Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-01
NES(S.||.N||.A| IS
SHAKEN AGAIN
Earth Shocks There and at Reg
gio Create Z Panic ami Among
The People.
e TOWARDS OPEN 4 \! COUNTRY
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Il e TOWARDS OPEN COUNTRY
walls Of Houses Not Completely
Demolished in December dis
aster, Brought Down..
shocks More Intense Recently, Undu-
lating ana Vertical and Accom- Il
panied By Roaring Sounds.

81 Eartl, schocks, here and at Rcggio4at
,so this morning, created q panic
among the people OF these two cities.
walls Of houses not completely d emo
4 lsbed in the visitation of December
were shaken Down and the inhabitants
IF the towns rushed from the streets
towards the open country, A woman
and a child caught under tile. wreck
uxe sustained serious injury, the wo-
man subsequently dying.
rho earth shocks have been becom-
ING more Intense recently The shocks
Il this morning were undulatlng and
vertical and accompanied by deep roar
| 8nr sounds. The first one was followed
| nv an explosion like the roar of can
non and lasted between eight and 10
seconds. n
II is said that this quake was of
greater severity than the fatal one Of
the night Of Dec. 2s, The wooden
houses and huts erected for the ac-33
s9onnnodatfon of the people seemed TO
he thrown from one side to the other.
cries flied the air as the people tled
% one side of the road Il u etachnents
with carbines We're despatched for the
protection Of the wooden huts built
With American money. but which had
not Vet been listributeIl. The populn-
tion5neeing III the district where walls
threatened to fall upoi, them, rushed
| toward the American huts with the in -4
tentolI3pf taking forcible possession OF
lhemt Between, s q, clock las inigh ut AM
10 this morning w total OF eig NJ
shpfks 3sas ex crienced. ss5s$ ss
The Instruments Mt the university
Il nave registered; a fetal of 10 shocks OF
/ varying severity since 70 minutes pas IL
4 a,elpek this morning News that has
come III, lsera from the province shows
Z that damage has been wrought there.
/ bui 1t is as yetsimpoSsible correctly to 4
estimate the extent of the disaster
Il Sailors soldiers and policemen have !
bean sent out through the district 70
prevent looting and give courage o9the 4
people.
Messna, July 1.-Six months after
the devastating earthquake OF Deem
+ Der IS, which laid waste more than
score of cities and towns In Calabria
and Sicily and killed 900 persons.
alessina and Reggie We're again visit
althis morning by an earthquake which
had they been rebuilt would have
would seem that nature is determined
10 blot out Messna, but recently one
of.the fairest cities in the world
1t is as yet impossible accurately
to determine the number of casual
ties Some OF the reports are alarm
Ing, but they cannot be verified. So
far as is positively known only 4
few people were hurt. One woman was
Killed by a falling wall and q child
Was seriously injured n
While minor shocks have been of
frequent occurrence in Sicily in the
last six months last night they be-
came more serious and caused much
alarm. The most severe quakes came
at 7:2O and 1925 this morning and
Ners3 simlar to the fatal disturbance
Of December, being accompanied by
the same roaring noises.
The population again fled in fear,
hlrryng to the oPen places of the
city and the surrounding country
praying that their lives anisht be
spared. 5i5 Ss ID
Gradually, as the confidence Of the
people returned, Messlna had acquired
population of something more than
1000, but today the people again are
" terror and do not feel themselves
safe even in the temporary huts erect
"a for their shelter, and have fled 10
me country. preferring the shelter OF
trees and caves to the danger offailing
walls. They lack food and covering
and are camping out in desolatc groups.
Sailors, soldiers and policemen have
been sent through the district 10 pre-
vent looting and give courage to the
people
I, Between s o'clock last night and go
ms morning eight shocks We're re-
corded and the instruments at tile OBJ
serNatOry have registered q total of 10 I
shocks of varying severity since 80 |
a. m. S5
News received from the provinces in
ties that damage. has been wrought |
there, hut it is as yet impossible cor
rectly 10 estimate the extent of the
disaster
PANIC AT REGGIo.
reggie, italy, July la strong earth
shock was experienced here at T;sl,E
2 ?, clock this morning. Many walls were
thrown down but up to the present /
lime q, no casualties have been reported. I
! ne people are in q condition of panic.