The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-08
ANOTHER
SHOCK
ITALY AGAIN VISITED
BY EARTHQUAKE.
STROMBOLI VOLCANO IN ERuP.
TION-SITUATION AT MES
SaNA DISTRESSING.

quake shock, running north southwest
and oast-northeast, lasting three sec
onds, during which the Stromboli vol.
cano began eruption, occurred on Strom-
boil island Sunday.
The phenomenon was accompanied
by prolonged dull rumblings. The
houses on the island were badly dam
aged and the populace fed to the
streets in panic, but no one was hurt.
The weather is intensely cold on Strom.
boil island
The island of Stromboli is the most
northeasterly of the Lipari islands,
which lie about 30 miles off the north
coast of Sicily. 1t is almost circular in
form, and on it is the volcano Strom.
boil, which has been almost perpetually
active for 1000 years. The population
of the island is about 10000.
Captives for Days in Ruins.
Messina, Sicily, Jan. 4.-During the
first days following the disaster the
saving of the wounded was the only
thing thought of. AS late as January 1
number of persons still living were
taken from the ruins, but they died
upon reaching the open air. Practically
only the surface OF the fallen town he's
been gone over.
| 1t has now been aseertained that the
chain of forts extending around the city
are intact. The powder and cartridge
factory, together with several million
cartridges, were destroyed. 1t is be.
lieved Professor Francisco San Felice,
who YVES attached to the university and
who recently made public details of his
experiments in connection with cancer
and antitoxine serum for it's cure, is
among the dead.
Fight for Food at Reggie.
At Reggie the conditions Of life and
the scenes are SO unbearable that sew
eral Of the newspaper correspondents
have refused to stay. One was 80
hungry, he declares, that he sought des-
perately for morsel of bread, but be-
ing unable to find any, was glad to pick
lemon rinds from the mud and eat them.
The correspondent says he witnessed
desperate struggles where the military
was protecting the municipal assessor
in distributing food to the famished
people. Horses and asses were cut up
with the bayonets of the soldiers and
no sooner was piece of the flesh, still
warm, received by the people than it
was torn to pieces with their eager
teeth.
| Troops Patrol Messina.
The system of rescue work in Messina
has been considerably augmented by the
arrival of troops, who are to be seen
all over the ruined city in squads of
20 and 80, patrolling day and night.
A relief train with $500 sufferers
aboard from Reggie has arrived at
| Naples.
rar greater havoc was wrought in
! Messina than was believed at first. A
most careful examination was made of
the American consulate Sunday. 1t is a
complete ruin, nothing but a heap of
crumbling and crushed stones.
Queen Helena Visits Wounded.
Messina. - Although Queen Helena
during the last few days has been
called upon to witness appalling scenes
to which she was totally unaccustomed,
and which SO affected her that tears
were never far from her eyes, she still
has consultations which must bring COM
fort to her in her noble work. In this
place the ground she walked upon is
literally worshiped. She has but to ap-
| 70 no oil ha pa,ohhorbonl
their knees wishing to touch her hand
or gown.
Daily she visited the ships where the
wounded lay. 1t was most touching
sight to see aged men trying to
straighten up when she came to their
bedsides, women kissed her hand and
the children smiled and sought to win
a glance from her eye. She spoke to
each, holding up many weary heads and
administering medicines and cordials
with her own hands; gave biscuits to
the children, while from the women she
drew tenderly the tales of their suffer
ings and misfortunes. She is called by
those "Our Lady of Mercy"
Rome Church Collections.
Rome. - Sunday collections were
taken up in the churches for the relief
of the sufferers and 900 boxes were
placed on stands in the thoroughfares
with school mistresses guarding them.
Interesting episodes occurred in con-
nection with the contributions. AS the
box was placed at the capital, deputy,
Baron Franchetti, dropped in a check
for $4,000. Immediately after two chill
dren advanced, whose heads scarcely
reached the stand. The elder, stretch
ing out his arm, succeeded in dropping
in 2 cents. Evidently that was his sole
treasure. The younger child, not wish
ing his generosity to go unnoticed said