Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-07
KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY HELP RE
LEASE INJURED IN RUINS OF THE
STRICKEN CITY OF MESSINA.
WORST DISASTER Of MODERN TIMES
Reggie is Like Pompei-An Are Dead at Bagnaro-
Fugitives From Stricken District Tell How They
Were Spun Around Like Tops as They
Fled Through Yawning Streets.

Rome, Italy.-Beautiful Messina,
a mass of burning ruins from which
heroic rescuers struggle to take the
wounded; Reggie, sunk in the sea and
desolate as Pompeii; Bagnara wiped
out, it's ruins holding the bodies of all
its 10000 inhabitants; 40 other towns
and villages ruined and the death list
totaling $50, 000-this tells the story
of the great earthquake which swept
eastern Sicily and western Italy for
40 miles around roaring Mount Aetna.
Led by King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Helena and by high churchmen
representing Pope Plus, the rescuers
have rushed into Messina. Soldiers
and sailors of Great Britain, France
and Russia, joining with the Italian
police, soldiers and sailors, are fol-
lowing the King and Queen among the
ruined and burning homes, releasing
the wounded who are still alive.
Railroad tracks are being repaired
in frenzied haste, while trains wait
to carry supplies into the desolate dis
trict. Ships are now arriving at Mes
sina with physicians, nurses and food
for the half-crazed fugitives.
While the main work goes on in
Messina, bands of rescuers are visit.
ing the surrounding villages and gath
ering the half-crazed people wander
ing the fields.
New Shock Wrecks Church.
AS the work of rescue was being or
ganized Tuesday night, a second
earthquake swept Sicily, causing
terror even in the cities which escaped
the first earthquake.
, In Palermo, in eastern Sicily, the
people rushed into the streets and
squares. They hurried to the churches
and, taking the sacred vessels and
images of the saints, they marched
through the STREETS, praying for a ces
sation of the earthquakes.
In Pizzo, near Reggie, the shocks
Tuesday night caused the weakened
Cathedral to collapse and scores OF
people praying there had narrow
escapes.
The destruction of Bagnara was an
nounced here in the following brie
telegram:
"All the inhabitants of Bagnara arr
dead. The town counted about 1000
population. In a few days lime will
be scattered over the heap of ruin
which alone mark the site of a enc
%populous town.
Messina Appeals for Firemen.
The premier has received a tele
: gram from Signor Felice, a deputy a
| Messina, summing up the situation a
follows:
2 "Messina is completely destroyed
: razed to the ground. The victims ma
be numbered by tens of thousands
The conflagration which is still rag
ing is completing the destruction c
the city. Salvage implements, fir
:, men and soldiers must be sent il
, stantly. The disaster exceeds tn
widest imagination"
:. The Pope has telegraphed the Arcl
n bishop at Palermo a large sum
!" money and instructed him to procee
n to Messina Immediately to help tt
survivors.
r King Victor and the Queen arrive
at Messina Wednesday. AS they mac
1, their way into the ruined town Il
scene of disaster and horror was t.
much for the queen, who almo
swooned. Crowds of terror-strickt
f. persons swarmed about the roy
n party, throwing themselves in the MI
H. end screaming for pity and aid.
TT Queen Helena, after being revive
t. continued with the king and perso
70 ally rescued a child from the rui
of a building in Messina. Against t
remonstrances of the king and their
ID t%andants, she entered the ruins, whi
Il were & imminent danger of collal
ing, pulled the child from its imperil
'n position and carried it to a boat IL
was waiting.
At Reggie the silence of death s.
All