Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-01-05
Special BY United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire.
Rome, Jan. 5:-Messages from Mes
sina today tell of additional horrors
caused by new earthquake shocks. One
severe shock was followed by four Of
lesser violence, shaking down tAe7
crumbling walls of the ruined eitt and
flaming the smouldering debris I'd
flames
Refugees and rescuers alike werd
thrown into a panic and terrible scene1
were enacted before the soldiery could
gain control of the mobs.
The new shocks caused hundreds of4
additional deaths and appeals werq
made today TO the northern cities I'd
throw open their doors to the quake
refugees.
Twenty-four warships, twenty thousI
and troops, two thousand doctors aud
the red cross workers are now in thd
quake zone. Others are arriving hourly
1he condition of the survivors is still
desperate.
Terror has seized upon thousands Of
survivors In stricken cities and towns
and they clamor for transport to the
north.
People at Messina are in fear -of.a
new shock, which they fer VIII come
and complete the work Of that OF a
week ago.
A royal decree was issued today pro1
claiming a state Of siege in the earth
quake region. Nobody win be allowed
TO go within the area of the disaster
without special permission from the
government
The adoption Of this measure was
considered necessary to prevent the
hocking OF persons TO Messina and
Reggie whose presence would only en-
barrass the relief work. Hereafter
only those viii be allowed to go south
who will be of actual assistance.
"Graver Even Than War"
The royal decree proclaiming the
state of siege says:
Considering that the catalysm in
the Messina and Reggie regions has
created a situation, under certain cir
cnmsta3ees identical with and under
other -ircumsr9TSes-g gra--te-rs- ilSi1ui hafu
of war, and considering 1t an uf2enn
necessity to Immediately provide for \
suppressed public services and the re-
establishment order and public
safety, and considAxing that ordinary
jurisdiction has ceased, ii being imnos.
sible to recognize IT im-ssdiately. a
state Of siege is proclaimed IN the con-
mune of Messina and the district OK
Reggie. in Calabrla.
General Mazza is appointed royal
extraordinary commissioner, with fuD
powers"
Gordon For Doomed District.
/ Instead of burning the ruins OF the
city to prevent a disastrous epidemic,
the authorities have decided to clear
Messina OF every living person and
surround it with a Gordon of troops in
order to keep it absolutely isolated.
! The entire time Of the officials In
Rome is being given over TO the work
of gathering suIr.,iss and provisions
and medicines and organfzing->sthU|
relief for the earthquake sufferers.
British naval officers have discover
ed that the bed of the strait of Mes
sina has been raised many hundred
feet and as high as 1,400 in places.
Their estimate of the dead reaches
200,000
About 10000 Bodies Buried. 4
4 Prime Minister Giolitti has issued a,
statement that about $4,000 bodies
have been buried by relief parties in
Messina and Reggie. but the work Of
burial is not half completed. Thou
sands cauphr in the rIjinS are still fn-
accessible.
/ There are still hundreds of living
people under the ruins of Messina. A
few We're taken out today, but they
cannot survive The crews of the
Russian squadron have labored with
out rest, and not few OF the sailors
have been killed or injured in the per-
tormance of heroic services.
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