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the window. Then jumped out upon II.
Although my room was on the third foor.
two stories from the ground. the mattress
broke my fall and allehted without
Injury. Several Of the other guests after
ward escaped in the same way
6ignora Carolath found shelter later
a q refugee camp In the outskirts Of the
city, The names Of any other foreigners
who may have escaped safely when the
hotel fell have not been learned,
! an q BURIED IN THE RUINS.
The Mayor OF Bresoia. one Of the few
who escaped from the Hotel Trinacria.
says he occupied a room on ths third floor.
When the hotel collapsed he was buried
In the ruins but was protected by beam
from being crushed. He worked for four
hours trying to make an opening through
which to escape.
He then cried for help. A man began
to assist him. but another earthquake
drove him, away. The terror stricken
Mayor eventually struggled out and
helped to rescue four soldiers He Is COW
eTs3 with bruises. He believes that only
one person was saved from the hotel
besides himself.
h The prefect Of Messina telegraphs
that the spectacle Of fires which cannot
be mastered. L spreading to all parts Of
the region. .is a terrible one. In describ-
ing the destruction Of the prisons at
Messina the project says that they were
situated on high Hill and that the walls
collapsed at the first shock. The build
lngs contained about ESQ convicts, $50
Of whom were women. Il is not known
how many of these were killed. All
who are uninjured escaped. @
r.. LITE AND DEATH.
survivor from Messina tells how
he and his wife fleeing with their three
children saw all the latter killed one
after the other by falling masonry. The
wife. maddened by grief. committed
suicide by dashing her head against q
wall.
Another says that q fssure sixty feet
deep opened near the Church of Santa
Maria and houses fell bodily into it.
Gen. Marazi, cofnmandant Of Caten-
faro. telegraphs from Palmi that he
tried for a whole day to reach Reggie
by sea OF land. but In vain The roads
were impracticable and the coast was 90
convulsed that It, was impossible to ap-
proach the shore.
The German Consul at Naples has ascer-
tanned that forty Germans at Messina are
safe. Fifteen, including the German
Consul and his family, are missing.
Every hour brings isolated incidents,
but no descriptive narrative OF the calam-
ity can be obtained at present. OF an
infantry regiment Of a thousand men
only ten are alive. 1t Is reported that |
men from a Russian warship saved the |
strong box Of the Bank Of Italy, contain |
ing 80 .00o, 900 lire. II is also stated that |
the vaults Of the Bank Of Sicily, with all |
the bullion in them, are safe,
4 1sIIr1o NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.
A national committee has been formed |
TO collect funds for the victims. It is
headed by the Duke Of Aosta and In
oludes the Presidents of the Senate and |
Chamber Of Deputies, the Mayor OF
Rome and all prominent men in the lead
ing towns. The subscription LIST has been
opened with $780, 900. contributed by King
Victor Emmanuel. All banks. clubs, civic
and commercial associations and the news
papers have opened subscription lists.
The Lord Mayor Of London has tele-
graphed that subscriptions have been
opened In the British colonies! /
Ambassador Grisoom has communi4 \
Gated to the Italian Government an offer
Of assistance from the American Red
Gross. 1t was greatly appreciated as an
evidence of American SYMPATHY. j..
Pierpont Morgan has sent SiOP0O for the
relief of the earthquake sufferes.
Subscriptions for relief areloomine in
rapidly from all parts of Italy. Several
million lire have already been collected.
A contribution from Ireland WIS reoeived
to-day.
The Pope is wiring the moner collected
from Roman Catholic sources TO the
bishops for distribution by thkm among
the poor clergy who remaindi ct their
posts on the day Of the earthqiake and
rendered whatever aid was In tIsir power.
DAMAGE AT SYRACUSE
: The shock at Syracuse. acS,rding to
reports received from thert to-day.
although rather violent. did litt. damage.
The tidal wave which followh It was.
however. followed with mod serious
results. 1t invaded the harba and all
along the coast wrecked small Iraft. /,
Wreckage Of various sorts waascattered
throughout the lower portion d the city.
The Inhabitants were In q paIc They
left their houses and crowded into the 4
streets The terror Of the population