The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-02
QUEEN HELENA IS INJURED
IN THE COURSE OF HER
LABOR OF LOVE
During Earth mor Messna Hospital Patients Are Thrown Into Panic
and Queen Caught Crush They Crowd Through Doors
Nng Still Superintends Work of Rescue.

Rome. Jan. Queen Helena, who
has been devoting herself to heroic and
self-sacrlfcinG work among the earth
quake sufferers. has been slightly IN.
jured in the course Of her labor OF
love. An earth tremOr yesterday at
Messina created panic among the
patients in one Of the improvised hos
pitals and the queen, trying to allay
the fears of the patients, who were
crowding through the doors, was
caught in the crush and sustained
= slight contusions on the chest. The
duke OF Aosta also has been slightly
injured az Paine, plaster from a fall
ine wall cutting n fsce and one Of his
h h.ndo1--L
The king and queen. are still at Mes
sina. The king continues to organ
ize and superintond Tie work of res
cue and the queen IS dong everything
within her power in consoling and al
leyiating the sufrerings OF the sur
viyors.
Ambassador Griscom has set forth
the best way for relief from America
TO be sent to the devastated district.
He recommends that through the CO.
operation OF committee OF Ameri-
cans at Rome, steamers be chartered
at New Orleans or Marseilles to carry,
provisions, clothing and medical sup
plies OF all kinds, as well as doctors
and nurses, TO the strait of Messlna.
Tne hospitals and all other available
space for the care Of the injured in
the nearer coast cities OF Italy are
filled TO overtiowine; but now Catania,
Palermo and Syracuse have room for
no more, Naples is rapidly becoming
overcrowded and. as a result, the suf-
ferers are beginning TO pour into
Rome
In this city private people are com.
petiDS with the authorities to give the
refugees hospitality and care The
kim, las sent 2 large number of the
Italians to his own palaces at Caserta
and Naples. The foreigners in Rome.
especially the Americans, are all do
Ing humane work.
il has been decided 10 cover the
ruins with quickllme. and this work
will be undertaken as soon as tho ma
terial Is available. The walls still
etanding in Messina and Reggie will be
blown down by dynamite.
Much mas been done towards sys.
tematizing the work, but even so,
thousands still face death by hunger
The numbers who are going insane in
crease with every hour.
At Messina the weather is still cold
and stormy, and many of the injured
are succumbing to pneumonia The
chances Of the living, still penned In
the ruins. decrease with every day that
passes, for the rescue workers are still
not numerous enough TO cope with the
work In hand.
Rome, Jan. 2.-The American gun.
boat Scorpion VIII arrive at Messlna,
Monday, when her commander will
place his vessel at the disposal of tne
American embassy officials and the
consular authorities for the assistance
OF Americans and the protection OF
their interests In Sicily The Scorpion,
like otner foreign ships will trans
port refugees from the affected dis
trictS' carrying messages and cooper
atlng In all possible ways with the au-
thorlt,es In the alleyiation of distress
ii In the meantime, the bodies of Con-
SUI Cheney and his wife are found, the
scorpion may transport them to
-'"Pi1', "nehce tney Will be shipped
to the United States.
Returning from visit to the Gala
brian coast north of Reggie. King Vic.
tor Emmanuel sent the following tele.
gram to Premier Giolitti:
have visited Cannitello. eight miles
north of Reggie. which was literally
RACED TO the ground. Villa San Clio
vanni also was destroyed. AS at Meg
slna the rescue work Is we'll organized
The fires IL Messina have now been
reduced to small proportions. Three
other British and French warships
have arrived at Messlna
In compliance with the order Of the
king that the royal palaces at Caserta
and Naples be placed at the disposal OF
tne wounded, one hundred injured per.