The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-14

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A cobbler Of Messlna named Frances
GO MlasiaAo Felates that Immediately
after the first shock he and hia wtfs
and children rushed into the street.
Fires starting all around them.
Hearing groans from a pile Of debris.
the cobbler made a hurried examine
ton. He found two girls dying. HI
picked up a baby, but the infant ex.
pred in his arms, Seized with mad ter
TOT, the man fed toward the sea. It
took his party two hours and a half to
traverse the heaps Of ruins between his
house and the water front. After plae.
ing his family in safety he returned IA
seek his mother and sisters but he was
obliged to give .pp the effort. It was
impossible to make his way back ia Aita
home. This man owes his safety 10
the fact that he lived In q one story
house; He says no help arrived for
thirty hours after the catastrophe.
Flora Parfni, an actress, recites that
while she was lying half buried IN tha.
wreckage at Messipa she heard tie.
voice Of 9 lieutenant Of artillery from
close at hand. The nan had recognized
her, but his plight was worse than hen
own,
"sllgnorana,r he cried, s4or pity'ssake
save me. Call for some one to rescue
us. Don't leave me. ! wasfat the Thea.
ter the other night and I applauded
your singing. ! have a mother. Don't
leave me to die"
The woman was eventually dug out
by some sailors. She remembered the
lieutenant and led her reaeuers to
where he was pinned down. He also
was saved.
An infant clothed In a little night
shirt was rescued well and unip1Qred
after having lain for four days on q
square yard Of flooring IN. a house that
was otherwise entirely demolished.
The Marquis di Ruvolito, who visit:
ed the stricken district Of CalahFia,
writes:
! have visited Reggie and the sur
rounding district. The railway to Reg
gio from Salina and as far as San Gre
gorio was invaded by the sea, and the
rails are still strewn with corpses. The
tidal waves roared ove and swept
clear two districts Of Lazzaro and Pei
laro. It is impossible even to tell
where the houses stood.
The waves at Salina raised a man to
the height Of the second story Of q
house and swept him through It and
for a distance Of 500 yards inland.
His head was like a broken eggshell.
One house, that Of a postal official, re.
manned erect at Lazzaro. The waves
flooded it so that fish were afterward
found in the upper rooms.
I found a man in Reggie pinned
alive beneath a fallen roof. He was
hidden from view, but his relatives
were feeding him through a narrow
crack.
The %grotesque intrudes everywhsre
upon the terrible. I saw a corpse with
a vast block of stone upon tts head
and shoulders. The man had died
while pulling on his trousers.
Near the mayoral Offices a man wa
lying buried in such a manner that
his parents could speak to him, but
dared not seek to save him. A great
wall tottered above him, and the least
movement would bring 1t down. An,
other buried man who could receive
help through a crack in the wreck
age maintained complete tranquility
When his relatives came to feed hin
he asked why they had not brought
him any liquor. When they told hin
that no attempt could be made to res
cue him till the next day he answered
coolly: eau revoir, then. I win ses
you tomorrow"
Signor Yidala, the proprietor Of ,
Messina newspaper, relates that b,
was experimenting the printing Of u
edition when the shock came. he man
aged to get out to the street before til,
building collapsed. He CROPPED his wa,
TO the Place Cavour, which had ben
transformed into a huge crevasse.
For the first ten minutes after th,
initial shock n long cry OF anguish
seemed to rise from the city. The
there was comparative silence for /,
short while. The worst shocks wer,
over by 6 o'clock. vidala made hi
way to his home and found his famn.
under the ruins.
AS he vas telling his tale,a wild look
ing Individual in strange clothing cam
up to the correspondent and the nswl
paper proprietor. II alsosam bereft o
y all my family he interruptpd. II NOV