The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
FURTHER SHOCKS
/ ARE PREDICTED
SCIENTISTS SAY OTHER DISTURB
ANcEs MAY COME THIS
WEEK IN ITALY.
BURIAL OF DEAD ABANDONED
Reseuers Giving Whole Attention te
sueooring the Injured and tho
Needy Victims Of the
Catastrophe.

Rome, Jan. 5-The entire time Of
the officials in Rome is being given
over to the work of gathering sup
plies and provisions and medicines
and organizing other relief for the
earthquake sufferers. The reports of
bombarding the ruins to prevent an
epidemic are considered premature.
Even after five or six days, living
have been taken out of the wreck.
age. Millions In money and valuables
and important records, which are
buried deep, must first be removed.
The American officials, headed by
Maj. Landis, the attache at Rome,
with the aid of so soldiers, are en-.
gagged in the task of clearing up the
ruins of the American consulate at
Messina in order to recover, If posi-.
bic, the bodies of Consul Cheney and
his wife.
The minister of marine has received
advices that the Lipari Islands have
suffered practically no damage from
the original or succeeding earthquake
shocks.
Messina, Jan. 5-There is reason to
believe that the devastation by the
earthquake in Calabria and Sicily is
not yet at an end. Further heavy
shocks have been predicted, and scien.
lists declare that others still more
severe should be expected January Z
and 8, when the relative position of
the sun and moon will produce the
greatest strain on the crust of the
earth. Several minor shocks were ex-
perienced Saturday, and many totter-
Ing walls were thrown down. The
new Quakes are starting the fires
atresh, and the people are in a condi.
tion bordering on panic. Messina is
to be evacuated entirely as soon as
possible. The disposition of the dead
Is one of the greatest problems con-
fronting the authorities.
Two days spent amid the ruins of
Messina and Reggie bring convincing
evidence that the horror OF the situa-
tlon In the Straits of Messina has i'm
no sense been exaggerated. Messina
and Reggie have ceased to exist. In
the ruins of the former city two-thirds
of the inhabitants lie buried, while at
Reggie one-half the people lost their
lives. Alessina counted 10000 and
Reggie $4,000 souls. Sickening
stenches arise from the countless de-
composing bodies, and the air for
many miles out to sea is polluted
Vultures are congregating to prey up
on the dead. It would be blessing If
fire should reduce what is left of
these two cities TO ashes. The radius
of ruin and death extends back with
decreasing intensity for 40 miles from
the mainland and for 80 miles in
Sicily.
The work of rescuing and transport
Ing wounded and homeless survivors
is attended with the greatest confu-
sion. The task OF digging out and
bnrying the dead at both Messina and
Reggie has been abandoned. During
the FIRST few days such bodies as were
recovered we're laid out in long rows
for possible Identification, but as
there were very few cases where any
of the dead were recognized, they are
now being covered with quick lime
when this material is available. Other
wise they are being left to decompose
where they are found. Now all eff,
forts are being directed to getting the
survivors away.
The first shocks of the earthquake
raised the bottom of the straits be-
tween Messina and Reggie about 1,40O
feet. This has been ascertained by
soundings.