Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
EBx Associated Press ]

~ ONE Dec 2o-One hundred thousand dead Messna and
Reggie of Southern Italy devasaed the
entire Caabran region in ruins ghou punderng the stacks
of dying-hat is the record compiled in Rome
night meager reports far received from the of the
appalling the history of Italy not in the history Of tn
And this record according to authorities in Rome and Pei
who claim to have direct dispatches from outlying districts "
ruined region far conservative Some estimates o the
Reoors are coming into Rome very slowly owing to the almost
complete destruction Of lines of communication.
The death list in Messna from 10000 to $1,000 that OF
Reggie which, with its adjacent villages numbered $4,000 people
includes almost the entire population
Pam reported dead; cassano 1000 at cossnza
and half the population of Bagnara, about 4ooo
WHOLE CITIES IN RUINS
The Moneon region has been devastated and Rp0sa
San Giovanni Scia Lazzao and Canneo and all other com
mi and villages the straits are in ruins.
The king and of Italy their to Messina having
tonight Naples aboard the baehp Vitorio Emmanuel
Pope Plus has shown the greatest distress at the calamity and
first contribute amounting $2oooo0
to the relic of the afflicted.
British French Russian wsrshps st9sming
already several of the ships of Great Britain and Russia
have performed heroic service IN the work OF rescue
is feared foreigners have been killed. as number o
Messina and doubtless all other places were crowded with
FATE OF coNsULs UNKNOWN
Little is known diplomatic representatives Of
powers stationed these posts although the Italian government
using every relieve the anxiety felt this
the danger that pestence will follow the de
On account of the vast wrought will
Those who escaped dsatmany Of whom are badly injus
Their suerngs now must be intense as they are w1eu
Stunned at the magnitude calamity which
ince of Calabria island of Sicily.
EVER IN DREAD OF DISASTER
Accustomed for centuries earthquakes Italy
dread but prepared for the disaster which in the acon
yesterday devastated cities and towns and caused the
death of thousands
Messna whose tragic history has been marked by tidal
war; which the center of yesterdays terrestrial mae
strom, wass shaken to ruins.
FLAMES burst forth complete the ctys destruction
burn numbers hepesy pinoned beneath fallen walls
broken tinbers
The strait and by the earthquakes
the channel altered beyond cogn
ton.
Refugees are pouring by and automobiles
Thev naked and stupeied with terror
Some appear almost from the horrors through
which they gone the beginning they could only babbe
Messna devastated the city has been annhaed
idea of the ndescbable horror Messina
was obtained from these unfortunates
They declare of demened survivors still wander
ing about the ruins of the city
A wounded soldier said:
The spectacle terrifying beyond words Dans inferno
gives you idea what happened yesterday morning
at Messina.
ctv to its very Immediately the houses began
BILE and those killed began make their
the unduaing floors to the streets
crashing through the and
the blocked by falling
"Chimneys, bell entire walls have been thrown
From side of the and meanings of
half with excitement and fear
rushed their night clothes In
while all were shverng torrena downpour ofrsin
Everywhere there dead bodies nude dgred and mued
"in the and legs moving hepey rom
every quarter piteous appeals for aid
portion of the down the water nundatd