Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-01
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sEartIl Shocks There and at Reg
gio Create Panic Among
The People.
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flee TOWARDS o {: Y N g. N 7.
.Fl.EE TOWARDS OPEN COUNTRY
Walls Of Houses Not Completely.
Demolished in December dis
aster, Brought Down.
ssLocl,s More Intense Recently Undu-
1ating and Vertical and Acconl-
panied by Roaring Sounds,

earth schocks, here and at Rcgsio at
$40 this morning. created q panic
among the people OF these two cities 4,
walls OF houses not completely dcmo.-.
shed in the visitation Of December
wore sha ken down and the inhabitants
n the towns rushed from the streets
awards the open country. woman
and a child caught under the wreck
ave sustained serious injury, the Wo-
man subsequently dying. i.5s.
& The earth shocks have been becconl-3
Ing more intense recently, The shocks
8tllss morning were undulating and
vertical and accompanied by deep roar
lnr sounds, The first one was followed
\ nv an explosion like the roar of can
non and lasted between eight and 10
seconds @ I5-l$S
sEl is said that this quake was OF.
Freater severity than the fatal one Of
ihe night OF Dee. IS. The wooden
hhnses and5.h erected for the ac-.
ro,nmodation Of the people seemed to
he thrown from one side to the Other eir
friss filed the air as the people led
+ ID one side Of the road. Detachrnents:
with carbines we're despatched for the
protcction Of the wooden huts built.
with American money but WI icf nat
rsd Net been distributed. Tie popult
ton feeing inthe district Where wallS
threatened to full upon them. fls he'd
toward the American huts with the In
;entjon of taking forcible posscssio of
ihsms aBetw 1 en- 3 d, cioelS last night an 4
10 this iiorning III total ! OF. N 81 z n NJ 9
shocks was eXpe riencsd. ssss i8f
4 The INSTRUMENTS ut the university
Il hniereg istered Il total of q 81 hooks OF
,afying severity siIiees 20 minutes pas :
i3o'cloek tlis MOI Ming eWs that has
come in Eere 'FRONT.' he p f'ovinc es, SHOWS.
4 that damage has been wrought fhel.e.
/ hut ii is as yet Impossible correctly to;
estimate the extent Of the disaster.
Sailors, soldiers and policemen have.
bean sent out through the district 70
prevent looting and give courage to the
people.
Nessina. July Six months after
the devastating earthquake of Dccenl-5
Der IS, which laid waste more yhan
score of cities and towns In C;alaprta
and Sicily and killed 600 persons:
Mcssna and Reggie We're again visit
ID this-morning by anearthaualie which
had they been rebuilt would have
laid them second time in ruins. y
would seem that nature is determined;
10 blot out Messina. but recently one
Of the fairest cities in the world.
1t is as yet impossible accurately
to determine the number of casual
Ties. some OF the reports are alarms.
ing, but they cannot be verified. SO
far as is positively known. }0nl y:eS q
few people were hurt. One woman was
killed by a falling wall and chic
was seriously injured,
While minor shocks haye been of
frequent occurrence in sicily in the
last six months. last night they be-
came more serious and caused much
alarm The most severe quakes came
ut 7:90 and T:25 this morning and
Wcrs 1similar to tho fatal disturbance
Of December, being accompanied by
the same roaring noises.
The population again fled in fear.
hurryirg to the open places of the
city and the surrounding country
PRAYING that their lives lnight be-
spared +,
Gradually, as the confidence of the
people returned, Messinu had acquired
A population Of something more than
5000, but today the people again are.
In terror and do not feel themselves
safe even in the temporary huts erect
ed for their shelter, and have fled to
S cnuilttE, I1ESleIlillS slile5 sliSlLSis VI
Trees and caves to the 3dal niger OF IA ling
walls, They lack food and covering
and: are canlpingiout in desolate groups.
Sailors, soldiers and policemen have
4 been sent through the district to pre-
Vent looting and give courage to the
Iedple
Between S O'Clock last night and T:a0
this morning eight shocks We're re-s
corded and the instruments at the OBJ
serratory have registered total of 10
shocks Of varying severity SINCE 40
a M II III.
News received from the provinces in-8
dlcatcs that damage. has been wrought
there, hut it is as yet impossible cor
reetlN to estimate the extent of the
disaster.
PANIC AT REGGIE.
Reggie, italy, July la strong earth
Shock was experienced here at 1:3li
g clock this morning. Many walls We're
thrown down but up to the present
Time no casualties have been reported.
= ne people are In a condition of panic.
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