Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-01-07
Time Coahrms Herrors.

NAPLES Spccial-Time only con-
firms the unspeakable horrors at tne F
.l-tor, VIII perhaps .
never divulge its supremest individual .
tragedies. for earth and sea relent-
iassiy claimed thousands OF human
u'urs. aut the names merCilessly .
completed the unfinished devastation. f.
Naples. vibrant With the memory or .
Ersu.ius. Is Frustrated iu awe ut the .
Iis..N and woc at Messina. conhdcd .
tl -.- care The hospitals. hotels and .
homes arc crowded with refugees. and .
tne people are vcinr With one anoth-
q n aidinr the stricken
IiOs" who have expert know lviLr .
800 tle subject agree that fhe centre of .
flc calaCiysm was the Strait of Mes
sira which also is fhc centre 60 r., .
.lDNn.c zone. whose highest ueaE. .
.tna is uoN silent From t,is b.s.
the tclMric disturbance extended .
lhatuE little by little. n,rthrrN ass
.ar as Cape Narcano and s.uth.rls d.
tar a- the lAy of lafanta rasagiu.
tuc western rDciou oi D-iahr.a .ui l...
eastern coast 90 Sicily Tor distance
DO nearly lND miles.
u ie ImUn-sihl" atcufnfDlt fo ass
certain the extent 90 Che movement
ASS Aud west Bon thD inland rsEirur
but 80 rs certain that Ono beauty az one
nt fne most charming sections ol
Southern italy has been irreVocalls
itspolDd Vineyards are uo more
waving rows of lemon. orange and
olive trees have been torn up. and the
r'r-F lfH.f IuD uII. fs SON
and fragrant foliage has been cen
..l..l lulo a hia.ous desert Reggie
whose gay aspect set OF the severitt
+ on the mountains and palmi p,rchcd
auutls amid orange and olive trees
naNe become mere blots ou the hori-
lou.
. The steamer Therauie is living on
+ Naples crowded with refugees from
/ Nessina -hereaved men. starving We
. men and weeping children au With
,he stamp oi great fear stan upon
. their faces
Survivors Graphic Tale.
one az the refugees. = m-tn employ
v'-H cn-mau cotton firm Boo th,
lost city. said.
ra .~ utterly destroyed Moth
ing remained when ] leff but part
OF the citadel A few soldiers are the
.u. -DIt....- OBJ lose n.,tr AatrI-t I.
was asleep when the rist srcct
lNoke me. Do, ml lamp tut au was
.uirf aud turned to sleep agalr
suddenly freeh ocse occurred tio-
l.ut aud terrifying q arose quickly
Iuor w.s lamwet ] tore the sheets
from tn. bon AMID mad. "A rope and
lowered m4s,lf from me- window Co.,
t.e street, Au Italian family 90 $751;.
atr-Dr9 .s..p,d from ta. h.us. h. th,
Lila .f rIN lou,
$50 sooner we're we iu trp street
.Iar ttt house collapsed. D tried ii.
assist Boo the work OF rDecrf. lut d.
"a- useless The horror anh cou-
.ust.r we're Understandable An dat .
wandered iu thr wrecked streets NJ.
..oi could be secured had Uuif 81
.eu nuts to eat The head of mf
Trm nas lost and his brother had Co.
go through the streets bcEsng TOY
bread for his wife and children Fhrrr
Wis uo orlauiLatiCu iu the work OF
rescue
t.e prison Was destroyed .ud trr
Nard.us killed but most Of o., cone
|Nlcts escaped They provided about the
ruins robbng and murdcring They
cut on the fingers OF the dead AND
wounded 10 get the rings Some of
them were singing songs q liberty as
they placed the knife
"A Russian vessel lying in the har
Dor was thrown into the street by a.,
tidal wave other vessels foundered
d. Railway lines were swallowed up. The
, square known as the Camp SantO. col
, lapsed and sank. Only the submits
OF a few ruined buildings stin emerge
from the wreck. What remained OF
the population when / left was camp
) ing near the harbor