Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-12-31
hessnaan Reg!gi0A|OnellO,O
Perished by Quake, Fire and Wave

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need, as ordinary business pursuits
have been interrupted.
The government is finding difficult
ty. in ascertaining the fate OF many |
foreigners who were in the earth
quake zone at the time Of the catas-
trophe, inquiries concerning whom
are coming from all quarters of the
globe. The commander Of the battle
ship Admiral Makharoff, which ar
rived with fugitives ct Naples today,
confirms the report Of the death of
the American consul at Messina, Ar
thur s. Cheney. and wife, who were
buried in the ruins of the consulate.
The number Of Americans In Sicily
and southern Italy is believed to be
small and several of them are report
ed to have been staying at Taormifa,
which is on the east coast, about thir-s
ty miles southwest of Messina. Ac-s
cording to the latest reports this
place suffered no harm from the
earthquake. as5 I
The minister of war, in dispatching
orders to military authorities, who
have practically taken over absolute
power throughout the zone of the
earthquake, explained
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: "This disaster has resulted in =
= greater loss Of life than any Of :
!. our wars for independ ence. In :
I. deed the situation is much :
s. worse, as while war is always =
| !. preceded by a period of prepara- :
e. ton, this has happened within :.
4 : forty seconds. While war only :
1 J: affects the young and strong =
4 !: anaesag the people the present =
4 calamity has moved down Wo- =
i .emen and children, old men and =
/. youths; while in war, armies are =
4 !: followed by most complete hos =
4 /: pital outfits, numb erless wound :
!: ed in Calabria and eastern Sicily :.
> have been left in many cases :
:. 8 forty-eight hours without assist :.
d > ance. Even when rescued, it is =
4 !. impossible to house them, every :
I - thing available having been filled !.
Il !. by the dead. Lack of care and :
!: starvation viii complete the :
:. work that the forces of nature !:
:. have left undone. 2
4. :. :. :. :. : :. :. !:
All sovertigns and heads Of states
+ of the foreign governments have sen
j expressions of Warmest sympathy AM
i deepest coincidence. Frances message
| was especially warm and she is dis
& patching five war ships from Toulol
/. TO Messina, which is hailed as q tok
en- Of love from a sister race.
The minister Of marine tonight re
!. ceiyed word that the steamships Ia
!. ornina and Campania. laden wit
!. As, 900 beds and a large supply OF pro
!. visions had left Genoa bound for Mes
!. sina. Other steamers also bountifull
!. stocked are on the way to the strici
!. en- cities from various ports.
Dispatches from the stricken zon
say that a large army would be II
! CURED to cope with. even pressin
!. needs Of the unforunate people. VIII
!. are roaming about half clad an
starving, some OF them dragging art
cles OF clothing from smould erin
ruins to protect themselves from Oh
piercing winds. Terrible suffering
inevitable before much needed relic
stores can arrive
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: ]: Rescue parties, military, nav
al J: al and civil, Of different nation
j Z, alities are performing prodigies.
J, /: but the task before them is al-a
q /: most hopeless. Added to the diff
"a !: ficulty Of obtaining food and wat
y = er, there are no drugs or sur
4 ~ gical appliances. Heartbre aking
& I: appeals for help are heard on
q every side, to which only the
: !: most inadquate response is pos
s !. sible. Temporary hospitals are
I'll !: being rugged up, but only q com
III ]: paratiyeIy few can be relieved
p.* and the scenes Of horror defy
z I: the rescuers,
y The survivors Of the cart
u quake are suffering cruel extremitit
i. and in Messlna may be seen ever
., where vainly searching in The du
id and debris for naorsels OF food
T. Of Palmi contains 800 dead ar
le Late dispatches state that the Ell
1T twice as many injured. Two-thirt