The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-19
NEW SHOCKS WRECK
MORE OF MESS|NA
Large Crack in the Earth Opens
Near the City.
AMERICANS GIVE MOST MONEY
Red Cross Has Sent $65O,OOO to
Italy--Ships Give Aid to Strick-
en--Couple Still Conscious Dug
Out-Crowds Besiege Stations.

Messina, Italy.-Search for the
buried victims of Italy's last great
earthquake still continues and is fire.
quently rewarded with the rescue of
the living. A man named Bensaja,
who had speat fourteen days without
food locked in the ruins of his home,
was taken out unconscious and re-
suscitated. He had been caught in a
kind of straitjacket formed by the
debris and, unable to move, was COM
PEELED to watch the lingering death of
his wife and four children. The day
before a married couple were re-
moved from a natural tomb not only
living, but conscious. Their impris-
onment had lasted thirteen days.
A terrific tempest, accompanied by
earthquake shocks, caused number
of fresh collapses in the ruined city,
and spread new terror among the sur
vivors. Most of the people in Mes
gina were camped under tents and
huts, and nearly all of these were
destroyed by the wind and binding
rain. More than sixty feet of the
landing quays in the harbor was
swept away, carrying off a large
quantity of provisions stored there
and several horses. Two soldiers
narrowly escaped death.
Near Giarre an immense assure
opened. 1t was $50 feet long, three
feet wide and sixty-five feet deep,
and has been styled by the people
"the mouth of hell. :"
The American Consulate, where
the stores from the Red Cross steam
er Bayern are being distributed, was
besieged by crowd of hungry refu-
gees The American committee is
working strenuously and receiving
expressions of gratitude from all
quarters. General Mazza, who Is in
supreme command here, thanked Am
bassador Griscom warmly for the hui
manitarian initiative of his country
men, suggesting that as the great ex-
Ddus from Messina had left the city
practically without any wounded the
most urgent need for the Bayern's
services was along the coast towns,
especially in Catania and Syracuse.
The Bayern has proceeded to these
points. The supply ship Yankton
will remain here to convey to Naples
the bodies of the American Consul
and his wife when they are recovered.
Ambassador Griscom paid visit to
the house of the Catholic Archbishop,
who, after confessing that his relief
committee lacked both food and
money, intrusted the Ambassador
with message to Archbishop Ire
land, Of st. Paul, who is now in
Rome, asking him to make another
appeal for American aid. Food,
clothing and other supplies were sent
to the Archbishop's committee from
the Bayern.
The American fleet made great
Impression. Expressions of gratitude
and admiration are still heard on all
sides. Admiral Sperry's last act be-
fore leaving was to send a launch
with a burial party to convey the
body of Mrs. A. J. Ogston, wife of the
British Consul, across the Straits to
the English cemetery.
Professor Salinas has succeeded in
saving from the ruins of the civic
museum several valuable paintings,
including the famous triptych by An
tonelle da Messina of 1863.
Almost 100000 in money and
valuable articles, besides the contents
of the safes of the various banks,
have been recovered.
Major Lands, the American milf
tary attache at Rome, is pushing the
work of excavating the ruins of the
American Consulate to find the bod
les of Consul Cheney and his wife,
with every energy. but so far without
definite result. Collins are in readi-
ness for the bodies.
Looting in Earthquake Zone.
Rome.-The Corriere Italia pub
fishes an interview with General
Mazza, dealing especially with the
footing in the earthquake zone. The
General is quoted as follows:
What especially preoccupies me is
the succession of thefts since the first
day of the disaster. Hundreds of ma
tive and foreign malefactors have
poured into the devastated districts