The sun., 1909-01-07
SICILY ROCKS; MORE RUINS
SCIENTIST SAYS QUAKES MAY
CONTINUE FOR YEARS.
Good News for Americans From Ambas-
sador Griscom-hving victims Still
Found In Debris OF Messina--SOme OF
the buried Wealth Sayed-Relief Work
Special cdae Despatch 10 The srS.

slight, but several have been rather viO-
lent, causing the collapse Of several houses
that remained standing after the shock
Of December rs.
An earthquake started a landslide
on the mountain above Locati, Sicily.
to-day. Several houses were demol-
ished and four persons were killed.
Father Affair, director Of the Florence
Observatory. is Of the opinion that the
earthquakes will continue two or three
years. being violent at the beginning
and gradually decreasing. During the
next three months shocks will be
felt at Messina and Reggie. II OF fire.
quent occurrence thoy will be slight;
IL infrequent they will be violent. Hence
/ Father Affair warns the rescuers at Mes
sina and Reggie to be cautious.
! Ambassador Griscom has received
kilograms from Mr.. Lupton. Vice Consul
at Messina, containing information
collected by Bayard Cutting Jr., Vice
| Consul at Milan. and Winthrop Chanler.
who were sent to the earthquake district
/ by Ambassador Griscom. The Am
bassador requests the correspondent
of THE Sun to transmit the information.
which is as follows
Mrs. G. D. Mallca. 1853 Lloyd street,
New Haven. Conn. is to be informed that
her husband. brother and sister and six
children Of her brother Natalie are safe
at Taormna.
Philip Alibrandi. 22e Freeman street.
Boston, is to be informed that his whole
family are alive,
Concctto Picoolo, 20 North Market
street. Boston, to be informed that her
brother Philip and his wife and her
father are alive. Philips daughter Giu-
seppina was killed.
Giacomo Mazzalo, 2o3O Broadway, New
York, TO be informed that his whole family
are alive.
The Consul at Palermo reports that Mrs.
Lansing has been located. Elliott Smith
and family are at Florence, Mr.. Cark or
Call is at Taormina, Mary Moss is at
Florence, Mr.. Kane is at Taornina, Mrs.
Alfred Harris and her daughter have gone
to Cairo, Kate Davis is at Syracuse. and
Charles Hapgood and his wife are at
Palermo. The inquiries concerning Ameri- !
cans continue to be made.
The American relief ship Bayern will |
leave Cvita Vecchia at noon tomorrow |
for Messina. whence she will convey
refugees 10 Catania and Syracuse. After |
ward she will visit Calabria. The ex-
petition will last fortnight and will be
commanded by the naval attache here.
The staff numbers fifty. including doc
tors. nurses and attendants.
Ten persons were rescued alive from
the ruins yesterday, Soldiers are burying
the bodies found on the surface Of the
ruins. Two thousand were inferred in
deep trenches yesterday
The Duke of Genoa visited Reggie
to-day. The survivors are building wooden
huts OF material furnished by the Govern
ment. Food is plentiful
The evacuation Of Messina is being
fastened. Survivors are arriving at
Naples on every train. Five hundred
arrived at Rome to-day. A majority
Of them were forwarded to Milan and
Genoa.
The condition of the Caabrian provinces
is most desolate. They are an immense,
silent metropolis, stretching from the
Ionian 10 the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Gen. Mazza, who is In supreme COM
mand in the earthquake area, has tele-
graphed to Premier G olitti that the Sc.
curities Of the Banca di Italia, the Ranca
Commerciale. the Navigazione Generate
Italiana, and the Societa veloce have
been recovered from tho ruins Of the
occupied by those concerns.
He adds help is being given to other banks
and commercial firms in searching for
their securities.
Some idea Of the wealth OF Messina is
given by the fact that 500. 600 900 owned
in Messina is invested in Governmant
bonds. yielding yearly interest Of 81 :
sOo. 900. The greater part of this it is
to pay. as the bonds have been
ost.
The people, however. mourn more
han anything else the destruction OF 1
heir cathedral. the glory OF Messina.
which had besn famous for centuries. I.
iefying all former cataclysms. with its
cyclopio monolith columns and T
glorious Norman. Angevin and Aragonese |
ombs Of kings OF Italy All these are '
uined
The Archbishop OF Messna in the !,
presence Of a number of soldiers, sailors q
nd survivors mounted 10 the roof of
'uilding to-day and gave absolution {
n artculo mortis TO persons who might !,
70 lying buried in the ruins y
The Messina correspondent Of the v
fessdpero in the issue of January h
tropgly criticises the measures of relief II
here. He condemns unnecessary delay a
nd confusion He says the first to arrive v
N the scene after the disaster were half =
dozen Generals and Admirals, who lost T.
ime in establishing the question Of -
eniority. Their bureaucratic methods y
ampered the work greatly They ap- I.
ropriated the warships boats 10 their II
wn use and issued contradictory COM G.
hands. While the survivors lived on =
ranges and lemons picked from among !,
he ruins the officers had plenty of n
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commission is now engaged in re- +
rganizing the civil administration OF =,
he earthquake area, the registration of r,
ne dead and the legitimization OF the Il
-ansfer Of property. The work is COM &
Heated. but is indispensable TO avoid c,
lture litigation. ~
The commander OF the battleshlp Re 81
mberto. who was attached to the King q T
lite while the latter was at Messina, "
Ills many stories OF the kindness and p'
raw cry Of the King and Queen A little a,
irl who had been rescued from the ruins