The Washington herald., 1909-01-01

According to the latest aocounts taers
are now thi-ty-six ships a. MessIna en-
sagsd in relief and salvage Commanles-
Ton between the ships and the land Is
difficult and slow owing 10 The destruc-
ton OF the landing stages Five thou
sand soldiers have already been landed.
They are engaged in burying the dead.
Identification in innumeraole cases Is I'M
possible owing TO the way the bodies s-e
msngled, and also 70 putrefaction having
set in The speedy disposal Of the re-
mains is imperative in the interest Of ths
living
The burials are being made IN ione
trenches. as after big battle. It Is
doubtful whether. the bodies Of the for
eign visitors who perished can De dis
tinguished from those OF natives. but
wherever identification is possible q rec
ord Is kept
Several cargOes Of QUicklfme havs
been landed and scattered on the runs.
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the odor and partly 20 prevent dogs from
devouring the bodies.
A majority Of the injured viii Be taken
10 Naples. Rome, and other cities on the
mainland best equipped 10 deal with
them II IS understood that the govern
ment intends TO sys.s-,4ticaliy dspopu-
late the ruined area except Of doctors.
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an outbreak Of disease. For this purpose
emigraut ships and other steamers viii
be withdrawn from their regular services
and chartered by the government
The worst looting seems TO have oc-
CURED Immediately after the disaster.
The lowest element Of the city and the
escaped prisoners made Immediately for
the shopping district. often riszing their
lives for plunder- They chose principally
jewelers. shops. and wherever such prem
ises could be penetrated they entered and
grubbed among the ruins. filing their
pockets with valuables.
Repression was at first impossible, but
as soon as the surviving military officers
were able 20 organize q few troops and
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racks they marched against the robbers.
shot several OF them, and arrested others
These wers handcu1ed and ultimately
sent aboard a var ship Some priests and
civilians aided the soldiers in this work.
Rough Surgical Operations.
At Bagnara rough surgical operations
are being performed with pruning knives
Bands OF thieves invest the country.
Hunger supplies the motive for scenes OF
shocking violence. The few police and
soldiers are doing what they can. but
they are practically powerless- The rob
bers DEFY them Starving dogs nose
greedily among the ruins in a manner TOO
horrible 10 describe The despair OF the
poor. villagers. whom no cid Of any kind
has reached. Is painful beyond words
The correspondent who went TO Mes
sina from Catania describes q walk he
took over the huge mound Of stones
which marks the site OF the CorSo Ca
vour. He says:
Tt was O'Clock IN the afternoon and
It was already dark. Rain was falling.
We first saw a homeless family sitting
on a heap OF stone They were half
naked and huddled together under z sin
gle umbrella. We asked them TO come
with Us and be relieved. but they refused.
saving they. preferred TO die IN the ruins
I % their home hard by.
"a white-haired woman. shiverizg on
( the ground. and covered only with a bed
Guilt, begged for help, saying she had