Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-01
CARING FOR INJURED.
Five. Hundred Are Sent to Naples
From Reggie IN Russian Ship.

Rome, Dec. Skiing Victor Emmanuel.
who left Messina last night with queen
Helena, arrived early this morning at
Reggie, and after visiting the town in
company with the Queen re-embarked on
a warship and sent the following wire
less telegram to Premier Giolitti:
Il return from Reggie, which 1 found
in a condition 10 less disastrous than
that at Messina. The project OF Reggie
says that grave injury has been done to
the communes of his province.
"A Russian warship with 500 wounded
on board will arrive at Naples this morn
ing, and everything must be prepared for
their landing and housing. Another Rus
sian ship will carry wounded to Syracuse
1t is desirable to provide at Naples
Russian ship with an abundance Of med
ical supplies"
The Marquis Vincenzogenoese, refu-
gee from Palmi, near Reggie, in telling OF
his experience at the time of the EARTH
quake, says that he was awakened by a
tremendous roar and a severe shock. 1t
seemed as though the house was whirlins
round like the wings of a windmill. The
| wall of his dwelling cracked and through
| it came Il cloud of suffocating dust.
Stunned but uninjured, the marquis tried
! to escape to the street, but first he
found this impossible as the stairs had
| collapsed with the first snock. Finally.
| after numerous efforts made at the risk
| of life or limb, he succeeue.. in getting
| out of a window and descending to the
ground from the third story by means
| of a rope.
Walking, he says, was most dlfhc'Nt.
| owing to the fact that the streets We've
filled with debris. He helped in the work
of rescue, and in short time had assist
| ed in dragging out from beneath the luinj
| in the street Sc persons, all of them dead.
The faces of everyone of Them he said,
| show the agony they suffered in deash.
Many of them mad their arms across
| their faces as though to protect them
selves from the falling debris.
| 1T was necessary to release the prison.
ers at Palmi. and many of them sue
ceeded in making their escape. Those
who did not run away were not incar-
cerated again. as the prison was CON-
| pletely ruined.
| The marquis said he tried in every way
| to enter the town of Reggie, but his eff
\ forts were useless He compared Mol-
DAYS earth shock with the disturbances
/
urably worse. In fact, he declared, Pal
mi was absolutely destroyed. Speak, lg
of Messina at the time of the disaster,
| the marquis said it looked like an IT,
mense crater in eruption.
| Numberless recitals from eyewitness, 6
of the terror are now becoming available.
| A young doctor named Rossi was prapar-
ing to leave Messina by an early train
| hn dow Of a l:tn
Suddenly there was an extraordinary
| noise like the bursting of thou ;a nd
bombs" he said This was f,,lowed by
a torrential rain. Then l heard sin
lister whistling sound that / can llsen to
a thousand reunot irons kissing in water
Suddenly there came violent :ythn;c
| movements of the earth and the crashing
down of nearl,s' walls made mt realize
the awful fact of the earthquake. Falling
| buildings and thick cloud of dust added
to the horror of the situation, while the
| extraordinary double movement, Using
and falling at the same time, crumbed
walls and imperilled my life.
| Il rushed into the room where were my
mother and sister and with rope, which
| fortunately I had with me, I succeeded
| in rescuing them. Soon some soldiers
| came and helped me, and together we
| dragged forth several women and chill
| dren from the tottering walls of a hall
destroyed palace nearby. A few sec )nds
| later this building was entirely demol-
ished
| There were scenes of horror in the
| streets through which my party made it's
| way. We finally gained the open coun-
try"
| Another survivor of Messina told of be-
| ing imprisoned in the ruins of his home.
| surrounded by the dead and dying, for ,.
| hours before being able to make his es-
cape.
Other refugees estimate that not more
than 5000 persons of the entire population
| of MeSsina, 10000 people, escaped with
| their lives. The suffering intens-
fed by the lack of drinking water The
water system was entirely demolished.
Just as the British steamer Ebro was
preparing to leave Messina with refugees
| frightful cries were heard from the shore.
| The refugees on board saw a crowd OF
| maddened persons of every age break
into the customs house. Some were
| naked, others half clothed. Many were
| injured and bleeding They sacked every.
| thing seeking food, drink and clothing
Revolver shots rang out over the horrible
din. Finally tongues of flame shot ur
| in the darkness, showing that fire vas
completing the work of dest' NC. lion.
| This was only one of the many scenes
| of horror that could be sea- from the
decks of the Ebro. Messina was burning
and masses of flames in the darkness
showed where fire was completing the
destructive work of the earthquake
Meanwhile vandals were robJ;ng the dead
and dying and acquiring looI which they
had no means of protecting or conveying
away.
AS the Ebro stear?eG through the strait
it was seen that many once smiling vii
lagos on the neighbor.li5 shores had been
completely obliterate1 from sight, or
were merely heaps of ruins with orca-
sional fiames sprnging up to show where
they once had stood.
Paolo RHO, the mayor of Carriolo,
reached Rome today. He was in Messina
on a pleasure trip tina. fatal Monday
morning. He was pinre0 ir the ruins of |
his apartment for tive hours, expecting
death at any momcn-. Finally the pro- |
Of no hot /, i