The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-08
MESSINA VISITED BY
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE
Thousands Flee Into Country
to Escape Falling Ruins
Soldiers in Control.

Messina, Sicily, July 3-Earth
shocks, both here and 1t Rsggio,
at 7:20 o'clock this morning, crs-
ated great panic among the people
Walls Of houses not completely
demolished in tho visitation Of De.
cerber, were shaken down, and
the inhabitants Of tho towns rushed
toward the open country. A WON.
an and a child caught under the
wreckage sustained serious injury.
The woman will probably die.
The earth shocks have become NOR
Intense, recently. The shocks Of this
morning were undulating and vertical
and accompanied by a deep roaring
The first one was followed by IN ex-
plosion like the roar OF cannon and
lasted between eight and 10 seconds.
1t is said that this quake was of
greater severity than the fatal one
Of the night Of December %. The
Wooden houses and huts erected
for the accommodation Of the peo-
pie seemed to be thrown from one
side to another.
Cries filled the air as the people fled
into the roads.
Police Protect Huts.
Detachments Of police ard carbi-
lcSIS dig USlAS Ol6PdLCIlCO lOT k16 DTO-
lection OF he wooden huts built with
American money, which had not yet
been distributed.
The population fleeing in the dis
tricts where walls threatened to fall
upon them. rushed toward the Ameri-
can huts with the intention Of taking
forcible possession Of them.
Between s o'clock last night and 7:2d
pollock this morning, a total Of eight
shocks were experienced. Instruments
at the observatory nave registered 8
total Of 10 shocks, of varying severity,
since 1920 o'clock this morning.
News from the provinces shows that
damage has been wrought there, but II
is impossible correctly to estimate the
extent of the disaster.
Sailors, soldiers and policemen have
been sent out through the district TIC
prevent looting and give courage to the
people.
Rome. July 3.-Private kilograms
wounded number 10, including a
lieutenant. two soldiers and two
carbineers.
II is officially announced that the
shocks were felt practically in tho
same zone rs was devastated last
December.
IL Wodlo SCSIIl llldt lidluIS 10 NCS
termined to blot out Messina, but re-
Gently one Of the fairest cities in the
world.
It is impossible, as yet, to accurately
estimate the number OF casualties
Some Of the reports are alarming, but
they cannot be verified. So far as Is
positively known, only a few people
were hurt. One woman was killed by
a falling wall and a child was seriously
injured.
Cause Much Alarm.
While minor shocks have been of fire.
quent occurrence in Sicily in the last
six months, last night they became
more serious and caused much alarm
The population again fed in fear
hurrying to the open places in the city
and the surrounding country, praying
that their lives might be spared.
Gradually, as the confidence Of the
people returned, Messina had acquired
a population of something more than
$4,000, but today the people again are
in terror and do not feel themselves
Eafe even in the temporary uts erected
for their Shelter. and have fled to the
country. prefering the shelter Of trees
and caves to the danger of falling
walls. They lack food and covering
and are camping out in desolate
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