Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-29
SCENE OF HORROR
AND SUFFERING
Cities in Ruins and Damage Be-
yOnd Computation


and seiges. and has time and again
been devastated. and that there re-
NAMED but few. n any Important
relies OF antiquity. II lies on the line
OF contact OF the primary and second
airy formations on which boundary
earthquakes between Etna and vesn-
yius are always most violent. II was
completely destroyed by an earth
quake in l7ss. The city was eatab.
lished by pirates In the eighth cen
fury B, g,
People Save Images.
According to the dispatches re-
ceived the scenes attendant upon the
earthquake were extraordinary. The
first tremors threw the population
into panic stricken state, and in
the proportion that the violence Or
the quake Increased the panic and
disorder increased Some fed for
the open country 70 get clear from
the falling buildings but in many In
stances terrors OF the quake seemed
to have aroused religious feryor
the hearts OF the people Instead OF
fleeing to places Of safety they rushed
into the churches while the buildings
were falling, and gathered up and
carried out the images, and these
they bore In a procession through tho
open country Invoking the mercy Of
God.
soldiers and LoOteFs Claaa.
NAPLES. Dec. ga dispatch re-
eeiyed here states that a clash oc-
CURED between the soldiers aud the
hooters At Messina, Gouls ever since
the disaster have piled their horrible
business OF robbIng the dead, and the
troops since arriving upon the scene
have been exertlng every effort 70
put an end 10 their work. When the
hooters found that the soldiers we're
going TO interfere with their business
they made a stubborn stand Of resist
ance. and II il said that many were
killed In the fight.
Deaths Reach 10000.
ROME. Dec. 2s.-Late dispatches
show that the death rate will be far
In excess OF that originally estimate
ed. and whTever COMMUNICATIONS
have been established with the stFlck-
en- districts II shows that the destruc-
tion to both property and life 10 APP
palling. late edition OF the Tri-
bune here estimates the de,d between
900 and $4,000, and states that
twice that many are injured and suf-
fering.
Work Of Destruction Complete.
ROME, Dec. photographs COM
municationa were established late
this afternoon as far south as Halmi.
and each message that comes over the
wires brings stories OF new horrors.
and confirms the first reports TO the
effect that the beautiful city OF Mes
sinA II completely blotted out After
the buildings erumbled and fell, =
tidal wave swept over the city. and
drowned those that were not killed
IN the quake. and on the heels OF the
wave followed an uncontrollable IRE
which completed the work Of destrEe-
ton. Between 1000 and 1000 Of
the wounded have been accounted for.
soldiers Provide for sufferers.
cAETNEZARo, Dec. 2S.--Aeeord-
ing to estimates made this afternoon
about eight per cent Of this elty's pop
ulatlon. which IL $4,000. are either
dead or wounded "a q result Of the
earthquake. The city IL under mar
tial Law. and all available supplies
have been seized BY the soldiers. and
are being distributed among The suf-
ferera.
benefit Performance for Sufferers
NEW YORK, Dec. ga benefit
performance Is being planned here
for the Victims Of the earthquake Ia
Italy By the members Of the Metro
politan Opera company. many Of
whom were former residents Of the
!. devastated regions Caruso an
], announced today that viii give bis
weeks salary OF $500 TO the fund.