Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-31
POSSIBLY $4,000 DEAD.
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p!ete camp hospitals, the numberless
wounded il, Calabria and eastern ST.
ely have been left in many cases IS
hours without assistance Even when
rescued it is impossible to house them.
everything available having been filled
by the dead. Lack of care and starva-
ton will complete the work that the
forces of nature has left undone."
All the sovereigns and the heads Of
states of the foreign governments
have sent expressions of warmest SYM
pathy and deepest coincidence. Frances
message was especially warm and she
is dispatching five warships from Tou-
lon to Messina which is hailed as tok-
cr OF love from sister race.
The minister of marine tonight re-
ceived word that the steamships Taor-
nina and Campania with $4,000 beds
and a large supply of provisions aboard
hal left Genoa bound for Messina. Oth-
er steamers also bountifully stocked
are on their way to the stricken cities
from various ports.
The dispatches from the stricken
zone say that a large army would pc
required to cope with even the pressing
needs of the unfortunate people VINO
are roaming about half clad and starV-
inp. scme of them dragging articles OF
clothing from the smouldering ruins to
protect themselves from the piercing
wind. Terrible suffering is inevitable
before the much needed relief stores
can arrive.
The rescue parties, military, naval and
civil. of different nationalties are per-
+, forming prodigies, but the task before
| them is almost hopeless. Added to the
difficulty Of obtaining food and water
there are no drugs or surgical appliances.
| heart-breaking appeals for help are heard
| on every side. to which only the most
| inadequate response is possible. Tempo
rary hospitals are being rigged up nut
| only a comparative few can be relieved
and the scenes of horror defy description
| The survivors of the earthquake are sui
| fering cruel eXtremities. Late dispatches
state that the city of Palmi contains 15T
dead and twice as many injured. TWO
| thirds of the town was laid waste. All
| the villages adjacent suffered as severely
The King has telegraphed Premier Gio'
| litti informing him that Reggie is in the
same awful condition as Messina and an
nouncing that a Russian steamer WIFI
| 200 injured will arrive at Naples tomor'
| row. His Majesty asks that all prepa'
| rations be made for their reception al
the hospitals and requests that the shiI
he sent back with all the doctors il.at
can be mustered.
| DISPATCHES from Catania descrbeo
Messina as appearing like a huge incan-
descent furnace The fire spread to the
buildings that had not yet fallen. com
pletng the work of destruction. TEt
strait of Messina is now choked VIII
corpses of men and women. At the pres
ent time there are - warships at Mes
sina, four Italian, four British and f"u'
Russian, as well as n number of destro''
ers and steamers, the latter belonging K
the Italian General Navigation Co. Th'
injured are being carried aboard the
steamers and will be removed to Naples
The relief work now is well begun, bu
hundreds of persons are wandering about
the ruins like madmen. Ahey are he'as
given food and clothing as fast as 1T i.
possible General fMarazzi, commanders
at Catanzaro. has telegraphed to th'
government that he had tried vainiy fol
two days to reach Reggie by land Al,
sea. The roads are impracticable ant
the shore has been so torn and TWISTED
as far as he travelled in Calbria that j
was impossible to approach the water.
At the ministry of marine word ha
been received that frightfM looting an,
pillage occurred at Reggie. This place
J already overwhelmed, will have few sur
vivors, as it has been Impossible for th
relief expeditions to reach it.
A dispatch from Palermo describes tn
experiences of A. j. Ogston. the Britisl
vice consul at Messina, who arrived will
his daughter at Palermo, he himself be
ing injured