Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-01
Lipari Islands Have Not Been En-
quilted and No Lives
Lost There.
MESSlNA AND REGGIE NO MORE
All That Remains of Them is
Shattered Masonry Covering
Countless Dead Bodies.
Hing and Queen Continuing Their
Pious ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 90
Send Relief to Scores OF Towns.

Rome. Jan THE FIRST cheerful
news since tho devastation Of Calabria
and east Sicily 10y earthquake and tidal
wave last Monday was received this
morning by the minister " marine. A
dispatch from the torpedoboat sent
post haste e. verify the report that the
LipaH. or Acol.au islands bad been
cnFulred and au of Che population.
some $500 people. annihiated, brought
the grateful information that while the
islands had experienced the earthquake.
only a few buildings have been demol-
ished and that no lives were lost.
Otherwise the story coming from
the south today is % repetition of the
previous recitals of devastation, suffer-
ing starvation and horror.
The king and queen OF Italy continue
their pious pilgrimage along what was
once tho beautiful and smiling eastern
coast of Sicily but which toGay is q
! desolatod region strewn with .unsepul-
chred dead and whore thousands are
diving Boo anguish amid the ruins or
their homes The Duke Of AOsta 10
also On the scene dcvotug himself 70
| the succor of his counuymeu. Tho duke
| has visited palmi and all the surround
! ing villages. This section. after Mes
sims and Regcio. suffered more heavily
I than any other. The duke said TO one
! of The aides with him:
A SOURCE FROM GOD.
"rhe catastrophe. indeed. is "a scourse
I from God The time has come when IL
! is no longer possible 20 think about
/ those beneath ruins All hope Of say
I Ing amy of these mfortunates after the
/ four days that have elapsed SINCE the
! disaster must of necessity DE ahan-
doued. Am our Efforts must hc devoted
/ Co caring for The injured survivors
Dos Nlrw III these conditions tae e9f-
Z rmont has decided Go concentrate its
energies 90 removing the injured to
I points where they can receive proper
. attention Uuinjured survivors also
J t.fu Doe assisted from tho devastated
Z territory and 90 IS hoped that in this
U way serious cpidcmips can De aNel1eu.
The colossal emigraut steamships
{ that FOR years past have been engaged
/ I'm transporting tho surplus population
/ of Calamria and Sicily to the four cor
/ ucrs OF the world. but especially 70 tne
! United states. are today being EN-
/ ploved iu removing SURVIVORS ana FeIn-
/ gooe 10 places of safety. Messiua and
/ Reggie. the two typical southern cities
/ of italy. are today. no more the land
and sea having completed tts destruc
/ ton ard what remains shattered ma
sorry covering countless dead bodies
] lis now to be covered with QUICK lime
to prevent the outbreak Of epidemic
] Tho system of gathering the SURVIVORS
on board the huge cmigruni steamer.
J viii solve one OF tine most Important
I urobIams that cOnfr0nte the authOri-
/ fies-uamely that of feeding tire people.
Tf 10 IS found impossible 60 set the
/ refugees ON shore, and the lana ac-
ia
with tho injured they can DE fed on
bard ship for each vessel is provided
with 800 days ratlons for full pass eli-
I ger Iist. and this leeWay VIII give time
/ Tor decision aH 10 where thc uniof-
Inmates had best De landed.
This advantage Of feeding, however
applies only % tne survivors ol iteegi'
and Messiu8. There arc stil scores
ot small inland towns and villages
where 70 g. impossible Co send relief
| Tho conditions in these sections are
indeed desperate Tine survivors have
DO shelter whatever. aud no food. the
persistent rains make Sc Impossible o.
I kiudle arcs, and the majority have hui
tattered rags for clothing. in the in-
| land Villages surrounding RCEgio alone
that have been destroyed. the dead
number 1000. Whenever IL has been
possible 90 set "a message through from
these localities the cry has been Tor
TWO HEROIC WOMEN.
Amid the gloomy and depressing hor-
Tor which like "a leaden weight OPP
presses the land that by ON countries
has been called Che garden spot or
lluI0patwo noble female figures stand
ONE las guardian angels watching over
the afflicted population They are
queen Helena and another Helena. the
Duchess OF A0sta The queen hes
given The sufferers her tears and with
her own hands sho has bound up their
woUnds. using her handkerchicis when
other bIudagcs were lacking She has
given also OF her worldly possessions.
Including tae rings from her Fingers,
Thr duchess OF A0sta. who stlll proudly
aIeus herself "a princess ~ France %
performing miracles of love. pity and
endurance az Staples. where the
wounded are arriving in great mum
harr This noble woman has given NOT
only ueouuary helps but has uurael
tho injured with demonstrations az af
feuUon children robbed by "a crIol
fatu az their parents and relatives have
Sound in lhis princess new and ten
DIR mother
boon conveyed by the dutcheaa in her
motor car frun bare and checr..-s
hospitals to her royal palace az Capo-
Ilmnutc
H8n Helena tHe queen and Helena
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