The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 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 at Reggie,
at 7:20 o'clock this morning, Gre
ated great panic among the people
of the two cities.
Walls of houses not completely
demolished in the visitation Of De-
cember, were shaken down, and
the inhabitants of the towns rushed
toward she open country. A wom-
an and q child caught under the
wreckase sustained serious injury. ;
The woman will probably die.
The earth shocks have become more
intense, recently. The shocks Of this
morning were undulating and vertical.
and accompanied by a deep roaring.
Fhe first one was followed by an x
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 rs. The
wooden houses and huts erected
for the accommodation of the peo-
pie seemed to be thrown from one
side to another.
Cries filed the air as the people fed
into the roads.
Police Protect Huts.
Detachments Of police and carbi-
heers are being dispatched for the pro-
tection OF the wooden huts built with
American money, which a 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 8 o'clock last night and 1870
O'Clock this morning, a total Of eight
nhAnIo ruarA avnarfanaaA Instruments
at the observatory have registered a
total Of 10 shocks. of varying severity.
since 7.2O o'clock this morning.
News from the provinces shows that
damage has been wrought there, but II
Us impossible correctly to estimate the
extent Of the disaster.
Sailors, soldiers and policemen have
been sent out through the district to
prevent footing and give courage to the
people.
Rome, July 3.-Private kilograms
from Messina state that the
wounded number 10, including q
lieutenant, two soldiers and two
carbineers.
II 10 officially announced that the
shocks were felt practically in the
same zone as was devastated last
December.
It would seem tha1 nature is de-
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 rs IL
positively known, only a few people
were hurt. One woman was killed by
q falling wall and a child was seriously
injured. .,
Cause Much Alarm.
While minor shocks have been Of fire.
auent 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
q population Of something more than
2 5000, but today the people again are
in terror and do not feel themselves
safe wen In the temporary huts erected
for their shelter, and have fed 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
groups.