The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-23

described the fearful scenes at Mes
sina. He declared that many Of the
residentsaof that place had been bur
led alive, as groans were heard com
ing from far down in the assures Of
the earth, which could only be ap
preached with the greatest precau'
ton. At these points the lettering
walls threatened further collapse. Tho
anguished cries OF the victims caused
half frenzy among the sailors, who
In several cases excavated under dan
eerous places and rescued wounded
people, In other cases they reached
bodies that separated in parts when
efforts were made to drag them from
the wreckage. 's,t-Es.. a, -
Fpr an entire day the. Russian sail.
ors, divided into squads. gave assist
ance wherever needed. Amid the
ruins Of the Bank OF SICILY they found
q safe containing many ,millions and
delivered It aboard the warship. From
'one house ai6ne they rescued ten per-
sons alive. 1tf ~ @sis' ~ "
Mother Killed, Child Saved.
A dispatch from Palermo described
the experience Of A. ]. Ogston, British
vice-consul at Messina. who arrived
with his daughter at Palermo. he him
self being injured. q
AT the first shock. ssad the vice.
consul. my wife rushed to a; cot and
snatched up the child. We ran down
stairs, and found the door blocked
with wreckage: We q clambered
through window, but as. we we're
passing building balcony fell and
killed my wife Instantly. BY miracle
the child escaped unhurt. rushed to
the municipal square, where so people
had gathered, and we ran madly for
the open country, balconies, columns
and chimneys failing around as In a
terrifying manner. The members Of
our party were struck down, some
times singly and sometimes half
dozen at time, and when we reached.
a place of safety only four of the
party remained. The others undoubt-
edly we're killed.Y. i}s.s,t. n
One tragic phase of the disaster.
was the fight for life made by the
prisoners in the jail above Messina.
There were nearly 1000 Of these; in
Guiding 800 women. The building col
lapsed at the first shock and the in
mates were caught like rats. Several
rows of cells remained intact and
those who. were locked within them
could be heard pounding the wallis and
crying aloud for. help Then came
another shock which completed the
destructioa. AN were killed with the
exception OF the few who had escaped
after the first shock.
-'sAn artiilefyinan, Gaspare vaienti.
says he was engaged In rescue work
at Messina with his comrades when
an enormous wave struck him and
swept him OF his'feet: Like piece
Of straw, he declares, he was whirledj
out to sea. c'.Being "a good swimmer.
he kept up for long time, becoming
tired, however, and just as he was
about to sink ne was picked up by a
fisherman, who landed him on the
beach. y Then, seized with terror, he
ran blindly for 11Ahours and dropped
exhausted near Aeiheale. Assistance of
about 80 miles from Messina.
searohers Killed at Reggie.
A refugee from Calabria stated that
an express train on the road from
Reggie to Naples was brought to
stop by the shock when about Is miles
along the road in its Journey The
passengers demanded that they be
taken back to Reggie. where they
found scene Of desolation. While
searching for friends fresh shocks oc-
CURED and practically all the passen-
gers were killed Tr5 ;tit
At Messina, after rapid work of.or.
ganization, progress was made in the
work of succoring the wounded sur.
vivors, but no attempt was at first
made to remove the wreckage. The
troops. and sailors were obliged to
shoot down robbers who persisted in
footing. The entire local treasury Of.
the Messina branch Of, the Bank of
ltdiy, Sohuc N$1sUVU,UUV,i was bdVou anu
placed on board an Italian warship.
Many Of the people Of Messina re-
fused to leave the, ruins Of their
houses. They chung to the sites of
their homes, crying out that their only
safety was In fidelity to the wrecks
of their houses. Force often was
necessary to get them to the ships In
the harbor There were large num-
bers in the suburbs of Messina who
would not come back into the city for
fear of recurrence Of the shocks.
Hopeless Search for Relatives.
The German steamer Serapin
brought stories of heartrending sep
aration of families, and the hopeless
and frantic seeking of relatives one
for the other. Shortly after the Sera-
pin locked gangplank was lowered
and . few persons were allowed on
board. The refugees we're found sit
ting In isolated groups. 81
< They gave evidence Of great mental
depression, and were utterly exhaust
ed. They seemed scarcely conscious
Of their surroundings. Most OF them
were held in the thrall Of their terri
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