
thing possible to calm the inmates. but
they broke out afresh every time an
other earth shock was experienced.
The cathedral at Towre Dl &c Race
was thrown down. as was an ancient
tower NllIH HcQ hALuSlQOU al the
earthquakes for centuries The con-
fusion caused by the earthquake was
increased by q mutiny OF the prisoners
IN the Cstsnzsro Jail. which was sub
dued With difficulty. The troops sent
with the relief trains to the scene of
the disaster had q calming effect on
the population.
Only two DAYS ago the finance min
lister snaugursted two entirely new
villages in Calabris. which had been
built by the relief committee of Milan
for the victims Of the earthquake of
1908 These villages withstood the
shock which was so severe in the
southern end Of the peninsula that half
the houses at Ferruszano and Branca-
leone collapsed and buried many per-
sons in the ruins. At Sinopoii and Sti-
lsrio seveWl persons we're buried and
everywhere panic prevailed.
Rocolla, Reggie. cosanca. Baraodio.
Cittsnova. Palmi, Gerace. Marina and
other towns suffered. but not severely.