Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-31
On Account of Havoc Wrought
Thousands of Bodies Will Lie
Unburied for Weeks.
WHOLE WORLD is STUNNED
Hands of All Nations Extended to Italy
in Her AffliCtion-Help Promptly
Offered.


sand dead; Messina, in Sicily, and
Reggie and a score of other towns in
Southern Italy overwhelmed; the en-
tire Calabrian region laid waste-this
is the record of Mondays earthquake
so far as is at present known from
the reports that are coming slowly
into Rome on account of the almost
complete destruction of lines of COM
munication to the stricken places.
Deaths Awful Toll.
The death list in Messina ranges
from 10000 to $4,000; that of Reggie,
which, with it's adjacent villages,
numbered $4,000 people, includes al
most the entire population. At Palmi
1000 are reported dead, at Cassano
1000 at Cosenza 500 and half of the
population Of Bagnara, about 1000.
The Monteleone region has been dew
astated and Riposto, Seminara, San
Giovanni, Scilla, Lazzaro and Canni-
tellO and all other cOmmunes and viii
lagos bordering on the straits are in
ruins.
King and Queen Go to Scene.
The king and queen of Italy are
now on their way to Messina, having
sailed last night from Naples aboard
the battleship VOtterio Emmanuel.
The pope has shown the greatest dis
tress at the calamity and he himself
was the first to contribute q sum
amounting to 100000 to the relief of
the afflicted. British, French and
Russian warships are steaming tow
ard the South and already several Of
the ships Of Great Britain and Russia
have reached Sicily. Officers and
men of these ships have performed
heroic service in the work of rescue.
Many Foreigners Killed.
1t is feared that many foreigners
have been killed as a number of the
hotels at Messina and doubtless at
other places were crowded with tour
lists. Little is known of the fate of
the diplomatic representatives of the
foreign powers stationed at those
posts, although the Italian government
is using every effort to relieve the
anxiety felt on their account.
There is the gravest danger that a
| pestilence will follow the destruction
of the towns where, on account of the
vast havoc wrought, bodies will lie
unburied for days and weeks.
Survivors Flee for Refuge.
Those who escaped death, many of
whom are badly injured, are making
their way by thousands to the nearest
even now must be intense, as they are
without food or clothing.
The streets in Rome are damned
with people, who snatch the special
| editions from the newsbOys. The peo-
pie are plunged in grief and lamenta-
| lions are heard on all sides. Accus-
| toned for centuries to earthquakes,
| Italy stands ever in dread, but none
was prepared for the disaster which
| in the fraction of a minute Monday
| devastated cities and towns and
| caused the death of thousands.
Whole World Shares Grief.
The hands of all nations have been
| extended to Italy in her atfiictiOn.
From rulers have come messages OF
coincidence and from the peoples spon-
taneous promise of that aid which
| brings the world closer together in
| times of great calamity. Great Brit
ain, France and Russia have sent their
WarshipS quick as the flash of the tel
egraph could carry the orders to lend
assistance to the stricken cities Re-
lief funds have already been started
and a hundred ships and trains are on
their way, carrying supplies and rein
| forcements to the south. Rome, Mi
Ian, Florence, Naples and other cities
are sending physicians, police and fire.
| men Yesterday all the ambassadors
and ministers expressed sympathy
with NJ Tittoni minister of foreign
affairs, whose emotion was profound.
Straits Are Changed.
Reports indicate that the geography
of the straits of Messina has been SO
| changed as to cause apprehension OF
| serious commercial and strategic diff.
| ficulties. 1t is believed that naviga.
| tloll mas DcColhe CAL 0I1S1y udnSeIouS,
in which case the Notifications, on
which the government in recent years
spent large sums, will be useless. The
famous Whirlpool of Charybdis, it is
said. has shifted it's position.
Desperate calls have been made from
Rome to Messina, but these remain
| unanswered, and fears are entertained
| that Fort Spuria, near Messina, has
been destroyed, as the wireless sta
( ton installed there is one Of the most