New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30
EAR T|HQUAKE IN ITA[ \
Hundreds Of Lives Lost and Nj
merous Towns Destroyed.
PEOPLE IN STATE OF TERROR
Inhabitants Of the Stricken District
Believed the End of the World
Was at Hand.

Rome, Oct. 25.-The latest details
received here regarding the earth
quake in Calabria Wednesday in every
way tend to show that the damage
done was much more extensive than
at first estimated and that the loss of
life has been great Thu lowest es-
Inmates place the number of killed at
over 200 and the highest at over 500,
but the exact number will not be
known until the ruins are cleared
away.
The shocks were especially severe
in the southern end Of the Calabrian
peninsula. Throughout Calabria Thurs
day there were scenes of desolation
and despair
AS soon as possible detachments of
troops with relief trains were hurried
to the scene of the disaster and did
everything they could to assist the
people who had fled from their homes
The first shock was tremendous
enc and was followed by two others
OF longer duration, which entirely de-
stroyed two villages and reduced many
houses in several others to ruins.
Rain Added to Suffering.
The first shock brought the entire
population Of the villages into the
open. Many succeeded in escaping to
the hills or open plains, which ac-
counts for the list Of fatalities not be-
ing greater. To add to the desolation
1t was raining in torrents, which great
ly increased the suffering among the
homeless.
Half the houses at Ferruzzano and
Prancaleone collapsed and many per
sons were buried in the ruins and at
sinopoli and st. Ilario more lives are
said to have been lost. Panic prevails
everywhere
Recella, Jonica, Reggie, Cosauza,
Baracdio, Cittanova, Palmi, Marina
and other towns also suffered from the
shocks, but none severely.
The cathedral at Tore di Gerace.
which arose from the ruins Of Locri
Epizephyrii, the once celebrated col
ony Of the Locrains, was thrown down.
as was also an ancient tower that had.
withstood all the Calabrian earth
quakes for centuries past.
Half the houses of the village of
Gerace are in ruins and similar con-
ditions prevail in number of other
points of Calabria
Earth Shocks Continue.
The earth shocks continue, but they
are slight. The people still are in
condition of apprehension, which is
increased by each tremor. In spite Of
the torrential rain that is falling the
people absolutely refuse to remain I'M
der any cover. They have made their
beds in the OPEN Mattresses have
heen spread about the squares and
the fields surrounding the stricken vii
lagos and the people are covering
themselves and their children as best
they may. Many thousands will pass
the nights in this manner The only
that the frightened people
will consent to enter are the churches,
and even there they will not stay long.
Sacred relics have been exposed in
the cathedral of Catanzaro and this
served in measure to calm the peo-
pie.
The heavy rains have caused floods
at several places and the waters make
more difficult the work of rescue,
which under these circumstances is
necessarily proceeding slowly. The
people are too frightened to assist in
the rescue work
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