The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-12-29

estimated at twelve thousand. Scores
are still alive beneath the ruins of
the city, but owing to the inadequacy
of the means of rescue at hand, it is
impossible to reach these unfortun-
ates in time to bring them out alive.
Other reports received here place
the dead .at Messina at even more
appalling figure. The Rome Tribunal
publishes a telegram saying the cas-
ualties will reach the total of seventy
five thousand persons. This report has
not been substantiated
Premier Giolittie mas received a tel
egram confirming the previous reports
of the complete destruction of Messi
ma by fire following the earthquake
The dispatch says the dead in Messi-
ma can be numbered by the tens of
thousands.
The King Will Aid.
Naples, Dec. 29.-King Victor EN-
manuel will proceed to Calabria and
Sicily and do all in his power. to fur
ther the work of rescue. 1t is reported
here, that the Perfect of Reggie was
killed in the earthquake and an In
spector General from the Home Office
has been sent to replace him. The Per
feet is the head of the province and
corresponds to a governor in the Unit
ed States.
Only Few Thousand Escaped.
London, Dec. pa dispatch from
Canhor says that only few thousand
have escaped injury OF death. Lieuten-
ant General Fierra di Cossatto has
ordered that all looters and robbers
be shot on sight. Martial law has been
instituted since the earthquake. The
population of Reggie was placed at
fifty thousand. The city is south OF
Messina.
America Will Send Aid.
Washington, Dec 29.-The Ameri-
can Red Cross Society today sent out
telegraphic requests to all its branch
es, for relief funds to be applied in aid
of the sufferers in the earthquake in
Southern Italy.
Towns Are Wiped Out.
Monteleone, Calabria, Dec. 29.-The
town of Palmi has been practically de
as has been Bagnarra. The
to estimate the number in
jured. Large numbers were killed at
Bagnarra and the list of injured there
is heavy. Details are lacking. A tidal
wave inundated the Villa of San Clio
vanni. $500 feet back from the shore
line. Palmi had 10000 inhabitants and
Bagnarra also 10000.
Mount Aetna in Eruption.
Catania, Sicily, Dec. 29.-Mount
Etna this morning is showing consid-
cradle activity and the detonations,
which can be plainly heard in this
city, together with the great volume of
smoke flowing out of the crater, have
added to the panic of the people. Ac
observatory, the activity is directly
connected with the earthquakes of
yesterday, which wrought such havoc
in Calabria and Sicily, but a great e.
ruption is not expected as such phe-
seldom accompany violent
seismic disturbances.
America to Send Help.
Washington, Dec. 29.-President
through the State Depart
ment, today sent King Victor Emman-
uel, of Italy, a dispatch expressing
his horror and that of the American
people over the disaster which has
befallen southern Italy and Sicily by
the earthquake and rendering the sin
cere sympathy of the American peo-
ple The President also notes that the
American National Red Cross has is
sued an appeal for contributions to
aid the sufferers and that organization
has notified him that it will immedi
ately communicate with the Italian
Red Cross.
The State Department is without
advices from its diplomatic or con-
sulr officers in Italy regarding the
disaster at Messina The results of
the earthquake are appalling. The de-
partment has received from both Con
sui A. s. Cheney and Deputy Consul
Joseph n. Pierce, private cablegram
after cablegram confirming the fright
full extent of the catastrophe. The It
allan embassy attaches freely express
their grief. When Signor Roberto C.
Antaro, secretary of the embassy read
the dispatch in which the Tribuna es
tfmated the dead at 75,000. he seized
his head in his hands and exclaimed:
my God. how terrible, can it be true. .
The clay in the receipt of oficia1
news at the Italian embassy is taken
to mean that the ofacia1s in Rome 4fe
rivfnr all their attention to sending