Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-16
house. He says no help arrived for

house. He says no help arrived for
thirty hours after the catastrophe.
Flora Parini. an actress, recites that
while she was lying half buried in the
wreckage at MeSsina she heard the
voice Of IL lieutenant Of artillery from
close at hand. The man had recognized
her. but his plight was worse than her
own
"Signorina." he cried, ''for PHYS sake,
save me. Call for some one to rescue
u.s. Don't leave me- was at the thea
ter the other night. and l applauded
your singing. I have a mother. Don't
leave me to die"
The woman was eventually dug out
by some sailors. She remembered the
lieutenant and led her rescuers to
where he was pinned down. He also
was saved
An infant clothed in little night
shirt was rescued we'll and uninjured
after having lain for four days on a
square yard of flooring in house that
was otherwise entirely demolished.
The Marquis di Ruvolito. who visit
ed the stricken district of Calabria.
| writes:
i have visited Reggie and the sur
rounding district. The railway to Reg
giO from Salina and as far as San Gre
| goriO was invaded by the sea, and the
rails are still strewn with corpses. The
| tidal waves roared over and swept
| clear two districts of LazZaro and Pei
| larO. 1t is impossible even to tell
where the houses stood.
The waves at Salina raised man to
| the height of the second story of
| house and swept him through it and
| for a distance of 500 yards inland
| His head was like broken eggshell
One house, that of postal official, re
manned erect ut LaZZaro. The waves
| flooded 1t so that fish were afterward
found in the upper rooms.
1 found a man in Reggie pinned
, alive beneath fallen roof He was
hidden from view, but his relatives
were feeding him through narrow
crack.
The grotesque intrudes everywhere
upon the terrible. l saw u corpse with
a vast block of stone upon its head
and shoulders. The man had died
while pulling on his trousers.
Near the mayoral offices. man was
lying buried in such manner that
his parents could speak to him, but
dared not seek to save him. A great
wall tottered above him. and the least
> movement would bring it down. An
other buried man who could receive
help through a crack in the wreck
} age maintained complete tranquility.
When his relatives came to feed him
!. he asked why they had not brought
him any liquor. When they told him
that no attempt could be made to res
cue him till the next day he answered
coolly: "Au revoir. then. ] will see
: you tomorrow"
Signor Vidala. the proprietor, Of a
Messina newspaper relates that he
was experimenting the printing of an
, edition when the shock came. He man
aged to get out to the street before the
building collapsed. He CROPPED his way
to the Place Cavour. which had been
, transformed into huge crevasse.
For the first ten minutes after the
initial shock one long cry of anguish
,eemed to rise from the city. Then
there was comparative silence for a
short while. The worst shocks were
: over by 6 o'clock. Vidala made his
3 way to his home and found his family
under the ruins.
: rs he was telling his tale wild. look
t in individual in strange clothing came
D up % the correspondent and the news
5 paper proprietor 81 also am bereft OF
: all my family" he interrupted. 81 now
0 am alone I'm the world. like you. vi
$ dala." 1t was evident that this mar
3 was half crazy. He had saved 6
5 daughter from the ruins. but his two
0 sisters had been killed. Later he dice
y of his injuries.