The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-02
RESCUE WORK
GAINS SYSTEM
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS ARE BE
ING CARED FOR UNDER BET
TER ORGANIZED EFFORT.
LlPARI ISLANDS ARE INTACT
Reports Of Their Having Sunk Prove
nfounded-5elieved More Than
Hail the Population Of Coast
Towns Perished.


ing into Rome Of the horrors in south
ern Italy and Sicily are but repetitions
of individual tragedies already record
ed. What chiefly concerns the gov
ernment and the people is the progress
that is being made towards helping
those who have suffered by the dread
full visitation. Considerable advance In
this respect has been made at MESSING
where, according to official reports re
ceived here, the supply service is be
ginning to work satisfactorily. The
different regions on the coast have
been allotted to various warships and
other ships as centers, from which tor
pedo boats and launches convey and
distribute rations and water to the diff
ferent villages.
The minister Of justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Giottl that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of the
town. The appalling extent Of the dis.
aster renders anything like a syste.
matte search of the ruins impossible,
but persons are being dragged out all
day long and are quickly transported
to the relief ships as soon as theiI
wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone Friday, completing
the ruin of the crumbling buildings.
These shocks are contributing to the
keeping up of the alarm of the popula.
tion. One quite severe shock was felt
at 3 o'clock In the morning and an.
other at 8. Fires are still burning, al.
though much rain has fallen. The
latest investigations on both sides Of
the straits makes 1t certain that many
more than half the population of the
coast towns and villages have been
killed. Professor Ricco, director of the
observatory at Mount Aetna, estimates
that the victims of the earthquake eX'
ceed 100000. Hundreds of dangerous
criminals have been arrested by the
troops and are under close guard.
Great relief was felt here when the
announcement was made that the
Lipari Islands, which were reported to
have disappeared with their population
OF $4,000, suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake. Public opinion
is seriously concerned with regard to
the safety of the king and queen and
the possible danger from totterine
walls. The king frequently las tried
to persuade the queen to rest or re
turn to Rome, but she always refused
declaring that it would break her heart
to abandon her husband in his labors
for the country in its anguish.
King Victor Emmanuel has been in
defatigible. He has shown wonderful
activity and endurance, leaving nc
point in Messina unvisited. He has
supervised the entire work in the
fallen city and the presence Of his
majesty has infused new courage and
energy into the rescuers and the sur
Wyors, hungry and wounded as they
are.
A large number of soldiers have
been landed from the various steamers
arriving at Messina and other stricken
places and all efforts are being di
rected toward embarking the wounded
refugees, who are Crowding all avail
able places. Some of these will be
sent as far as Genoa, Vessels loaded
with refugees continue to stream into
Naples and Palermo and each day sees
the arrival of additional steamers In
the Strait of Messina. The big emf
grant steamer Nord Amerika arrived
there Friday. She can accommodate
1900 persons and four other vessels
which are following her will be able tC
take off altogether 5000,
Signor Chimierri, a leading Gala
brian deputy, advises the concentra
ticn of all the injured at Naples and
Rome, on the ground OF the impossi
bility OF accommodating them, as II
| 1905, near their own homes. 1t is the
governments intention to remove al
the survivors possible 10 the various
ports in Italy.
So far as has been possible, quick
lime has been used on the dead; many
bodies have been burned and Others
buried In the relief work the officers
| and men Of the foreign warships have
been untiring and their courage Is be
yond words. The crew OF the British
cruiser Drake gave up everything they
possessed for the benefit of the. ref
ugees, and practically forgot rest anC
sleep for more than SO hours in theil
devotion to duty.