New-York tribune., 1910-06-08

relief and a message stating rha.
prayers would be with the sufferer,
The province Of AvelliLO. Which =.
PIiny's day has furnished 70 the -
famous chestuUts and hazelnuts. ernb-,-
LIZ square miles OF territory and a -
Iation OF 10000 Its capital and ehies -
centre. an episcopal city OF the same 49,
Is a town Of $500. on the Southern -Ns,ls.
Benevento Railway, eis nteen miles sou-tl
Renevento. II has a large market -.
containing an academy, a theatre and -
beautiful obelisks. Not far from Avsr.
are the ruins Of the ancient AbelIfln ~
the famous convent Of Mount vsrys.
founded In 1119 on the ruins OF the ,s--,
of Cybeie. This convent is visited 49,
year by thousands OF pilgrims NAM /,
whom ascend the mountain bsrsfootsd -.
crawl on their hands and knees from, Il
church door to the altar. The CHEZ ma,
tries OF the town are the manufacturs =
cloth. hats and chairs.
CaIitri. where the heaviest damass
CURED, is q little town Of only about s,..
thousand inhabitants near the Ofar,
east-nOrtheast Of Coma
This region has suffered manv earn.
duakes. but the greatest seismic dis,,.
ter in Italy's history. and perha2s n.
most tragic that ever befel the Chrs,s.
world. was that of December 2s. 1903. WIZ.
centred its fury al Messina All the soma
crn provinces of Italy and the eastern hsy
Of Sicily were shaken A tidal wave =.
lowed. resulting in the destruction. Of "A
cities of Messina and Reggie. Nesrlv
quarter of million lives were lost. and =.
destruction Of property has been placed !.
$25. 600 coo. The first shock came at oeo,,
in the morning and affected a terrirorv -.
hundred miles in diameter The sssa-i
great shock occurred on the afternoon -
December 80. Between the two some ~.
score distinct shocks were felt On Ian.
ary a new disturbance laid Caltsqf-r.
Sicily. in ruins. BY the middle Of Janus-
1909. more than 100000 in relief frui,
had been contributed. Of which anM
came from this country. Within year +.
port had been restored and the repslrr,
of the town was being rapidly ace5-.
plished.
Calabria is the centre OF the earthouss
region OF Southern Italy In 17s8 Catahzsn
was destroyed by a shock that killed an
quake occurred in that region in Novembg
1894 In September. 1895. a series OF sho.h
began. and continued at intervals throus
that year and the early part OF 1906 Abo-
three thousand lives were lost and the dan.
age 10 property was placed as high as z
O00.000. Then in October. 1897, came anohs,
shock that cost nearly a thousand Hvss
Following the great Messina disaster f-
half wear. shocks Of greater or less vr
lenCe were weekly. and al times smos
daily. occurrences IN Italy. In all these d.
asters of recent years the King and Quss,
of Italy have been leaders in the WORK
relief
Indeed. the last decade has been proHa B
in disasters Of this kind throughout n
world. OF the latest before the prsssr
that which on Nav 4 OF this year destgsi
the city of Cartago. Costa Rica, and hH q
the greater part of that republic in r1is
the details are still fresh in the public mst
Last year, following the Messtna disaEE
saw 100 killed In Southern France on Jrs
g. 300 in Southern Greece on July IS ar
the cities OF Chilpancingo and Acapul,O.
Central Mexico. destroyed. with grsat laH
of life. In August Portugal suffered
severe shock, with a considerable loss
life.
In fact, during 1919 and the first haIi
this year hardly a portion Of the earth IA
escaped one or more shocks at least ps
ceDtible to instruments.
Other great earthquake disasters incgs
that in Sicily in 1923. with a loss Of 80
lives; in YeddO. Japan. in 1903. 20oN0 t'z
lost: Peking 1731. loss 10000, Lisbon n
loss $1,000; Quito. 1877. loss 5000, Peru az
Ecuador. 1851. loss 25.GC0: Krakatoa. n
loss IS. 600 japan. 1926. loss Is go: Mar
nique. 1892, loss .. co. India. 1895 loss lSA
San Francisco. 1895. loss 800. Vaparais
1896. loss 1000: Kingston, Jamaica. 1891 IS
I 800. and Turkestan. 1907. loss l40oa