Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-30

that there is nothing left of that city
but a heap of ruins.
There was slight earthquake
shock at Palermo last night and it
created a terrible panic. There was
u general rush to the squares and
the open places. The churches were
invaded and the sacred vessels car
ried out and through the streets by
the terror-stricken people who prayed
for a cessation of the earthquake
scourge.
Thousands Without Food.
Following the earthquake there now
comes imminent danger of starvation
and pestilence. Thousands are abso-
lutely without food and tens of thou
sands of bodies must remain unburied
for so long that the horrors of pes
thence seem almost certain.
The entire shore line of the straits
of Messina have been changed by
the upheaval, while on the waters
which swept the shaken cities in a
gigantic tidal wave, there still floats
refuse of every description, which is
dotted with human bodies.
A national committee has been
formed to collect funds for the vic
TINS. The committee is headed by
the Duke of Aosta and the subscrip-
ton list has been opened by King
Emanuel with $4,000. All the banks,
clubs, civic and commercial associa-
tions and the newspapers have start
ed funds to aid the sufferers.
The volcano of Stromboli is active
and the seas around the island are
very agitated and dangerous to nav
igation.
Pope Plus has telegraphed the
archbishop at Palermo a large sum
of money and instructed him to pro-
ceed at once to Messina and help the
survivors.
People Mad With Terror.
Persons arriving at Catanzaro from
the coast state that Messlna is still
pour of rain. The reports received
indicate that thirty-fve towns and
villages have been wiped out in the
outlying districts of Calabria, while
the number of dead in that district
alone will exceed $4,000. A few sur
vivors are mad with terror and have
fled to the forests and mountain tops
where they are subsisting on roots
and the bark of trees.
There is no news up to l o'clock
this afternoon concerning the fate
of A. S. Cheney, the American con-
sui at Messina. and his wife. All pri-
vate and official efforts to determine
whether they are alive have resulted
i'm failure.
Gable communication with the Aeo-
liam islands 25 miles north of Italy
has been interrupted, and it is fear
ed that the islands have also been
devastated. The largest of the group
is Lipari and its capital town has a
population of 1900.
]. p. Morgan has sent $4,000 to
the relief of the sufferers.
Towns Wiped Out.
Catanzaro, Dec. SO.-A report re-
Ceived here early this morning says
that the town OF Bagnara on the coast
to the north of Reggie, was COM
pletely wiped out, fire finishing the
work OF destruction begun by the
earthquake. The report says; "All
inhabitants Of Bagnara are dead"
The town had 10000 people. In a few
days lime will be scattered over the
heap of ruins which alone mark the
site of the once populous town.
Such fragmentary reports as are re-
ceived from Reggie confirm the re-
port that the city has been prac-
tically obliterated. A laconic tele-
gram from a telegraph operator on
the scene OF which Reggie is the CEN
ter, says: "Reggio has been entirely
destroyed The local director of tele-
graphs and all the operators are
dead. Messina and Reggie look like
Pompeil."
The prefect of Reggie, Signor Orso,
who was believed dead. has reached
point Of safety after "a hours OF
fearful experiences. He could hardly
talk, but said that Reggie was almost
entirely destroyed He said that the
dead number thousands and that the