The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-01-02

his vessel at the disposal of the Am
erican embassy officials and consul
ar authorities for use in assisting A
mericans and the protection of Amer
lean interests in Sicily. The Scorpion
like other foreign vessels will also
transport refugees from the affected
district, carry messages and cooper
ate in all possible ways with the au
thorities in alleviating distress.
In the meantime the bodies of Con
sui Cheney and his wife have been
found. The Scorpion may transport
them to Naples, and thence they will
be shipped to the United States.
coast of Calabria. King Victor Eman-
lel sent the following telegram to
remier Gioletti: 4 visited Cannitel-
60, eight miles north of Reggie, which
was literally razed to the ground
The Villa San Giovanni was also de
stroyed. At Messina the rescue work
is well organized, and the fires at Mes
sina have now bt en- reduced to small
proportions. Three other British and
three French warships have arrived
at Messina."
In compliance with the order of the
King that the royal palaces At Cesel
ia and Naples be placed at the dispos
al of the wounded, one hundred injur-
ed persons from Messina are already
occupying a portion of the San Jerdl-
1o oil oil
ing everything. The Duchess Of AosLa
has transferred into a hospital a large
hall in her palace at Cape Di Monte
Reggie. The Pope has contributed an
other gift, that of $4,000 and has only
been prevented from going to the aft
ected district, with much trouble.
The financial contributions for the
relief of the sufferers has been coming
in generously from the United States.
Ambassador Groscom, who was mott
fed of these donations today, is taking
a prominent part in the relief work
being organized in Rome.
The exact statistics as to the dead
and the survivors, it is still impossi-
BILE to obtain, because all the dead
bodies buried under the ruins have
not yet been excavated and it is e.
qually impossible tc make any accur
rate count Of the survivors, for they
are scattered from one end of the coun
! try to the other. The only figures to
be secured are obtained by countin g
| the total population of the districts be-
| fore the disaster and subtracting from
| this number the total of those who are
supposed to have survived. The result
is, of course, only approximate and
| gives a probable number of victims
of about lis 900. This is being increas
ed daily not only through the dying
of the injured but also by the many
| suicides committed by desperate sur
| vivors, whose minds have given a
way under the terrible experiences.
Queen Helena has been slightly in
jured at iMessina. A dispatch receiv
ed here today from Minister of Jus
tice Orlando, who is with their majes
| ties at Messina, says a slight shock
was experienced at Messina yester
day md the patients in one of the i'm
provised hospitals were thrown into
a panic. Her Majesty was close by
and hurried to the scene and tried
to allay the fears of the people. She
was caught in a rush the patients
were making for the open and sus
ltained a slight confusion on the
chest. AS the Duke of Aosta was eros
sing the street in Palmi, a wall fel
and flying plaster struck him on the
face and hand, infiicting slight wounds
| Signor Seiras, proprietor of the
house in Messina where A. ]. Ogester
the English counsul resided, arrived
here today. He said that outside the
consulate there has not been an Anne
lean resident in Messina for the fort!
lyears past. The part of the house
where Seiras lived did not fall. The
italian -ushed out on the street i'm
mediately after the first shock ant
met Stuart Lupton, the American vic'
consul, on the street.
Together the two men made thei
way to the American consulate. The,
found it collapsed completely and the.
came to the conclusion that Consu
Cheney and his wife were dead. The.
made a hurried but unsuccessful
search for the bodies. Continuing, Sig
nor Seroa says the guests at the Hole
Trinicria. which collapsed and wa
demolished, were all saved with tn
exception OF the Swedish consul an
an italian girl. He does not believ
there were any Americans at thi
hotel.
Seroa said: st is impossible for n
widest Imagination to picture any
thing more terrible that the destrut
tion of Messina- II seemed as r. ~
Ientire city had been Transformed II