Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-01
+ STARVATION
|od Menaces Earthquake
Ferers in Italy.
NIGER OF PEsTLENCE
'odies Additional Menace
life of Survivors.
DISTRIBUTE RATI0NS
"a Of Italy Praise Work
lief Parties.
DISTRIBUTE
RATI0NS
III GO TO MEssINA
m nnbnssRdor VIII Leave
|Odny 20 Try to Get
of Americans in
lickcn District.


st.-To thesterrifying spec.
caused by Mondays earth
been added the horror Of
the fear of spread Of
the ruins of Messina, Reg
towns in Sicily and Gala.
dies of the dead, which IT
ossible TO extricate while
ousands of hungry and
bonN rs throng the Uttered thor
oughfare rds are inadequate to ex.
press the~DE II of the ruin and desoia
tion that has k,,'erwhelmed Calabria and
Sicily, where be eovth's tremblings and
fire and water have co~Sbined to change
the smiling. vel dant countsSa into deserts
Messna exists no longer and at leAst
thirty wears wi be necessary to repair
the ruin that nature's violence have
wrought there.
As yet It has been found impossible to
obtain env newN Of the fate of the little
AvIlares along coast, many of which
bt is believed haze been entirely wiped out
At work Burying Dead.
In manv casets entire buildings have
Neon svvent out to sea and no trace of
them remains. Elourishing villages have
heon ,vined out DE- existence. In some Of
the smaller towns such as Palmi, near
Monteleone. the Iuddenness and the com.
Ileteness Of the catastrophe was over
HVhcln,ing. OF the 1900 people living at
Pa,n1i only a few score are alive today
Yesterday 220O corpses were buried in the
cemetery there lThe survivors of Palml,
reinforced by res4uers from other points,
and under the dad of soldiers and di.
rectors. are PERFORMING prodiges of valor.
MANY of them Have been overcome by
Tho awful conditions under which they
are working.
- The bishop OF Mdkabito and other priests,
with touching devdttion and courage, have
donel much to ikerve order by the ex-
ample of calmns IL and self-denial they
have given the l-4ple. They are busy
carrying comfort hd consolation 10 the
dying and the bereaved.
The first Of the survivors of Reggie to
reach Catanzaro were so broken down by
the shock of their experiences that II
was almost impossible for them 20 give
any connected account of the destruction
of the city. They speak disconnectedly OF
whole districts swept away in moment
and entire families annlhilated. Reggie
sasuemains isolated in ghostly desolation. The
railroads and the foot paths through the
surrounding country have been utterly de-
stroyed while the survivors lack food,
water and medical supplies.
King Praises Relief workers.
The visit of the king and queen of Italy
TO Messina and Reggie has aroused wide
spread enthusiasm.
In spite of the universal mourning and
distress, the sovereigns were saluted wher
they disembarked by the firing of guns
from the italian and foreign warshlps al
Messina. AS the king and his party sci
foot on shore they we're greeted with
scenes of indescribable woe. His majesty
spoke highly In praise of the Italian
soldiers and the sailors from the foreign
warships for their heroic work of rescue
He shook hands with several officers, say.
ing 1t was his desire 10 be Informed OF
every detail of their splendid work. Ac
oompanied by Ministers Orlando and Ber.
tolini. he visited both Messlna and Reggie
spending several hours at each place. H'
visited personally every quarter of these
cities. giving words of encouragement
praise and consolation.
Her majesty the queen. talked with th'
wounded on board the SHIPS in the harbor
comforted the women, spoke kindly to tn,
children and promised assistance. Every
where the visit of the sovereigns has i'm
parted fresh impetus 10 the work o
rescue.
DistributiOn of Food.
General Marazzi has divided the militar!
forces working in Calabria province int
two bodies. One is working on the TYR
henian coast and the other on the Iontal
= shore, and they are converging on Reggie
The troops are distributing rations to tn
starving people to the utmost limit o
their resources.
The waters OF the strait OF Messlna ar
covered with floating bodies OF men an
shores OF the strait have become com
pietely transformed in appearance. Tn
light houses on the head lands have dsap
peared.
No News from Americans.
No news has been received Of any OF tn
Americans thought to be in the devastate
district. excepting the Rev. David sessum
of New Orleans. ana his daughter, Aiict
who are safe at Rome
1t is reported that several American
4ost their lives in the wreck OF hotel a
Messna Ambassador Griseom is about I
set out from Rome for the south in an en-
deavor TO secure Information ooncernln
missing American tfavklers.
II is estimated that 10000 people hav
fled from the desolated territory Ia fea
OF further convulsbns
The latest estimates OF dead at Pain
and Bagnara are 5000 and 1000 respe'
lively. Two thousand soldiers were kille
at Reggie Survivors say that for half a
hour before the auake the heavens wei
filled with a gorgeok display OF light T,
semblng the Aurog4 Borealis. 1t is d.
clared that an army not less than $50
men will be neededI B rescue the livln
who are still entrapp4dIin the ruins and
bury the dead.
REGGIo, Dec. 3L-THere is reason to b
Iieve that an entire tgiment OF lnfantI
was drowned by the hal wave at Palm
Three hundred of ths soldiers bodies a
ready have been reogfred.
GriseOm GOsl TO messina.
The Foreign office Iaas completed fin
Arrangements for Ltd c. Griscom. d
d. |AAmerican anibassadoy. TO leave Naples I
. korrow on board al italian steamer (
\ IAessina Mr.. GrisS h's purpose Is