Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02
Orders Royal Palaces at Caserta
And Naples Opened for Re-
ception Of Wounded.
QUEEN HELENA HURT IN PANIC
Gordon OF Soldiers Surrounds
Messina, Which is Now
Almost Deserted.
SunerinGs OF Those Buried Beneath
Ruins and Dying OF Hunger AwfuI,
Many Being DeIerious.


Rome, Jan. Recurring from visit
20 the Calabrjan coast north OF Reg
gio, King Victor Emmanuel sent the
following telegram to Premier Giolitti:
Il have visited Cannitello. eight miles
north OF Reggio, which was literally
RACED 10 the ground. villa San Co
vianni also was destroyed. As at Mes
sina, the rescue work is well organized
The fires ct Messina have now been
reduced 20 small proportions"
In compliance with the order OF the
king that TIE royal palaces ct Caserta
and Naples will be placed e. tho dis
posal % the wounded, 100 injured per-
sons from Mossina already are occupy
ing a portion Of the San Bernardino
palace, the royal house providing every
thing, The Duchess Of Aosta has
Transformed into a hospital the large
han OF her palace at Capo Dim0nte. The
Duke OF Aosta has now gone TO Reggie
where me IS continuing his work OF al
leviating distress.
il is said here that a train which
left ReggiO early in the morning Of the
earthquake carrying passengers and
OF which nothing has been heard since,
was overwhelmed by the tidal wave
following the earthquake.
Almost an the people OF Reggie and
MESSING. Il rs said. are making up their
minds To abandon their beloved cities.
As an indication OF the progress that
is being made In bringing order out OF
chaos the railroad line from Reggie to
Cantanzaro was again put IN operation
last night There Is a break on the
line, however,of $50 feet over which pas
sengers and freight must be transferred
from one train 20 another The dis
tribution Of food is also being made
more regularly In the affected districts
and many OF the starving people have
been relieved temporarily Many per
sons living along the coasts of Calabria.
and Sicily paddle out Ia canoes to the
large cleaners passing through the
straits and request and receive food
from them
Pope Plus has made another gift o.
$500, 600 10 the relief fund Tho pontiff
has never so much regretted the loss or
the liberty ne enjoyed as patriarch or
Venice. Now Is the time that he would
like again 10 be free TO pawn has pee
toral cross for the benefit Of suffering
mankind.
QUEEN HELENA INJURED
Rome. Jan. queen Helena has
been slightly injured at Messina. A
dispatch received here today from
Minister of Justice. Orlando who is
with their maJesties at Messina, says
that a slight shock was experienced
at Messina yesterday and the patients
In one Of the improvised hospitals
were thrown into a condition OF panic
Her majesty was close by. She hur-
ried TO the scene and tried 10 ailay
the fears OF the people She was caught
In a rush the patients. were making FOR
the open and sustained contusions on
the chest.
As the Duke Of Aosta was crossing
the Via Carmine en- Palmi the wall or
a house fell and dying plaster struck
him on the face and hands INJECTING
slight scratches
MESsINA is CORDONED
Messiah, Jan IA Gordon OF soldiers
now surrounds and occupies tho town
which Is almost deserted Only soldiers
and sailors are 20 be seen there.
The suffelings Of persons rtin buried
Ia the ruins Of fallen buildings here
who are slowly dying nom hunger h.
awful 10 contemplate. Dead bodies
nave been found which bear mute tes-
timony OF the torture endured lefure
death relieved their suierings. Several
OF these persons have died from tbs
gnawing az their arms and hands. evi-
IDENTIFY delirious from pain and hunger
Other bodies brought from the ruins
had portions Of shawls and particles
Of clothing I'm the mouths. and one wo-
man had her teeth firmly hzed In the
leg OF a dead baby.
The archbishop Of Messina has boen
found still lying IN tho ruins OF his
palace.
DISASTER GROWS MORO HOR-
RTBLE
Paris Jan 2.-rhe Figaro today pub
fishes the following dispatch from
Rome.
"As the days 90 by the disaster
appears more horrible. terrifying and
immenBo IL Is without precedent in
the history Of the world. in my earlier
dispatches i spoke OF over 10000 dead.
The number doubtless VIII exceed that
estimate for now it Us thought 200.00O
persons persisted miaerably IA this
ftaggerng catastrophe and the worst
o. not set known. The scourEe has
not vet done us final work
"rhe tremblingE Of the earth CON
tinue with sinister rumblings and AZ
times Jets OF boiling water surge from
the crevICcs The sources OF the
streams are poisoned with putrid mat
tor.
'In spite Of herculean efforts the sue
cor atil iE Insufficient In ths mora
remote regions the unhappy injured
arc dying for want OF FOOD and medical
treatment Dogs and swine, enragei
by hunger spring upon the wounded
and deYour them. lnsatiahle IRE and
famine viii Inevitably