The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-15
HORROR IS SPREADING
ARCHIPELAGO vANlsHEs AND
$4,000 INHABITANTS PERISH.
DEATH ROLL MAY BE 100000
Efforts Of italian Government Directed
10 Suecor the Survivors in
the Quake Zone.

Rome Gable: Every hour adds
thousands 10 the number Of victims
who persisted in Mondays earthquake
and tidal wave which devastated
Southern Italy. Word has come from
the strait of Messina that the LiparI
Islands. "A group OF volcanic islands in
the Mediterranean. near the coast OF
Sicily. have disappeared The total
population OF the group numbers
$4,000 and must inevitably have per
ished
The Italian people have ceased TO
eyince interest in estimates OF the
death roll, which is now conservative
~ placed 10000. Some say IL will
reach 100000. Every effort OF the Gov
eminent and the people is bent 10
succoring the injured and starving in
the stricken district, from which
come tales of terrible suffering.
The King and Queen OF Italy. now
10 the stricken section. are working
without rest in their efforts 10 advance
the LABOR or rescue. The King Is Der
sonally IN command of the whole res
cue organization, and SignOr Or
lando. minister of justice, is at his
side
The Queen is engaged ia Dersonal
rescue work amid the ruins. She has
nearly tainted several times under the
IMPRESSION Of The surrounding horrors.
Every channel open TO the Govern
ment has been utilized 10 this end
and other nations have been quick to
come 20 its assistance, even before
the cry for aid went I'D.
ShiplOads Of fugitives have been
carried out Of the stricken zone TO
Naples, Palermo. Catania and other
posts. and. according TO the Minister
Oi Marine, rescue vessels to the mum
Der al SO are now centered in the
Strait OF Messina and 5000 soldiers
ar being landed on the two coasts.
Most important of all now is the
question Of the living. Thousands OF
those who escaped the falling walls
and the sweep of the tide are starving
ana are without clothes or shelter
They can scarcely long survive their
suiferings.
The first thought has been TO carry
food and clothing for these helpless
people, and IL has now been decided
by the Government 10 send a fleet of
emigrant steamers 10 transport them
TO other places
Signor Bertolini, Minister of pub-
Ne Works, telegraphs the Government
among other things. that the dead ara
buried under such a mass OF material
tAal great Efforts and a long time are
heeueu 70 remove them. Large num-
oeIs Oh troops are wanted immediate
~ 70 aid in clearing the wreckage.
A iatal epidemic is threatened
hence the survivors now in the neigh
boTnood must be removed. No water
Is available Food. tents. clothes. lad
ders. means Of illumination. doctors
ana medicines are urgently needed
Iaentihcation I'm innumerable cases
IS impossible. owing TO the way the
oOales are mangled. and also TO putre-
lacauon having set in. The speeav
disposal OF the remains is imperative
IA the interests OF the living The
burials are being made in long trench |
Is as after a big battle. II is Doubt
iui whether the bodies Of forsign Wis
itoIs VINO perished can be distinguish
el from those Of the natives. but
whenever Identification is possible a |
record is kept.
several cargoes of quick lime have
pen landed and scattered on the ruins
parry 20 prevent contagion and reduce
,ne door and partly to prevent dogs
lioli aeNouring the bodies. Numbers
Y 'hese famished animals are prowl-
y meal. " s"aSV
ne station master at Reggie states
.n"t Immediately after the shock a
'hash eighty feet wide opened I'm the
arr and that jets of boiling water
sushed up from the chasm TO the
lelEnt OF the surrounding houses
,Ieadinlly scalding many OF the wound.
,eu VINO were unable TO extricate
neAseiVes from the ruins.