New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-06
HUVD|R D
H0USAND
PERI SHED.
Loss Ct Life in ItaI
ian Earthquake.
ENTIRE CITIES IN RUINS
Terrible Devastation Wrought
in Ca|abIian Region.
SURVIVORS ARE IN DISTRESS
SURVIVORS ARE IN DISTRESS
Suffer From Lack of Both Food
and Clothing.

Rome, jan 1-More than one hun
dred thousand dead; Messina, in Sic
lily, and Reggie and a score of
other towns in Southern Italy
overWhelmed; the entire Gala
brian region laid waste-this is the
earthquakes record so far as is at
present known from the reports that
are coming slowly into Rome on ac-
count of the almost complete destruc-
ton of lines of communication to the
stricken places,
The death list in Messina ranges
from. $1,000 to $4,000; that of Reggie,
which, with it's adjacent villages,
numbered $4,000 people, includes al
most the entire population. At palmi
1000 are reported dead; at Cassano
1,OG0 at Casenza 500; and half of
the population of Bagnara, about A.
900. The Monteleone region has been
devastated and Riposto, Seminara,
San Giovanni, Scilla, Lazzaro and
Cannitello and all other communes
and villages bordering or the straits
are in ruins.
1t is feared that many foreigners
have been killed. as number of the
| hotels at Messina and doubtless at
! other places were crowded with tour
lists. Little is known of the fate of
| the diplomatic representatives of the
| foreign powers stationed at these
| posts, although the Italian govern
ment is using every effort to relieve
the anxiety felt on their account
There is the grayest danger that
pestilence will follow the destruction
| of the towns where on account of the
vast havoc wrought bodies will lie
unburied for days and weeks. Those
who escaped death, many of whom are
badly injured, are making their way
| by the thousands to the nearest place
of refuge. Their sufferings even now
must be intense, as they are without
food or clothing.
--latest reports received here state
that 1000 soldiers in the various bar
racks at Messina were buried under
the ruins. The rock of Charybdis
now blocks the entrance to the Strait
| of Messina. The tidal wave wrecked
the lighthouses in the strait, including
Faro Beacon, and they crashed into
| the sea.
/ Messina's Destruction Complete.
Messina, whose tragic history has
been marked by tidal waves and war
and which was the center of the ter
restial maelstrom, was shaken to
ruins. Flames burst forth to complete
the city's destruction and to burn
alive untold numbers helplessly pin
toned beneath fallen walls and bro
ken timbers The strait of Messina
was shaken and twisted by the earth S
trembling, for mariners report the
channel altered beyond recognition.
The ports and villages on both the
continental and Sicilian sides were
wrecked or inundated, and all light
houses along the coasts were sWa1-
lowed up Navigation now is danger
Gus and in some places impossible.
Ill the Calabrian district, which was
only beginning TO recover from the
effects of the earthquake of 1905, Reg.
gio was the center of the earths up
heaval. The seaport of Reggie is
reported as no longer existing, and
the city proper is in ruins. The loss
of life on both sides of the strait and
in Eastern Sicily was enormous.
Starving, bleeding from injuries and
almost insane from their terrifying ex
periences, Messina's survivors ar.
fleeing in all directions. The specta
Gle presented by the ruined seaport j;
described as terrifying. TumbEns
buildings both killed and mutilatesl
: while hundreds of the injured i'm
: prisoned in the wreckage were aban
! doned to their fate by the feein:
= populace
4 Already British and Russian squad
rons have arrived at Messina. Sal
) ors and marines have been disen
!. barked and they have performe,
courageous acts in rescuing the in
jured and removing the wounded.
L large number of survivors have bee
ie transferred to the warships, whic
g are transformed into great foatin
3 hospitals. It Is imperative that th
i dead be removed from the ruins i
t order to avoid a pestilence. Steamer
2. with doctors, druggists, fremen an
q workmen have arrived at Messin
: from Catania and other places.
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