Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-01-07
100000 ARE DEAD.
Italian Cities Ruined; Sea
"a
Engu|fs Survivors
EARTHQUAKE HORROR GROWS
Messina, Reggie and Scores Of Other
Towns Wiped Out-TidaI Waves
and Flames Add to catacIysm-
Relief Work in Progress.

Rome, Dec. 30.-Stunned at the mag
nitude Of the calamity which has over
taken it's fellow countrymen, all Italy
mourns for the stricken province of
Calabria and the island of Sicily. Ao-
customed for centuries to earthquakes,
Italy stands ever in dread, but none
was prepared for the disaster which in
the fraction of minute Monday dev-
astated cities and towns and caused
the death of thousands. Late esti-
mates put the number of dead at 200,-
900. : -.,7= III.
Messina, whose tragic history has
been marked by tidal waves and war,
and which was the center of Mondays
terrestrial maelstrom, was shaken to
ruins. Flames burst forth to complete
the city's destruction and to- burn alive
untold numbers helplessly pinioned be-
meath fallen walls and broken timbers.
The Strait of Messina was shaken and
twisted by the earths trembling. for
mariners report the channel altered
beyond recognition. The ports and vii
lagos on both the continental and Sicil.
ian sides were wrecked or inundated
and all lighthouses along the coasts
were swallowed up. Navigation now is
dangerous and in some places impos-
sible., %sE& .5.#5...- u esSSsa5:>
Seaport Of Reggie Wiped Out.
In the Calabrian district, which was
only beginning to recover from the ef-
fects of the earthquake of 1905, Reggie
was the center of the earth's upheaval.
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. -.-.
80 O.ss OF the refugees from Reggie
who Vas the fl st 70 bring the news 3o.s os
the city's destruction tried to make his
way to Sicily in a sailboat, but was
compelled to return, and finally found
safety at peninsula port. In describ-
ing his experience he said:
The sea was strangely, mysteriously
agitated, and the heavens were ablaze.
Nearing Sicily, the clearing smoke re-
vealed the mystery: Messina was in
flames. In the frenzy of despair, I
turned my boat back to Calabria"
Terrible Scenes at Messna.
Starving, bleeding from injuries and
almost insane from their terrifying ex-
periences. Messina's survivors are fee
ing in all directions. The spectacle
presented by the ruined seaport is de-
scribed as terrifying. Tumbling build
ings both killed and mutilated, while
hundreds of the injured imprisoned in
the wreckage were abandoned to their
fate by the fleeing populace. One of
those who escaped said:
"The earth seemed suddenly to drop
and then turn violently on its axis.
The whole population, who practically
were precipitated from the houses, rent
in twain, were spun around like tops
as they ran through the streets. Many
fell crushed to death and others, bewil-
dered, took refuge for breath beside
the tottering walls, where they soon
met the fate of their companions"
Relief Work Progressing.
Rome, Jan. 2-Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome of the
horrors in southern Italy and Sicily,
these are but repetitions of individual
tragedies already recorded. What
chiefly concerns the government and
the people is the progress that is be-
ing made towards the relief of those
who have suffered by the dreadful visi-
tation.
Considerable advance in this respect
has been made at Messina where. ac-