Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-04
work of relief ct the discretion Of the ex-
ec1tive and With TIE consent If the Ital-
ian government.
The Earthqake Situation H..

Rome, Jau. 4.-No serious damage
has resulted from a1y Of the new earth
quakes, according to reports made today
10 The government.
There have been recurring shocks in
Sromboli and a distinct shock in south.
eastern Sicily. Messina, Reggie, Pslmi
aud other Of the devastated cities have
also been slightly shaken.
A iremor, hardly spprecisble, was
felt at Pesaro and Fsno, Adriatic coast
towns, in the compartment of Marches,
macy miles north Uf the recognized
quake region.
While bat little damage has been
done by this new series, 1t has served to
terrify the people throughout all Italy,
as 1t Is feared that another violent shock
will come and duplicate the ruin wrought
along the strait of Messina.
Scientists cay that the seismic dis
turbsnces are lasting an unusally long
time, and that the ''esrth's unrest" is
likely at sDy moment TO manifest itself
ia another wrench such as the Calabrian
anu OiCllldu cOhSt5 suHeI6Os
Messins and Reggie will be rebuilt.
This WAS the message brought to
Rome today by Cardinal Nava, arch-
bishop Of Cantania, who arrived from
Messius.
"The destruction OF these cities"
said the archbishop, sis just as COM
plete IS the most extravsgant stories
have pictured, but the commercial sd-
vantage of their sites is such that they
must be rebuilt.
at will take generation for these
cities to recover to marked degree and
It will be qUaIter of a century before
Messina's glory is restored. There is
absolutely DO thought among the more
prominent Citizsns Of Messins and Reg
gio to abandon the towns.
MANY of the smaller towns, how
ever, will not be rebuilt SJme of these
are literally blOtted out and as their
sites have no peculiar advantage, it
would be cheaper and easier for the peo-
pie to establish other towns."'
The cardinal saTs that be went oil
over Messina and Reggie and failed to
find angle case of an entire family
surviving.
The rescuers are now weighing the
corpses and sinking them in the strait
Of Messina Apprehension is felt if
that all the bodies are dumped into the
strast fearful contamipa ion will follow.
The pope today widened The scope of
his appeal for aid so IS to include not
only Catholic prelateS, but his personal
acquaintance throughout the world as
we'll.
"This calamity unites Us all in COM
mon brotherhood" the pope said. "Suf-
fering knows no creed and we earnestly
hope for aid from every quarter"
Naples, jan. 4.-Heavy quakes have
just been felt throughout Lipsri group
Of Islands, according to messages that
are coming 10. The Siromboli volcauo,
the nOrtheasternmOst one OF the Islands,
is in a state of eruption, great streams OF
lava being belched forth.
No fatalities have yet been reported
from the Islands.
10 the initial shock a week ago, these
islands we're badly shaken, many
houses being cracked. The population
Of Sirombol is $500 and that of the
Lipari group 25, 900.
Volelts, Island of Malta, Jan. =
Refugees arriving here today not only
corroborate reports of pllIaging
and ghoulish horrors smoug the ruins of
the devastated cities 10 the earthquake
selt, but bring stories more hideouS
than any heretofore told.
Pitched battles between rescued aud
lootrs, in which many on both sides
we're killed, srs described and the arrest
OF as many as 900 ghous, including
numbers Of police, Is reported. Scores
OF corpses with knife wounds In their
bras! or back have been found, the
work Of ghouls, who to stihe their out.
cries killed helplessly wounded victims
that they might rob their persons and
ruined homes st leisure. Throughout
southern Italy, it is reported here, re-
ceiverS of stolen goods are being arrest
ed. Loot in vast quantities is being
Struggled into Italy by sham refugees,
aud the authorities have not yet frightened
their grip on the situation. Ia the de-
molished towns numerous possessors Of
small quantities of food, 1t is reported,
have taken advantage of their their
starving countrymen to sell at enormous
prices the nutriment necessary to keep
them alive, stripping them out OF their
last pennies. A number of the vendors
have been killed in resisting forclble |
seizure of their stores.
Ca snia, Jan. 4.-Refugees are ar
rivlog here today from Messiua, cay that
last evening donkey, carrying supplies
into the city, was killed by hunger
orszed mob snd its flesh literally torn !
into sheds and greedily devoured.
CstaDzro, Jau. At is estimated to-
day that 500 of those injured in this
city have died of their wounds. The |
death roll is being added to at the rate |
Of 40 day.