The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-31
10000 PERISHBD IN
TWO CITIES ALONE

lCpnftnu4o = 49,
..,rse Of the dead, nov known to nsna-
80 tens Of Thousand, but because of
- srnnnmerable wahied buried In
~ -n;ns many of HON viii perish
s - Il Is impossible to rescue
49, Fro,n the wTeei of taeir former
s Saas The rshs..s italy is abso-
- stunned, andit the scene OF
49, d,sasfer the bu of the people
NV .0S-- s;ta-allv dement, with the sud
denncss and exent <the blow. The
total number of victs is variouSly
estimated from 50.0tto 10000.
King Victor and Queen arrived
at MessinR today. Afhey made their
way into the ruined wn the scene of
disaster and horror IS too much for
the queen, who most swooned-
Crowds OF terror iicken persons
swarmed about the raj party. throw
ing themselves In the mud and
screaming for pity a aid
Terrible Storis Related.
Many terrible stors are related in
connection with the scue work The
rescuers had to contd with a super
sution so deep roote in the SiciIian
mind that In many stances injured
men and women clrE to crumbling
walls, refusing to ! go their hold
and seek a safer poslon. AS further
facts concerning striten Messina be-
come available, they corroborate in
every detail the wot fears hereto
fore expressed. The cathedral, mu-
nicipal buildings, baacks and pris-
ons were destroyed nd presumably
all the smaller outings shared the
same fate. OF two hundred and
eighty railway emplges ia the sta
ton at Messina oniylight are known
to have survived whe at Reggie the
silence of death stilleigns. leaves to
the Imagination the terrible havoc
by the Catastrophe with the
horrible thrush OF II sea. the swal-
lowing up Of boats the crushing of
ships and the destrction of bridges
and walls
The calamity gros with the receipt
Of every fresh dipatch from the
south. Calabria il iotted with small
owns and villages, md new localities
Ire reporting aimot hourly casualty
lists that run into he thousands. II
S still impossible tereach any accur-
tie estimate of the eaJ. but the total
number Is placed anywhere between
10000 and 10000
AS High al 200, GOO.
In some quarters is declared that
he final numbers viii be as high as
10000 persons. On half of the pop
llation OF Calabria and astern Sicily
apparently has perihed.
Countless thousands of wounded
1en, women and ciifiren are dying
oday in the ruins. II is utterly i'm
ossible to succor ITEM all. Number
ess wounded of tie survivors who
ave made their way to other cities
re still without medical attention.
he facilities for proper care even In
he cities that did not suffer are In
dequate.
The devastated district is still nll-
i with half denented survivors,
tarving and wandering aimlessiy In
he ruin. The ruins are still burning
ing Victor Emanuel and Queen Hell.
ma arrived In Messina today and
{Rssht n 8ssFrs2naixn sMsas tH %ork e aid
wonderful inspiration to the whole
,untry.
Every possible thing is being done
, forward the work of relief, but the
liiroads in the afflicted scenes
ave been put out Of operation. Bag
ara, q town OF 10000 people. north
! Reggie. Is reported as annihilated.
he entire population Is said to have
srished. Reggie, a city of $4,000
sopae, has been practically demoI-
he'd.
The detailed stories from refugees
1ly add horror upon horror to the
llamities of the fateful day.
Fresh earth shocks were expert
lcei last night at Pizzo, IN Calabria,
nd Palermo, Sicily. They were not
were.
The pope has telegraphed the arch
shop at Palermo q large sum OF
loney and instructed him to proceed
J Messina Immediately to help the
1rvivors
From latest estimates today, IL is
jared that the total number of vic
ms in Sicily and Calabria viii reach
ore than one hundred thousand,
lille the damage to property will be
sveral hundreds of millions.
Just before the kings departure
one OF the crowd of not
bles. seeing their majesties on, ex-
aimed: Surely the presence of
leir majesties viii be sufficient to
onsole the unhappy people"
Don't talk nonsense" the king re-
,rted, sharply.
Many survivors at Catafia, Sicily,
no temporarily lost their reason and
hen questioned concerning the dis
ster. glare at their questioners and
lutter incohereutly and ceaselessly:
Messina Is destroyed"
Messjna is Still Blazing.
Persons arriving at Catanzaro from
ne coast state that Messssaa is still
lazing, despite the torrenial down
BUR of rain. News reaching Catan-
lro from the outlying districts in Ca
.bria indicate that thirty-five towns
nd villages have been wiped out,
it'll the number Of dead in that dis
let alone exceeding $4,000. The
lryivors are mad with terror and
ave fed to the forest clad mountain
opes, where they are subsisting on
lots and the barks of trees
No news has been received here
D to / o'clock this afternoon regard
e the fate of A. s. Cheney, the
merican consul at Messina, and his
ife. All private and Official efforts
ascertain whether Mr.. and Mrs.
heney are still alive have resulted