The San Francisco call., 1909-01-06
prominent

and British warships, which worked
valisntly. Especially was this true of
the Russians.
Fhe bodies of the dead day every
where on the surface of the ruins and
limbs protrude here and there from
the wreckage The small first aid sta
tions were oVercrowded with injured,
and scores Of others We're hastily es-
tablished as soon as possible by relief
corps from Italian cities and the Rus
sian, French, German and British war
ships.
Large numbers Of the survivors
were crazed by fright, and panic
the camp Of the refugees piteous
scenes were enacted. Many persons
threw themselves upon their knees.
begging for bread, while five minutes
walk beyond were orange groves rich
with ripe fruit. The fear for their
safety seemed to hold them .petrifed
in this small haven of refuge.
Constant light shocks followed the
first great disturbance until 40 were
recorded. The Associated Press cor
respondent saw one of them throw
the city, the ensuing crash greatly in
tensifying the panic of the populace
The first Italian troops to reach
Messina were largely from the Sicilian
/ garrison and commanded by Sicilian
officers. Scores of them had lost rela-
tives or friends. One officer said that
4 he had lost IL relatives-all his chill
dren. his wife, father, mother, broth
ers and sisters-and vet the govern
ment expected him to command a re-
| lief corps.
C9NsUL'S HOME COLLAPSED
The home of Cheney, the Amer
the first shock and its inmates al
most inextricably pinned beneath the
ruins All OF the Americans who have
not been heard from may be consid-
cred safe. Probably all are in the
south of Sicily. Those who are known
to have suffered from the earthquake
] "a 6n fo1o eav,la
and telephone wires have been placed
at the service Of the government and
personal messages will be delayed in
The Associated Press correspondent
| found amid the ruins Of the Hotel Vic
toria the blackboard with the full list
Of the guests of the hotel clearly writ
ten upon it on the night of the dis
/ aster. Tt bore beside the name of
Stuart K. Lupton, the American vice
consul. who escaped. only two other
English names, those Of British SUBJ
The disaster was distinctly an Ital-
ian one, except for the American,
those of the chaplain and few Cor
/ man shipping clerks.
MONEY NOW NEEDED
Money is now needed for relief Hun
dreds of families have been left with
out bread winners and thousands of
persons have been manned for life.
The horrors of the sanitary condi-
tions in Messina are unspeaEable, and
only the toughest of surgical attention
lis possible
The difficulties of removing the in
jured from Messina and Reggie are
Increased because of the fact that there
are no docks and it is necessary to
transfer them by rowboats. The first
leases of typhoid fever have broken out
here. This fact will cause drastic ac-
tion to be taken Immediately for the
disposal of the dead The hope OF
rescuing any Of the living beneath the
ruins has been abandoned. Until. the
present time all attention has been
concentrated upon the removal of hu-
man bodies from the streets. while the
lcarcasses OF animals killed by the
earthquake and those of dogs and cats
shot by the patrols have been left
wing where they fell
Details of Queens Injury
ROME Jan. 5.-Signor Mirabello has
given the following account Of the acci-
dent to Queen Helena three days age
| AT Messina. when she suffered contu
sions of the chest He said:
THE queen was in one OF the tmpro
Vised hospitals She was in the sact OF
bending over a wounded woman wheT
suddenly the door was thrown oper
4 violently and crazy man rushed IN
CRYING loudly: The end of the worlG
has come, The earth has fallen in
Save yourselves. Save yourselves.
jumped from her bed and started
toward the door. The queen, with grea
I presence of mind. placed herself IL
. front OF the unfortunate woman ant
extended her arms to stop her. Blu
the woman was out of her mind will
fright She lowered her head and pre-
> cipitated herself on the queen. driving
, her head with full force against hel
majesty's breast The queen fell back
ward Her mouth became full of blood
and this bleeding continued for sons
time.
And what did the docteg say?" tn,
minister Of marine was asked.
! Il don't know" Signor Mirabello re