Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-01

director of the local observatory this ac-
tivity is directly connected with the
earthquakes of yesterday which wrought
such havoc in Calabria and Sicily, but
a great eruption is not expected. Such
phenomena seldom accompany violent
seismic disturbances.
SMALL TOWNS DESTROYED.
MONTELEONE, Calabria, Dec. 20
The town of Palmi has been practically
DESTROYED, as has also Bagnara. The
dead at Palmi number 1000, and it is
impossible to estimate the number of the
injured Large numbers were killed also
at Bagnara and the list of wounded
there also will be heavy. Details are
lacking
The tidal wave inundated a villa at
San Giovanni, $500 feet back from the
shore line.
Palmi has 10000 inhabitants, while
Magnara counts 1900 people.
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES GONE.
LONDON, Dec. %. - special dis
patch received here from Rome says the
Pope has been notified that the entire
religious communities of Messina and
Reggie, including bishops, priests, monks
and nuns, have been wiped out by the
earthquake and fire.
BRITISH SHIPS TO AID.
MALTA. Dec 29.-The British bat
tleship EXmouth and the cruisers Eu-
ryalus and Minerva, commanded by Ad-
miral Sir Asheton Curzon-Howe, left
here today for Messina to render every
assistance possible to the survivors of
the disaster. The British cruiser SUIT
lei. wEich was on her way from Mes
sina to this port, was intercepted by
wireless telegraphy last night and sent
back to Messina.
FEAR FOR AMERICANS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 90
The state department was without any
advices during the morning from it's dip
lcmatic or consular offices i'll Italy re-
garding the earthquake. At MeSSina
where the results of the earthquake are
appalling the department has both
consul and deputy consul, the former
being Arthur S. Cheney, who was APP
pointed more than year ago from Con-
necticut and the latter, Joseph II.
Feirce, who is an Italian by birth and
appointment
AS private cablegram after cablegram
confirmed the frightful extent Of the
catastrophe, the Italian embassy at
taches freely expressed their grief
When Sig. Roberto Centaro, secretary
of the embassy, read the dispatch in
which The Tribuna estimated that TO-
600 persons had been killed, he seized his
head in his hands and exclaimed:
My God, how terrible, can it really
be?"
Official News Delayed.
The delay in receipt of official an
nouncement of the news to the embassy
from the Italian government is taken by
the embassy to mean that the officials in
Rome are giving all their attention to
aiding the stricken region of their coun-
try, A..
King down to the humblest soldier will
do everything in his power in this great
calamity said Sig. Centaro.
fastening to Washington from New
York state. having left the city for a
brief rest during the holidays. He had
planned to return to Washington to-
morrow night, but his arrival before
that time is now expected.
REFUGEES AT PALERMO
PALERMO, Dec: 30 Railroad com
munication with Messina has been re-
stored A train load of refugees came
in here this morning, but they are all
maddened with terror, and no one is
capable of giving a connected account of
the calamity. All agree that Messina
Las been destroyed and that the victims
Will be counted by the tens of thou
sands.
A tidal wave 80 feet high swept up
of the confusion following the shock.
Hundreds of half dressed men, women
and children who had fed from their
houses to the streets were caught III
the on-rush of waters and drowned or
injured.
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