Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-30

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( yet impossible to roach any aceur-
ate estimate Of the, dead re,ulting
from Mondays earthquake, hut the
total Is now placed anywhere be-
tween 100000 and 10000. Ia some
quarters il 10 declared that the final
numbers, will be as high as 100000
persons. one-half the population
Of calabria and eastern Sicily,
apparently, has perished. Tho ca
iamity grows with the recsipt of
every fresh dispatch from tho
south. calabria is dotted wit, small
towns and villages, and these local
tiles are reporting almost hourly
casualty lists that run from hum
dreds into ths thousands. Countless
thousands of wounded mon, women
and children are dying in this ruins.
It 10 utterly impossible to succor
them all. Numberless wounded Of
the survivors, who have made
their way to other cities, are still
Without medical attention. 'rhe ia
ilities for proper care, even in
lies that did not suffer, are made
ats. The devasted district is still
3 It'll, half demented survivors,
sta and wandering aimlessly
in ain. Tho ruins arc still
bur- Every possible thing 10
bein |6ns to forward the work Of
relic but the railroads into the
affIiduU4 sections have been put
out Of operation.
Rome, Dec. 30.-Half the ropulatior
" Calabria and the eastern. Part O.
sicily are dead;' the other hall weeping
AS the great extent of the terrific
seismic disturbances becomes appar'
ent 1t seems impossible to exaggerat'
the horrors which have followed them
The calamity is almost beyond thu
grasp Of Imagination, not only because
OF the dead, now known to number ten!
Of thousands, but. because of the In
wounded buried. In tn
ruins, many OF whom will perish be
cause 1t is impossible to rescue then
from the wrecks of their former homes
The total number of victims Is var
iously estimated from $4,000 to $780,
900.
Fall at Kings Feet.
4 King Victor and the queen arrived II
Messina today. AS they made their wa,
into the ruined town the scene Of dis
aster and horror was too mitch for thu
queen. who almost swooned. Crowds O.
terror stricken persons swarmed abou
the royal party, throwing themselves II
the mud and screaming for pity ant
aid"
Royalty Joins Rescu,rs.
Many terrible stories were told t.
the king In connection with the work
OF rescue. His majesty, however, los!
little time in. listening to recitals OF
ANTIQUITIES. He Immediately Joined the
rescue party and labored All unremit-
ingly as the others. He personally ex.
tricatsd several injured persons pin.
Toned under the ruins. The queen quick
" recovered her courage and followed
the example Of her husband. She de-
voted her attention principally to little
children. She rescued with her owr
hands q little boy years old, bleeding
from cuts and wounds, and herself car
ried him to the dock, where she handed
him over to the members ef the hos
pttAl corps.
Superstition Retards Rescue.
Many terrible stories are related II
connection with the rescue work. The
rescuers had to contend with supersti-
tition SO deep-rooted in the Stellar
mind that in many instances the in
1ured men and women clung to the
crumbling walls, refusing to let &c
their hold and seek safer position.
AZ further facts concerning stricken
Messina become available they corrob-
crate In every detail the worst fears
expressed OF $50 railway
in the station ct Messina
only eight are known to have survived
while at Reggie the silence of death
Beill rssgns and leaves to the tmasina-