The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-01-07

| third story by means Of a rope.
Walking. ne says, was difficult, owing
to the fact that the streets were filled
with debris. He helped in the work or
rescue and in short time had assisted IN
dragging from beneath the ruins in the
street eighty-six persons, all of them
Idead. The faces of every one of them, he
says. showed the agony they suffered IN
death. Many of them had their arms
across their faces. as though to protect
themselves from the falling debris.
1t was necessary to release the pris.
oners at Palmi, and many of them sue
ceeded in making their escape. The Mar
quis Genoese said he tried in every way
to enter the town of Reggie, but his eff
| forts were useless. He compared Mon
days earth shock with the disturbances
of 1894 and 1898, and said it was i'm
measurably worse. In fact, he declared,
Palmi was absolutely destroyed.
| Survivor Tells Story.
| 4 Young doctor named Rossi, at Mes
| sina. gives Il vivid account of his expert
enccs. His escape was miraculous and
| by his calmnesS and energy he was able
to rescue others from imminent death
| The doctor was preparing to leave Mes
sina by an early train Monday morning,
| the day of the disaster.
Suddenly the prolonged silence was
| broken by an extraordinary noise like
! the bursting of thousand bombs" he
says, this was followed by Il rushing
! and torreutial rain. They heard n
! sinister whistling sound that | can hken
| 90 a tholsand red hot iron rods kissing
| H. ,cotpr Suddenly there came violent
! rhythmic movements of the earth and
tha crashing down of nearby walls made
me realize the awful fact of the earth
| quake.
/ -
which fortunately | had with me, l
! succeeded in rescuing them. | was also
! successful in getting out Of the house
number of other persons who had given
! themselves up for lost. Then some sol
! diers came and together we dragged
! forth several women and children from
the tottrriug walls of a half destroyed
palace nearby. \ second later this
| building was entirely demolished.
There were scenes Of indescribable
horror in the streets and squares through
which INV party made its way. We
finally gained the open country"
Apo,bor crueeone Tale
A"0'''e4
AnoiDer uInIN"l, ~ VI esni'u na 80. .,
Inc hrSt tnns knew a l. was ST. rnr roo,n
collapsed and | fell into the apartment
under me- Here | found n distracted
woman searching for her sister and son,
Wh"h she inuin utl4. n,it;ro ~
lit' i"iiIG IL it'll. w. n,ode
aiohc, H4'ii"ut lo'' - .I. - Lo,n off
"a iouSi' ~ r, .ara osso;led With
.he i"t III IA 80, ~ .hn uroundad
NJ ~, - az ai,otnI Saun,ime during
Ma. '', ,,;ht San no onn came to our
assistance We were as in TOMB, with
dead bodies beside MS. We could see
no one e D"t every 'i H. so woml1 come
.l M riorcin,, cr;ee For holm
Cr co. va tbo ininrod lillian and mined
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e.ti, ii,o, ohaard y vessel i'm
no n Larhnr ~, ,,hirh we came 70 Naules.
Nm antirnl, DESTROYED We
,,a.nI |,,.cr strccts that were VAST crevas-
s", and cIi,nh,J over Grrot mounds of
ruins and wreckage that were all that
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mn, .,s,,., loot IA, +,.o children. He
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boDlES AXE poNNED'
REGGIE Dec 31.-As a precaution-
orv measure ogginst an outbreak Of
rns+il,nce tbn bodies of ncrsons killed
IN Tho 'northouol;e are being burned. and
gtr,u. disipf, rtnnts arc being strcwn
ou,nr,. ma rring of thc CITY. The troops
Ia,n al nm fnII kitchens and are baking
hrooI i, M .trrots strong guards have
r.,st, M mn aufruor1 IaAo pa5rId uo5q
-, =, ,t,dar ., ',rnyort thnir hniur MI
I'D I ,,,, torn, nri.nuprs have been