Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-01

| opened at that place, are also guard
by soldiers. All the cattle within
reach have been requistioned Tie
sea is throwing up bodies on the shore
and in some places they literally "b-
| struct the railway track along rly
| coast
| A tragic episode at Reggie was TIE
rescue of Deputy Delnetrio Triprpi
mayor of the town His family hal
escaped but he disappeared and Nj
| children felt certain that ne Nas
buried under the ruins. They st .
work to find their father and IT, =
strugg ed with the ruins fer "a hDnrr5.
without rest and without food. Duly
a miracle, they thought, could bri..s
him back to them. Eventually i,oM-
ever, the father appeared. he was
badly injured but still alive The ju,.
of the family was not for long, for tn
deputy died soon afterwards Gusepp"
Valentino, another member of thu
Chamber Of Deputies, also is among
the dead.
The Pope has sent to the bishops in
the earthquake zone $4,000 He is
also sending special ENJOYS 10 report
on the most urgent needs His Holt
Hess I!dS ouSpeIlutu ii / dutleIicSS anu
Solemn Masses will be said for the re-
pose of the souls of the victims in the
churches at Rome, at the expense of
the Pope.
In view of the imp0ssibility of prop
erly housing and feeding the tens OF
thousands who have survived the d.
saster. the authorities have agreed
that the only course is to transport
them as quickly as possible out Of the
stricken territory. Accordingly. it has
been arranged that all the Italian emf
grant steamers shall so to Mcssina
and various other ports Tor the pur-
pose of taking off the refugees and
distributing them to the different
cities Of ITALY.
King Victor Emmanuel today visit
ed al the wrecked villages along the
Sigiiian east. everywhere meeting the
s..n> seems Of desolatiOn Tomorrow
he will visit the villages and hamlets
in Calabria that have been over
whelmed.
Messages from MesSina state that
what is most needed now are the ele-
mentary necessaries. water. bread and
light. The streets at night are in alb
solute darkness and this is taken adj
vantage of by thieves and murderers
who gather about the banks and
palaces for purposes of robbery. Coal
oil lamps are called for urgently.
Rome, Dec. 31.-SlOWly the measure
of the disaster that has depopuated
Calabria and eastern Sicily is being
taken and as the reports accumulate
it is seen that the first estimates in
no sense exaggerated the horror of the
visitation. An official estimate places
the dead at $4,000 but there is rea-
son to believe these numbers may be-
greatly exceeded.
Today the pitiable plight Of the sur
vivprs claims universal attention
Countless thousands of half demented
naked and starving survivors. injured
and uninjured are crying for food,
water. clothing and medical attention
No ncws yet has been received Of
any of the Americans thought to have
been in the devastated district. eX-
cepting the Rev. Davis Remus of New
Orleans and his daughter Alice who
as reported last night are safe at
Rome.
1t is reported that several Ameri-
cans lost their lives in the wreck OF il
hotel at Messina. Ambassador Girls
com is about to set out from Rome
for the south in an endeavor to secur"
information concerning missing Amer
lean travellers.
It is estimated that 100000 peoplr
have fled from the desoiated territory
in fear of further convuisions.
The survivors have sufficiently
covered from their prostration to VI
late in detail their terrifying exper-
fences. All the stories are similar.
The night Of terror cannot adequate,
be described.
King Emmanuel is giving his per
sonal attention to directing the work
of rescue He was at Reggie tf.e
morning.
The latest estimates of the dead at
Palmi and Bagnara are $4,000 and 12,-
600 respectively. Two thousand SOL
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