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ned one hundred bodies.

Reports from Pizzo, thirty miles
west of here, declare the death list
of surrounding villages totals 1926
The remains of church in Pizzo col
lapsed catching many people in the
building, who could not escape.
American PreIate Among Missing.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.-Right Rev
David Sessums, Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Louisiana, is believed to
have been at Messina at the time OF
the earthquake. Nothing is heard
from him.
And Still the Horror Grows.
Rome, Dec. 30.-As further facts
concerning stricken Messina become
available, they corroborate the worst
fears entertained. The cathedral, the
municipality buildings, the barracks
and the prisons are all destroyed, and
presumably all Of the smaller buildings
met the same fate. OF two hundred
and eighty railway employees at the
union station at Messina only eigr<
survived. The torpedo boat which
was sent to aid the sufferers at Reg
gio returned to Palermo today, re-
porting that nothing was left Of that
city but a heap of ruins. There was
a slight earthquake at Palermo last
evening and it created terrible panic.
There was a general rush to the
squares and open places, the churches
were invaded and the sacred vessels
carried out and through the streets
by the terror-stricken population,
praying for protection from the. earth
quake. Following the earthquake
now comes imminent danger of star
walton and pestilence. Thousands are
absolutely without food, and tens OF
thousands of bodies must remain I'M
buried for SO long that the horrors
of pestilence seem almost certain.
The entire shore line of the straits
of Messina is utterly changed by the
upheaval, while on the waters which
swept the shaken city in tidal waves,
still float the debris of every descrip-
ton, dotted with human bodies. A
national committee has been formed
to collect funds for the victims. The
committee is headed by the Duke OF
Aosta and the list has been opened
by contribution Of $4,000 from King
Victor Emanuel. All banks, clubs, civic
and commercial associations and
newspapers have opened subscription
lists.
Pierpont Morgan.
New York, Dec. 3d.. ?. Morgan
has sent $4,000 for the relief OF suf-
ferers in Calabria.
Engulfed by Tidal Wave.
Monteleone, Dec. 30.--The tidal
wave that swept into Reggie, flood
ed the city to a depth of thirty feet
above sea level. Some of the houses
along the water front were swept
from their foundations and were car
ried to the sea. Twelve miles OF rail-
road near Reggie were destroyed. The
tempest added to the terror OF the
scene.
The Earth Continues Rocking.
Syracuse Sicily, Dec. 3o.-Violent
earth shocks were experienced here at
half past five this morning. The peo-
ple were terrified and rushed from
their houses to the surroundings and
the open country. Violent shocks
were felt on the island of Utica, forty
miles north Of Sicily, last night.
Further earth shocks at Messina
on Tuesday night added to the panic
of the survivors.
American Consul Among Dead.
Washington, Dec. 30.-A dispatch
received at the state department from
American Consul Gale at Malta, con-
firms the reported death OF Consul
Cheney and wife at Messina. The
bodies, the dispatch says, have not
been recovered.
One OF the Greatest Of WorluS
Disasters.
Rome, Dec. 3O.-The details OF the
appalling disasters recorded in the his
tory of the world are being unfolded
BY the dispatches coming IN today
from Calabahria and Sicily, It is a
story Of indescribable horror and cal
q a
amitv. The earthquake OF Monday
wrought havoc and destruction that
cannot be estimated. Italy is stunned
by the visitation, yet the full measure
of the catastrophe has not yet been
taken. The calamity grows with every
fresh dispatch from the south. Gala
bria Is dotted with small towns and
villages and the news from localities
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