The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-08
APPALLING EXTENT OF DIS
ASTER MAKES SYSTEMATIC
SEARCH IMPOSSIBLE.
SLIGHT SHOCKS AGAIN FELT
Additional ouakes Complete Ruin Of
Crumbling Walls-Hundreds Of
Dangerous Criminals
Arrested.

lneSe are out repetltlOnS OF Individual
tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern.
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made towards the relief
of those who have suffered by the
dread visitation. Considerable ad-
vance in this respect has been made
at Messina. where, according to Of
fetal reports received here the supply
service is beginning to work satisfac-
torily.
The different regions on the coast
haye ben allotted to various warships
and other ships as centers from which
torpedo boats and launches convey
and distribute rations and water to
the different villages.
Systematic Search impossible.
The minister OF justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Gioletti that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of
the town. The appalling extent of
the disaster renders anything like a
systematic search of the ruins impos.
sible, but persons are being dragged
out ell day long and are quickly
transported to the relief ships as soon
as their wounds have received atten-
ton.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake Zon Friday, completing
the ruin of the crumbling buildings.
These shocks are contributing to
tho knnpinu IN IF thn o1arp, IF thn
population. One quite severe shock
was felt at 3 o'clock in the morning
and another at 8. Fires are still
burning although much rain has fall
len.
The last Investigations on both
sides of the straits make it certain
that many more than half of the
population of the coast towns and
villages have been killed.
Prof. Ricco, director of the observa-
tory at Mt. Aetna estimates that the
victims of the earthquake exceed
200, 900.
Hundreds of dangerous criminals
have been arrested by the troops and
are under close guard.
lipari Stands Safe.
Great relief was felt here when the
announcement was made that the
Lipari islands, which were reported
to have disappeared with their popu-
lation of $4,000 suffered little or no
damage from the earthquake. Public
opinion is seriously concerned with
regard to the safety of the king aud
queen and the possible danger from
tottering walls. The king frequently
has tried to persuade the queen to
rest or return to Rome but she always
refused, declaring that 1t would break
her heart to abandon her husband in
his labors for he country in it's an
guish.
King Supervises Work.
King Victor Emmanuel has been in
defatigible. He has shown wonderful
activity and endurance, leaving no
point in Messina unvisited. He has
supervised the. entire work in the fall
len city and his presence has infused
new courage and energy into the
rescuers and the survivors, hungry
and wounded as they are. Often he
is surrounded by a crowd of victims
who, as though the sight of the king
had restored their strength, cheer en-
Enthusiastically and shout I'VE have a
king; we have a protector"
A large number of soldiers have
been landed from the various steam
ers arriving at Messina and other
stricken places, and all efforts are be-
ing directed toward embarking the
wounded refugees who are crowding
all available places. Some of these
will be sent as far as Genoa.
A touching feature of the material
aid offered by all classes of people in
Rome is the donation of clothing and
bedding, which the workmen are
freely giving to collecting students.
Reports from all parts of Italy indi-
cate the same generous spirit. The
king has placed the royal palaces at
Naples and Caserta at the disposal of
the injured.
Vessels loaded with refugees con-
tinue to stream into Naples and Pal
ermo, and each day sees the arrival
Of additional steamers in the strait
of Messina. The big emigrant steam
err Nord America arrived there Fri
day. She can accommodate fifteen
hundred persons and four other YES
sells which are following her will be
able to take off altogether six thou
sand more. Signor Chimirri, a lead.
ing Calabrain deputy, in an interview
advises the concentration of all the
injured at Naples and Rome, ON the
ground of the imppossiblity Of &C.
co~mmodating them, as in 1905, near