The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-31

The king has telegraphed Prem
Ter Giolitti informing him that Reg
Ilgio is in the same awful condition
as Messina, an danuounciny that a
Russian steamer with 500 injured
will arrive at Naples today Ills
majesty asks that all preparations
he made for their reception at the
hospitals and requests that the ship
be sent back with all the doctors
that can be mustered.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like huge in
candescent furnace. The fire spread
to the buEdYigs that had not yet
fallen, completing the work of de-
struction. The Strait of Messlna Is
now choked with corpses of men
and animals. AT the present time
there are 10 warships at Messina
four italian, four British and four
Russians, as well as number Of
destroyers and steamers. the latter
belonging to the Itaiah general
NAVIGATION company. The injured
are being carried aboard the steam
ers and will be removed to Naples.
The relief work now Is well be
lyun, but huhdreds of persons are
wandering about the ruins like
ma linen. They are being given food
and clothing as fast as possible.
General Marazzi, commandant at
Catanzaro, has teleqaphed to the
government that he has tried vainly
for two days to reach Reggie by
land and sea. The roads are i'm
practicable and the shore has been
so torn aEld twisted as far as he
Travelled in Caabria that 1t is i'm
possible to approach
At the ministry of marine word
has been received that frightful
looting and plllage occurred at Reg
Pio. This pace, already overwhelmed
viii have few survivors, as 1t ha'
been impossible for the relief ex-
petitions to reach 1t.
The Marquis Ruvollto, who visited
N"~-o'ra ord then returned to Ca
tania, estimated that there wer1
not more than 10000 survivors OF
The populace. Thousands, he said
are buried under the wreckaIge, AMI
some Of the injured, pinned be.
meath walls which the fire did nor
touch, are yet alive. He believe
that ii would take months, and
rerhaps a year to remove the dead
from under the ruins. Some few
bodies have been recovered and they
rave been buried In the public
gardens e.
Che tragic rhase of the disaster
was the fight for life made by the
prisoners In the Jail above Mes
sina. There were nearly 1000 of
these, including 800 women. The
buiHiDg collapsed at the first shncx
and the inmates were caught hk,
rats. Several rows-of cells remained
intact and those who w}e locked
within them could rbe heard pound
ing the walls and crying aloud for
help. Then came another shcck
wtid| completed the destruction. AL
were killed with the exception OF
the few who hal escaped after tha
first shock. a.
The destruction rof the American
consulate at Messfua and the death
of Consul Cheney and perhaps the
death of the former vlce-Consu|,
j. II. Pierce, together with the alb
-ence of w. II. Bishop, the Amerl-
can consul at Palmero, leaves the
United States without representa-.
tive in Sicily at the present time.
Officials in Rome are considerins
the possibility of the administration
at Washington ordering one or more
of the ships of the battleship fleet
now cruising around the world to
proceed to Sicily in opder to protect
American interests. SO far all re-
ports agree that there were few 4
any Americans in AIesslna at the
time of the disaster. with the ex-
ceptiou of Consul Cheney and his
wife, Mr.. Pierce was an Englishman
AMI for many years the Pierce
family had lived in that city, Sew
tl dl w lht Wtlt M htht ]
but MIS- Pierce made her escape |
as well as one of the male mem
bers of the family, who may prove
to be the ylce-consul
Late reports confirm the fact that
Tacrmina was almost entirely nm
touched by the earthquake Only the
famous Hotel San DOMINGO, occupy
ing the old Dominican convent, was
damaged
1t IS impossible to exaggerate the |
state of despair OF the 10000 GAIA,
bnans and Sicilians in Rome Mos,
of them have relatives in the strick-
en- area. The telegraph Offices are
besieged by weeping men and wo.
men demanding, beseeching and cry,
ing for information or the dispatch
of n message.
A ts'fTram received here from
Pami, saws the continuance of the
storm Is hyinglhg The greatest hard
ship TO the survivors. The streets
are described as filled with naked,
hungry and helpless people. Shelter