The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-30

CrObB, anu I6ll 10 their knees IN the
streets and raise their hands to
heaven. The people give way to the
most violent emotion on the approach
Of great shock.
Interior noises are heard. the
most uncanny noises. away down
deep In the earth, deep rumbling
which is like nothing else in the
world. That is what fkightens the
people. The churcfas are thrown op-
en- and the people oil rush there.
Several years ago at the violent
eruption of Vesuvius, the people
formed procession in the streets Of
Naples. The lava was coming down
from the sides Of sthe mountain in
streams and the people went out with
the sacrament before them to stop
the flow Of the molten stone. 1t was
wonderful. They stood In the street
and the lava stopped within one foot
Of the head of the procession"
Changed Earth's Contour.
Palermo, Dec. -Navigators who
have come in here from the straits of
Messina report that the straits have
taken an entirely new shape since the
earthquake. z
They describe them as twisted. s.
Many villages aud forts along the
straits have been destroyed; light
houses have been swallowed up by
the sea and navigation Is impossible
at night and dangerous by day.
One of the survivors when picked
a 80 thAg o& hi -
was wounded and unconscious. On
reviving, he called wildly for his wife
and children and yinsisted that the
steamer put him ashore. Finally he
became bereft OF his senses, jumped
overheard and disappeared beneath
the waves.
The news that tie king and the
queen Of Italy are coming down with
] medicines ahi dressings for the care
/, Of the :wounded, /, has created q splen-
did impression here lg. sl,2.. 4,
| a. navy hospital ship left here this
afternoon for Messina.,a
A traveller, who returned here this
afternoon from the other side of the
straits says that Reggie. San Giovan-
nj, Scilia; Cannftello and all the other
communes and villages bordering on
the straitsaare in ruins. Great num-
bers Of dead are believed to- be still
under the wreckage.
The British steamer Ebro came in
here this afternoon from Messina.
She has on board sixteen wounded,
including Alfred j. Ogston, the Brit
ish vice consul of Messina. Mrs.
Ogston lost her life, but the consul's
daughter was saved. Mr.. Ogston
describes the destruction of Messina
as frightful beyond words and ex-
ceeding in horros the widest flights
of the imagination"
One of the trains that came in here
from Messina this afternoon brought
the widow of the chief of police of
that city and her son. Both seemed
crazed with grief. They made fran
tic but vain efforts to save the life Of
the husband and father and the 9TH
or children The clothes of. the
widow and her son are literally in
rags.
Horrible Deaths.
Catania,. Dec. 30.-One Of the Mes-
stna survivors says that only small
proportion Of the total population es-
capped. Thousands of persons are still
buried alive in the ruins where they
are suffering slow death by torture.
Flames are still making their way
slowly over the devastated area In an
exorable advance. Imprisoned and
pinioned human beings, unable to ex-
trtcate themselves. are being burned
alive. Others are dying Of their in
juries while many are starving. The
entire streets have caved In. Doctors.
nurses and firemen are being hurried
into the wrecked city, but the lack of
food and water makes the work of
rescue ,dtMcult The Russian warships
at Messina have sent their crews
ashore and the vessels have been
transformed into hospitals.
Eye Witnesses
Catania, Dec. 30-Refugees are
pouring into Catania by trains, steam
ers and automobiles. They are half
naked and stupefled with terror and
suffering. Some of them appear al
most insane from the horrors through
which they have gone. In the begin
ming they could only babble 'tMessina
has been devastated; the city has been
annihilated." Little by little some
idea OF the indescribable horror at
Messina was obtained from these un-
fortunates.
They declare that thousands OF de-
mented survivors are still wandering
about among the ruins of the city. A
wounded soldier said: ysI 4:
The spectacle; was terrifying be-
yond words. Dante.s Inferno gives
| you hut Q faint idea as to what hap
pened yesterday morning at Messina.
The hrst shock came before the sun
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