Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
D[AD N CESSNA
NUMBER I5,0OO
Nearly Accurate Estimate Made
by Comparing Survivors
with Population
cRAzED VICTIMS SELF SLAIN
Casualty Lists Being Increased Daily
~ Sui eides Among survivors-'<ins
Emms ael Reports on Progress in
i sy.ts n..tixins Work Of Rescue
f Train Load Of Passengers Drowned.

Rom :, Jan. 2sThe American gunboat
orpi q will arrive at Messina Mon
i, when her commander will place
i VI essel at the disposal of the AM
"a b embassy officials and consular
~ critics for the assistance Of AM
q ms and the protection Of their in
j s in Sicily The Scorpion, like 9TH
teigl, ships, also will transport
ees from the affected districts.
ing messages and cooperate in
|ssitle ways with the authorities
ievietton OF distress.
ing Reports on Rescue Work.
turn ng from q visit to the Gala
cosst north Of Reggie, King
u Emmanuel sent the following
ram to Premier Giolitti:
have visited Cannitello, eight
nor tn OF Reggie, which was lit
rased to the ground. The villa
Giovanni ellso was destroyed. AS
Messina, the rescue work is we'll
anized. The fires at Messina now
. beer reduced to small proportions.
lee. OTHER British and three French
rshdps arrived at Messina.
Paiac,ss Turned Into Hospitals.
In compliance with the order Of the
ng, the royal palaces at Caswerta and
pies Will be placed at the disposal
the wounded. A hundred injured
m Me.sina already are occupying
|tion OF the San Ferdinando palace.
roya, house providing everything.
Duchess Of Aosta has transferred
q hospital the large hall OF her
lace at Eapo da Monte.
115,OC0 o. Dead in, MSssina Alone.
exact statistfcs OF the dead and sur
king still are impossible to obtain
ecause eI the sdsad bodies: buried UNI,
* the ruins have not vet. been ex.
avated It Is equally Impossible to,
AXE an,y accurate count Of the SUR
ivors, for they are today scattered
rom ON, end 8of the country to the
ther. I he only figures that can be
iven arr. reached by calculating the
otal pop ilation before the disaster and
therefrom the numbers
nat are supposed to have survived. The
esult is, Of course. approximate. On
his basis is made an estimate that
bout $4,000 people have left Messina
nds the lIessina commune. As the to-
III popul alton of the city and COM
l,iine was about -155, 900, and as there
re about 5000 people still in the
istrtct the dead probably amounts to
$4,000 III this district alone. Victims
re increasing daily, not only thru dy-
az OF injuries, but also by many sui
fdes committed by desperate surviv-
rs who's, minds have given way un-
er their terrible experiences
WI oIe Train Overwhelmed.
It is stated here that train which
st Reggie early on the morning OF
he earthquake, carrying passengers.
nd Of which nothing has been heard
ince, was overwhelmed by the tidal
rave Following the earthquake.
Almost III the people Of Reggie and
fessina, I Is said, are making up their
,inds to- AbandoH their beloved cities.
Qlesn Slightly Injured.
Queen Helena has been slightly dn-
lred 1T A9ssina. Minister of Justice
,rlando, it Messina, telegraphs today
nat a,slight shock was experienced
d sMessina yesterday and the patients
/ one OF the improvised hospitals were
1rown intoSa condition of panic. Her
lajesty was close by hurried
!, the scene and tried TO al
" the f,sars Of the people. She was
Inght, in the rush of patients. who
ing for the open, and sus-
lined siirht contnsSons on the chest.
AS the Duke Of yAosta was crossing
la Carmine in Palmi the wall of a
Duse fell. Flying plaster struck him
h the fare and hand. inflicting slight
.retches.
SiEnor Seraro said that 1t was his
llpressiort that with the exception OF
lleney al d his wife, no American was
llleU or injured by the earthquake.