New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
EARTH STILL QUAKING
o1rICKLIUE FOR GR4VES.
archbishop BIesses Nessino Ruins
Ccmcterics-Onc Church Left.

- Earth shocks were felt to-day at
IT,. r. carniteIlo Palmi and Monteleone.
- Al s.ae this evening. short but intense
- .,-l, WAS felt. causing the collapse of stand
rs including those Of the Cathedral. which
Hs "a down with p great noise No one was in
,,rsd but the PeopIe ioS'" -
u. ,razad with fright.
ann ,si,,on 20 his former gifts besides putting
III nalaces at the disposal of the injured
Is the King has given 100000 TO the relief
- designating half Of this amount for the Red
i'''o 80 and half for the National Relief Com
..,,ee organized by himself
n'l'e, n'r,a, Nazza. the commander at Messins. has
r.. eorloyying dispatch to Premier Giolitu:
- So work continues day and night now. as
-. ,arcblights al our disposal. The work
- - carried en- until it IS absolutely certain that
- alive remains in the ruins.
-, Ion Earthquake shocks are still con-
=. mere AT the rate Of about zen an hour Fire
-, ,eair broken out. completing the destruc-
Has = ,,i-,- Hail and the records stored therein
,os- impressive funeral ceremony was wit
= -,ss- here today when Archbishop Darrigo
- his way through the ruins 81 ne city 10 the
a-,- Al Maregrosso and blessed grave lo1
=. lido and 30 feet deep. containing looo poules
-. rad been covered with quicklime. Suisse
VIZ -,a Archbishop walked through the ruins
,lassaa the military hospital. the military col
- +bs barracks and the aTchbishops mousse con-
-. these wrecked structures as so many ceme-
e-. 1-r5e- them were the bodies OF soldiers
.ssn+s r.olicener. priests and monks
=, ,f,a vsl5ables found in the ruins are being
-, "a the steamer Duca di Genoa. in the BAY
r;s,- currency to the amount Of S36eoe0 was
-o,sfsr-ed 10 this vessel. A banker named Mauro-
-; who was one Of the richest residents, yester-
a. vent 10 the authorities baTefooIed ana nan
ia. - 80 asked for a pair Of shoes and over
- N-.tb the exception OF SAINT Andrea Avelno'
~ ,ne churches in Messina have been destroyed
- - AZ men under the direction of Major
- +he American military attaChe at Rome.
- -, v,orlins for four days 10 extricate the
- ~ : Cheney and his wife from the
-. % ,be American consulate The apartment
. .ba -beDevs has not been uncovered ana many
tae+ of V-re,kage still remain TO be removed
- o,+,nrities have determined 10 Isolate Mes
- % the only means Of preventing an outbreak
. .I,s illness The work OF the soldiers con-
- --s-.t-sIr ,r gathering bodies and burying
.be-, in trenches between layers Of quickllIne
Yesterday seven living persons were taken from
bo ,,ins The majority OF those now found alive
arc children and elderly people. It Is evident that
they did not expend their energies IN vain Efforts 10
free themselves.
, -,eetins OF the survivors was held to-day
Resolutions were adopted that the city be rebuilt
- tbs+ civic administration be re-established S
soon as possible.
The American vice-consul and the other United
States government officials here. in conjunction
With the British consul. Mr.. Hams have estab-
Iished relief station the waterfront. where milk
and clothing are being distributed The Scorpion
brought the stores TO Messna, and the sterilized
milk was extremely valuable in the case OF won-
IN and two children who were taken out of the
ruins alive this morning.