Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-01-08
ANOTHER SHOCK
Of EARTHQUAKE
CITY OF PELLARIo HURLED INTO
THE SEA AND HUNDREDS
DROWNED.
FIGHT WITH Lo0TERS
AMERICA LEADING IN WORK OF
CARING FOR EARTHQUAKE
SUFFERERS.

Rome.-The entire population or
Pelarlo was precipitated into the
ocean Sunday by a terrible earth
quake, and many hundred lives were
lost.
A violent earthquake shock, running
nOrth-southwest and east-northeast.
lasting three seconds, and during
which the Stromboli volcano began
eruption occurred on Stromboli island
today.
The phenomenon was accompanied
by prolonged rumblings. The houses
Oh the island were badly damaged,
and the population fled to the streets
in a panic. but no one was hurt. The
weather is intensely cold on Stromboli
island.
All left alive in Pellario by the first
quake were hurled into the sea with
the bodies of the dead taken from the
ruins.
1t is believed that there was slip.
ping OF strata. causing a landslide AT
the surface. The sea rose in Il tidal
wave to meet the catapulted cliffs and
rocky reaches of Pellario.
Within n few minutes after the
first earth tremors the men. women
and children of the town were strug-
Cling in the surf with horses. cattle
and dogs. Fortunately. the tidal wave
did not extend far inshorc. and hun
dreds in the shallower part OF the SURF
were able to scramble upon the dis
placed cliffs and rocks.
known for several days. as all the
wires are down and the survivors are
in the utmost terror.
The problem of burying the dead
| was a serious one In Pellario. and was
solved TO some extent by this marvel
| Gus catastrophe. Many OF the corpses.
however. are being washed ashore.
One Of the most heartrending feat
urcs of the disaster was the helpless
| ness of those injured In the first cath-
clysm. All of thew were cast into the
sea. and few OF them were In any con
dition to struggle for their lives. AS
a result, most Of them were drowned
From Calabria and Sicily come
stories of ruthless pillaging and battles
between sailors, gendarmes and res
cuers on the one hand and the ghoul-
ish robbers on the other.
Both at Messina and Reggie the
guards are having difficulty In pro-
tecting the survivors and the vast
treasure In the ruined buildings from
the bands of fugitives that are swarm
ing everywhere.
Ambassador Griscom succeeded in
finding an Austrian Lloyd steamer of
5000 tons. capable of carrying LOO
passengers. He has chartered the
steamer for two weeks. and 1t is being
loaded with medical supplies and pro-
visions. This will cost sl50.000. This
sum was cablcd here today by the
American Red Cross.
II is expected that the steamer viii
sail from Ciyita Vecchia. about fifty
miles from Rome. on Thursday. 1t will
be placed under the orders Of the ltal-
ian government.
Ambassador Griscom today drew on
the State Department at Washington
for $4,000 and paid the equivalent
to the Italian Red Cross in two sums,
one OF $4,000 being made up of con
tributons from the American Red
Cross and the other $4,000 consisting
Of contributions collected by the Chris
tian Herald.
In addition to supplies. the Amcri-
can relief vessel will embark six doc
ters and twenty nurses. three of the
latter being American girls from New
York who volunteered their services.
American energy has been strongly
manifested in the work looking to the
relief OF the earthquake sufferers. Am
bassador Griscom and the members OF
the committee have assumed personal
responsibility for the expenses of the
expedition. relying upon the American
public for funds.
The King and Queen have returned
to Rome.
Official figures give the number OF
injured transported from the earth
quake zone to various ports up TO Sat
urday by the Italian warships at TO-
37O: by the English warships. 1909:
by the German. 300. and by the Rus
sian. $50.