The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-01-08
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psnorts From Ruined Districts
Alarm Authorities.
MANY HEARTRENDING SCENES


r.,rlble Experence-The Air Is Pol
mtsd From Stencil Of peeOmposlnS
sosles-Relief Being Rushed to Sur
vlvors and Rescue Work Is Being
Pushed.
Rome Ian. 6.-The report from Mes
Gina that typhoid fever has broken OUT
,bare has filed the authorities WIN
alarming apprehension. 1t is reailzeu
here that unless proper sanitary pre-
.srtions are taken at once the disease
..ov spread far outside the ruined dis
,ricts Even though the present cases |
,ay nrove TO be dysentery, 1t IS wei
irown that this disease, under such
conditions as prevail at Messina ana
psggio would be likely to prove just
os fatal as the earthquake itself.
King Victor Emmanuel received Am
,,sso5or Griscom. who presented him
with the steamer Bayern in the name
~ the American relief committee, rep
,ossnting the American people. Inc
povern is loaded with provisions ana
oesical supplies, and is ready to pro
ICED TO the Strait Of Messina. Inc
king was greatly pleased, and salu
,,ot the Americans were always hrsL
r3s majesty advised the ambassador
90 N where the steamer should pro
csed and as to the best means OF dis
tr.buting It's supplies to the uniortu-
mates.
Thirteen thousand refugees have ar
rived at Naples up date, OF whom
1000 are wounded. They are receiving
the best of care. but many OF them
have died of their injuries and others
have gone mad. More than 80 per
cent of those taken out of the ruins
after three days did not have strength
left 10 survive their terrible expert
ences.
The United States gunboat Scorpion
left Naples. carrying supplies. prncl'
rally of sterilized milk, for distribution
ef Messina under the direction Of the
American consulate.
The latest news from Reggie shows
that earthquakes occurred there on
tuesday. the shocks being about
twenty minutes apart. One OF the
heaviest shocks caused the collapse OF
a number Of broken walls and added
IN the terror Of the few survivors
who remain there.
Professor RicoO, director Of the OBJ
servatory at Mount Aetna, estimates
hat the victims of the earthquake eX-
coed 1000 Others say the dead Will
reach 10000. In the face of this awful
disaster all Italy is appalled,.
Two days spent amid the ruins OF
Messina and Reggie bring convincing
evidence that the horror of the situa
ton in the Straits Of Messina has in
10 sense been exaggerated.
sickening Stencil From Bodies.
Messlna and Reggie have ceased tC
exist. In the ruins of the former cry
two-thlrds of the inhabitants lie buried
while at Reggie onehalf the people
lost their lives. Messina counted $50,
900 and Reggie $4,000 souls. Sicken
ing stenches arise from the countless
decomposing bodies, and the air To-
many miles out to sea is polluted. Nul
lures are congregating to prey upoI
the dead. It would be a blessing !
FIRE should reduce what is left of thes,
two cities TO ashes.
The radius OF ruin and death ex
tends back with decreasing intensit.
for forty miles on the mainland an
for thirty miles in Sicily.
The scenes for a distance along thu
water front made the stOutest hear
quail. Little groups Of men, womei
and children. half clothed, slept bud
died together, crazed and numbed witt
grief and terror. They were awaiting
loats TO take them away. Where the.
went they cared not, their only desir
vas 10 leave this accursed spot, wher
they had lost their loved ones and thei
homes. No family was complete.
lt was astonishing how many peopl
sin were being dug out alive Frida
morning, four days after the catas
trophe While the correspondent lin
gered for an hour near one of thes
stations eleven wounded we're brOugh
&c. They were almost naked, thei
bodies covered with blood and dir
and they could hardly be recognized q
human beings.
Although the air In Messina is heav
Oh 90 v..rfrffsrfrrr hnHfnI
several groups of Sicilians have cam
ell ont in the cleared spaces of th
city and obstinately refuse the invite
ton of the authorities to move away.
The survivors Of the disaster are s
n dazed and worn out that they are quit
r Incapable of describing their exper
ences connectedly, but the accounts {
All agree that the devastation was al
c0mplished in less than one minute
The strata below the strait slippe
along the line of a fort, then a It'd;
wave rushed in and out and all wa
over
Both at Mess.na and Reggie n
guards are having difficulty in pr
tecung the survivors and the vas
treasure In the ruined buildings frol
The bands Of thieves that are swarm
ilg everywhere. II is reported tn;
sh Russian sailors have been shot b
loo,ers at Messina and that sixtee
crnpinals have been killed az the sam
plNk within the last twenty-foU
asgfs. Six hundred PERSONS engage
IN l@illaging have been arrested sine
saturday: ii Engagement at Ret
so Ae'ween the police and bandit
4 " Of the police were killed.
Work OF a~Asue aeino Pushed.
Messina, Jan. 6.-The work OF re
is being pushed indefatigably
rht as we'll as by day, and even no
.rsons still alive are occasionally d.
ur-at from the ruins. An old woman wi