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 Rome. Dec. si.--slowly the measure Of the disaster that has depopulated Csfabria and Eastern Sicily is being taken. and ss the repor4s eccumulatAs t ]: ss ss ss uss q n TOT of ffS viaffxtion. An ofaciaf es- timato plae.. the dead st 1iy,0o but there is rseson tc believe this may ba ereatl$ exSeedSd.
 roday tAs gpitiabis pli9ht Of survi- vors claims univereaI attention. Tho reItef q their sufkering calis for the cOncentrated effort of sail nations. The dead are dead, but couHtless thonsands survivors, some wounded and scshe un- injured, are ewing pitifuliy for food. water. clothjng. shelter and medical
 No news yet has been received of any Americana thought to have been in the devastated district. excepting the Rev. David Sessun1s of New z or. leans and hts, daughter; Alice. who are
 IL As reported that several Amsrieans lost their lives In the wreck Of . hos tel at Meestna. Ait1bassadcr 0ylscoIn h about to set out from Rophs for the South in m endeayors to secure irfors nation concerning missing American
 Eets estinateds that 100. 900. psopls have fled from the desolated territory in fear. of further convulsionG
 King vfctor Emmanuel fss giving his porsonal attention to tho work of res. cue, He yaasf at. HeGgio this morrtng.
 The latests estimates >6f the dead at PaImf and .Bagnafa arc 1000 and 12,oo0, respectiyciy. TWO thousand 'ISsss snss;ssss m.r s.g sass tsst ss sor bofore tho quake the heavene were lilied with . gcrgeois display of light ressmbiin8 the aurora boreelis.
 1t ia declared Ahet sn army of no iess than 26, ,0e0 ns6n viii be neeS1ed to rescue the living who are still en- trapped In the ruins and to bury the dead. s>- s--s.- <
 IA HcineIess ana Hnnwry.
 Tn the ruins of MessfnA, .Reggio end various towns in Sicily and Calabria lie the bodies of the dead which 1t has been impossible to extricate. while ev- erywhere thousands of homeless and hungry persons throng the Uttered thoroughfares. Words are snadequate to express the horror of the ruin and desoIation that has overwhelmed Gala bria and Sicily, where the earth's tremblings and ire and water have combined to change the smiling, yer dant country into a desert. Messina exists no longer and at least thirty years will be necessary to repair ths ruin that natures violence nave wrought there. al.
 As vet 1t has been found impossible to obtain any news Of the fate of the iftxfe villages along the coast, many of which. it is believed, have been .entire- ly wiped out.
 Tn many cases entire buildings have been swept out to sea and no trace of them sremains. Flourishing villages >bsye been wiped out of existence. In nome of the smaller towns. such as Palni. near Monteleone. the suddenness ana oompleteness of the catastrophe was, overwhelming. Of the 14.00O peo- nle living in Palmi. only few score are alive today. Yesterday 2.zoo were buried in the cemetery there. The survivors of Paimi reinforced py res cners from other points. and under the lead of soldiers and doctors. are per- forming prodigies of valor. Many or fnern have been overcome by the aw- f,,I conditions under which they are working. The Bishop of Morabito and other priests. with touching devotion and courage, have done much to pre- serve order by the example of calm rsss and self-deniai they have given inc people. They are busy carrying comfort and consolation to the dying and bereaved.
 The first of the survivors of Reggio <oE yeaeh Catanzaro were so broken down by the shock of their experi- ences that it was almost impossible for them to give any connected ac- count of the destruction of the city. They speak disconnectedly of whole districts swept away in q moment and entire families annihilated. Reggie .remains Isolated in ghostiy desoia- ton.
 The railroads and the footpatha through the surrounding country nave been utterly destroyed while the sur yivors lack. food, water and medical suuplies. The visit of the King and Oueen of Italy to Messina and Reggie has Aroused widespread enthusiasm.
 n spite of the universal mourning and distress, the sovereigns were sa- Inted when they disembarked by the firinr of guns from the Italian and for .eixn warships at Messina. As the Winr and his party set foot on shore they were greeted with scenes of in- 6esrribable woe. His majesty spoke highly in praise of the Italian soldiers and sailors from the foreign warships for their heroic work of rescue He shook hands with several omcers, say, sux 1t was his desire to be informed of every detail of their splendid work Accompanied by Ministers Orlando and Bertolinl. he vfsited both Messina and Rexeio, spending several hours al each place. He visited practically ev- ery quarter of these cities. giving words of encourasement, praise and copsoiation.
 The Queen talked with the~woundeC on board the ships in the harbor com forted the women, spoke kindly to tht children and promised assistance. Ey, erywhere the visit of the soversigns has imparted fersh impetus to the worh of rescue.
 General Marazzi has divided the mil. itary forces working in Calabria prov. inces into two parts One ia working on ~the Tyrhenian coast and the otheI on the Ionian shore and they are con. yerging on Reggie. The troops ars distributing rations to the starving people to the utmost limit of their re, sources.
 The waters of the Strait of Messins are covered with the floating bodies oi
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