The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
WILD RUSH OF
PATIENTS TO
THE OPEN AIR
Queen Helena of Italy Injured in
Panic in One of the Mes
Sina Hospitals.
slight SHOCK CAUSED
STAMPEDE OF WOUNDED
vutRED IMPRISONED IN RUINS
MEsSINA BEING DEVoUREo
BY DOGS AND SWINE.

pone. Jan. The great danger
.slsh the Ring and queen of Italy are
.,,i,e in their noble efforts among the
.,reken people of Sicily and the south,
,as brought home TO the people today
xbsn word was received here that
ouasn Helena had been injured. Fortu-
,s,elv. her injuries were not severe. but
IL is realized that any moment another
sslamity might happen involving the
ssrous injury or even the death of their
majssties.
Not one among the rescuers has
.5o,rn more self-sacr;fce than King
victor Emmanuel and the queen, too
has taxed her health and strength to
The utmost in giving relief and assist
snce to the Injured. Anxiety FOR the
sovereigns is increasing in Rome.
Shocks continut.
Apart from the great strain which
their majesties are unquestonably IN
dergoing, there is danger of earthquake
shocks, which do not seem to have
CEASED; from walls that have not yet
been leveled; from great pitfalls in tie
broken streets, and from disease. The
injuries suffered by the queen resulted
from panic among the patients in one
Of the improvised hospitals at Messina,
when the trembling of the earth and
the rumbling noise indicated another
movement of the earth.
The queen was caught in the rush Of
patients who. panic-stricken, were seek
ing safety in the open The panic was
soon Quelied. however, and the queens
injuries, which proved to be little more
than contusions, were attended to.
Fear on the Islands.
Dispatches received from an the liz
pari islands state that the earthquake
shocks were very heavy there. and that
a panic ensued. The cenvicts. of whom
a large number are imprisoned there.
attempted a rising, but were SUP
pressed.
The Stromboh volcano showed great
activity The damage, however, was
not serious and i1o one was injured, but
the people are camping in the open air,
fearing that further shocks may come
and overthrow their homes
The Duke of Genoa will leave NaDles
tomorrow for Messina. He said today
mat he wished to contribute all in his
fpNti " ttlt NOTk OF rescue gong en-
in Sicily, and would put himself at the
disposal Of the government. The duke
VIII either command the Italian fleet
now in those waters or viii work as a
private individual, not having other
ambition than to join with the sailors.
among whom he has passed his life, in
helping mis- brothers in the south.
Nasi With the Reserves.
Nunzio Nasi. the former minister If
Justice involved in the late scandal
Connected with public funds, has joined
me rescuing parties at Messina. He
vas accompanied by six doctors. sew
efal nurses and a number of students
ahd citizens of Trapani.
Even the presence of Nasi, who is the
l9ol Of Sicilians, did not serve to infuse
ME mot the depressed population.
Ii is stated that the pope has decided
To send an appeal TO the Catholic bish-
'ps throughout the world, 10 obtain
subscriptions to the earthquake fund.
ne viii place particular dependence on
lhe generosity of Americans, English
and Irish