Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-07
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ship ? BAYERN ! | | |
Vessel 0lalrfered BY AnIlelll
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Clothing, Medicine a.
Cash

s Rome, Jan. s. ambassador Griscom
will leave here tomorrow for Messina
to meet the American squadron, which
is expected to arrive there Saturday,
under Rear Admiral Sperry, on the
flagship Connecticut. 3 ..5 {z5
as The steamer Bayern, the American
relief ship, flying the Red Cross ems
blem, will sail for Messina tomorrow:
This steamer, with its great cargo Of
supplies, viii be able TO take care Of
thousands of sufferers. There are three
surgeons aboard and forty nurses of
whom three are American and three
are English. .'~s.s 81 s..ss &5.
y Fifty-eight thousand dollars has been
spent for the, medical outfit, provis-
ions and clothes for distribution ashore.
There is an immense supply Of the nee
essaries of life aboard, for both men,
women and children, particular atten-
ton having been paid to the selection
of food for the little ones. ss@. 81
In the past forty-eight hours SIS, 900
has been spent in Rome and $40, 900 in
Genoa, for clothing alone. A ton, Of
candles and ), 900 boxes of matches are
among the supplies, together with all
kinds of implements for digging and
repairing, lanterns, buttons, sewing
cotton, scissors, nails and hammers,
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I. There are. also medical supplies sufi-
Gent for the establishment Of three:
complete camps ashore. Those in charge
Of the expedition have $50, 900 in small
bills for careful distribution.
Word received here from Naples says
that ''hooligans" during the night ran
through the various quarters of the
city crying Earthquake, earthquake"
Their cries aroused thousands of peo-
pie who rushed out of their houses,
thus giving opportunity to work. The
frightened people gathered in the
squares and crowded the churches.
Some OF them took crucihxes and
images of saints and carried them
through the streets in procession amid
wailing and weeping.
Signor Berlin, minister of public
works, who is now in Reggie, has tele-
graphed to Premier Giolitti that the
people there are beginning to be more
calm, and for that reason there is no
present need for steamers for the trans
portation of the people of Reggie. The
minister adds that efforts should now
be directed toward the sending Of a
great quantity of wood and other ma
terial for the construction of houses
along the Sicilian and Calabrian coasts.
The following list of places in Reggie
province in published as having suffer-
ed the greatest damage from the earth
quake: Bagnara, Cannitello, Catana.
Calico, Gallina, Laganati, Melicuocas
Melito, Montebello, Motta, Palmi,
Pellaro, Pedargoni, San Procopio,
Santo Stefano, Scilla, Seminana. Sim
opoli and San Giovanni.
The generosity of the American peo-
pie in coming to the relief of thes esearth-
quake sufferers is feature which is
attracting attention here. The feeling
of gratefulness extends from the king
down to the most lowly subject
In expressing the thanks of the Ital-
ian nation, the ship which the Ameri-
can people, through the Red Cross.
fitted up to mitigate the distress OF the
sufferers, the king said to Ambassador
Griscom: ~
"Our people were delighted to hear
of this mark of international hun,anitar-
ianisln and will follow with the keenest
interest the work of mercy which will
be performed by the Bayern" 49,