The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-09

stories. Each remembers only the
tragedy of which he personally was
the victim.
1t would be useless to revert to the
story of the destruction of the towns;
they are exceeded by the horror Of the
present.
FOOD AND SHELTER NEEDED.
DR.. Castellino, who is charged with
the direction of relief from Reggie, &C.
clares that the question of the sur
vivors is more harassing than the
question of the dead. The government
army and marine mighty as far as their
efforts are concerned, remain impotent
before the immensely of this misery.
Money is without value. The indis
pensable need is food, clothing and
tents for shelter. These must come
quickly. Each days delay increases
the list of dead.
CATANIA, Jan. Refugees from
Reggie and Messina continue to pour
into Catania and the city is one vast
hospital.
Thousands of half nude individuals
of both sexes have gathered on either
side of the ruins of Messina, seeking
food or trying to get away by seu.
Many children have died from expo
sure and the cases of madness are in
creasing.
A train from this city succeeded in
reaching the outskirts of Messina this
morning. 1t has been learned that
Deputy Fulei, who survived the disas-
ter. has died of his injuries.
Last night the warships in Messina
harbor threw their searchlights on the
ruins to enable the resCuers on shore
to continue their work. The work of
succor is going on feverishly, but the
forces are still inadequate. The stencil
from decomposing bodies is becoming
overpowering.
RAIN INCREASES SUFFERING.
A heavy rain continues to fall at
Messina, increasing the suffering of the
injured and making more difficult the
work of rescue but it is quenching the
fires and having a slightly purifying eff
feet on the air.
The distribution of food has been or
ganized. Bakeries have been opened
and slaughtering houses established
and it is hoped that by nightfall or at
the latest tomorrow morning no one
will be without food.
The city has been divided into zones
and the work of rescue in each dis
trict is in charge of army officers. The
soldiers continue to distribute bread
and water to the survivors.
TOURISTS SUCCOR INJURED.
American and British tourists who
were at Taormina at the time of the
earthquake have formed an organiza-
! ton for the succor of theinjured. The
headquarters of the organization are
at Giardina, 80 miles south of Messina
on the rad to Catania. The commit
tee includes about SO men and women
under the leadership of Miss Ball.
Very few children have been found
alive at Messina, while at Reggie large
numbers of children have been taken
alive from the ruins.
Eight hundred dead soldiers are UNI
der the wreckage of the Messina bar
racks. The corpses being recovered
throughout the city are mutilated be-
yond recognition.
REFUGEES LINE ROADWAY.
The roads between Catania and Mes
sina are filled with refugees. There
are crowds of them at every station
of the railroad, and they are lowering
! in the main doorways, in hamlets and
| huts. Some of them stagger along
overloaded with their possessions, there
are others driving before them don
key or COW weighted down with house
hold goods. while still others are ac-
companied by sheep or few goats
or perhaps a faithful dog.
A vast majority of the survivors
have saved nothing. All their posses
sions are on their backs in the shape
of tattered clothing, scantily covering
/ their nakedness.
VICTIMS LIVING IN RUINS.
The survivors, one and all. tell awful
tales of death and destruction. They
say that there are undoubtedly still
living people trapped in the ruins Of
the smaller villages that have not beer
carefully searched, that others are
straying along the beach, and that still
others are high up in the mountains
where they fed to escape the waters.
REGGIE, Dec. 81 (via Catania, Dec
31.)-A stat of most frightful anarchy
prevails. Mobs of rufficians roam among
the ruins giving full vent to their viles
instincts. They are pillaging the
wrecked jewelry stores and banks anC
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