The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-01-07
PREDICTS MORE
EARTH SHOCKS
NEAR VESUVIUS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ROYAL
OBSERVATORY DECLARES Gaia
CLYSM MAY OCCUR.
SUN AND MOON PRODUCE THEM
January Z and s Are Dates on Which
Disaster Will Fall, According to
the Representation.
FLAW IN CRUST UNDER MESSINA.

MESSINA, Jan. 4-Frank Perret OF
Brooklyn assistant to Prof. Matteucci,
director of the Royal observatory on
Mount Nesuvihs, speaking of the dis
aster here and in Calabria, says that 9th
er shocks are inevitable, as there Is
flaw in the earth's crust where the slip
occurred. lie predicts heavier shocks toi
Monday and declares that something,
possibly very serious, may happen Janu-
airy I and :, when the relative positions
of the sun and moon will produce the
greatest strain.
Saturday morning the fire broke out
again III the municipal building. HE
city records were consumed and high
wind carried the burning papers tar
into the air and scattered them over
the warships in the harbor. The fire
communicated 10 the building of the Bank
of Italy, where 100000 lire ($lo,0oO,-
600 in paper money was stored. The
energetic efforts of the hremen and sail
ors. however, served to control the
flames. and the money was removed to
u warship.
Another Shock Felt.
Saturday night at $40 o'clock there
was Il fresh shock of earthquake and II
panic cnsued ashore and on board ship.
Many of the lettering walls fell, but
no fatalities were recorded. There have
been a score Of tremors since the dis
aster of last Monday morning, but this
was the first that was distinctly per
ceptible.
After this shock. the fire in the munic
Al ,,,l
burning tiercely when this dispatch was
sent.
Earthquake experts who are here to
study the phenomenon generally agree
that the earthquake was the result of
fault in the geological formation under
Messina, which constituted line of con
tact in the volcanic action between
Mount Etna and Mount Nesuvius and
that Il slip occurred similar 10 the one
which detached Sicily from the mann
land.
Earth Crust Changes.
That a subsistence occurred at some
points and that there was Il rising of
the earth ; surface ut others is proved
by soundings which show the channel
of the harbor deeper at some places
and shallower at others. The British
i mile south of Reggie, found IS tathoms
of water where formerly there were rs.
FORTS ARE SAFE.
ROME, Jan. 4.-Parliament will be
convoked January IL. The minister Of
war says that the forts around Messina,
which contain tons of powder and mil
lions of cartridges, have not been in
jured lie also says that while lie was
at Messma at least $4,000 persons were
taken from the ruins, injured and uu-
injured, of which number 1000 We're
saved by the Russians and 1000 by the
English sailors
The Italian navy has sent 600 tons of
provisions to the affected district All
the treasure found has been placed
aboard the warshps
One pockntbook was picked up con,
tanning Sl4U00 and much clothing has
been found at MeSsina and elsewhere
with bank notes sealed i'll it. Advices
from Me5sina say that twenty hooters
were shot there yesterday. That city
viii he evacuated today. Six thousand
persons already have left there and
5000 more will leave.