Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-01-08

feet, This has been ascertained by
soundings.
Rome, Italy.-A violent earth shock,
running west-southwest and east
northwest, lasting three seconds
and during which the Stromboli vol
cano began eruption, occurred on
Stroboll Island Sunday The phe-
nomenon was accompanied by pro-
longed dull rumblings. The houses on
the island were badly damaged and
the populace fled to the streets in
panic, but no one was hurt. The
weather is intensely cold on Strom-
boil Island.
Both at Messina and Reggie the
guards are having difficulty in pro-
tecting the survivors and the vast
treasure in the ruined buildings from
the hordes of thieves that are swarm
ing everywhere. 1t is reported that
six Russian sailors have been shot by
looters at Messina and that 16 Grim
inals have been killed at the same
place within the last "a hours. Six
hundred persons engaged in pillaging
have been arrested since yesterday.
In an engagement at Reggie between
the police and bandits two of the
police were killed.
Reports still reach here of the con-
tinuance of earth shocks, some of
which are of sufficient force to do
further damage. According to these
reports, new shocks Saturday at Pei
laro precipitated the entire population
into the sea, including both the dead
and living victims of the first
quake.
At Reggie the people are becoming
more calm and aid to that city is now
being Systematically forwarded. Mill
tary zones have been established
throughout Calabria.
The United States is far ahead of
other nations in the relief work. Sun
day Ambassador Griscom succeeded in
finding an Austrian Lloyd steamer of
5000 tons capable of carrying 1900
passengers. He has chartered the
steamer for two weeks and it is being
loaded with medical supplies and pro-
visions. This will cost $50,O00 1t Is
expected that the steamer will sail
from Civita Vecchia, about so miles
from Rome, on Thursday. 1t will be
placed under the orders of the Italian
government
Rome, Italy.-The immensity of the
disaster in southern Italy and Sic
lily can only be measured by the fact
that 1t is now estimated that 10000
people perished in Messina and Reggie
alone. A score of other towns have
been devastated and thousands of
victims in these places must be added
to the roll In the face of this awful
total all Italy stands appalled,
Nor has the full death list yet been
reached. Shiploads of fugitives have
arrived at Naples and other ports and
the vast majority of these are sorely
injured. Other thousands remain near
the ruins of their homes or wander
half starving. half naked over the land.
Late dispatches state that the city
of Palmi contains 1900 dead and twice
as many injured. Two-thirds of the
town was laid waste. All the villages
adjacent suffered as severely.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like huge in
candescent furnace. The fire spread
to the buildings that had not yet fallen,
completing the work of destruction.
The wounded refugees present a
sickening sight. Some appear hardly
human; others among the fugitives
have no apparent injuries, but are in
such a deplorable mental condition
that they seem the worst of all. The
horror of that tragic minute is in
eradicably fixed upon their faces. On
the relief ships the refugees were
heaped everywhere. Some of them ap-
pear to be stricken with a kind of
idiocy looking aimelessly before them !;
others completely mad, howl wildly.
The commander of the Thrapie gives
thrilling description of the rescues
effected by his men when his ship ar
rived at Messina from Malta under in
structions to convey the survivors to
Naples. Twenty different confagra-
tions were raging. AS the vessel drew
up before the city it was surrounded
by flotilla of boats and tugs loaded
to the gunwales with men and women
who piteously cried for food and drink,
for they had nothing for "a hours. On
entering the port tremendous clamor
greeted their ears. 1t was the sur
vivors screaming for help. From the
water front Messina appeared to be in,
tact, as the facades of the fine build.
ings along that line of streets still
were standing, but behind was empti
ness and ruin.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone Friday, completing
the ruin of the crumbling buildings
These shocks are contributing to the
keeping up of the alarm of the popula
ton.
The Calabrian coast for 80 miles has
been torn and twisted From Bagnara
to Reggie, distance of 25 miles, the
country is half demolished. Assistance
has reached but few of the villages and
they are practically without supplies OF
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