The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-14
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY
FOLLOWED BY CYCLONE
lsIand Of Sardinia Devastated BY
Terrific Tempest.
flFTY DEAD IN FALLING HOUSES
Avelline Bears the Brunt Of the Dis
aster, Nearly Every House in
Calitri Falling and Bnrying
Sleeping Inhabitants.


= Rome, Italy. IN an earthouake
which shook all Of Southern italy AZ
we'll as portions of the northern pro-
inces of Tuscany and venetia. at
east fifty persons were killed and
several hundred injured It may be
hat hundreds lost their lives in the
casualty, and that the number Of
hose hurt will run into the thou
lands.
A stretch OF country for fifty miles
lbout Mt. VuIture, an extinct vol
:ano near. Calitri, in the province Of
Avelhne, suffered most severely.
Nearly every house in that territory
vas thrown down by the earth tre-
nor. The survivors, who CHANGED to
De awake or on the streets at the
lime, fed without trying to count the
lead. They are still panic-stricken
ind unable to tell clear stories.
The King and Queen, as in the case
IF the Messina earthquake of last
rear, have gone to the centre of ac-
!ivity. Queen Helena said:
AS my presence is deemed neces-
sary at all festivities, 1t must not lack
where the people die and weep. In
he south Italians suffer; therefore I
must go. 1t is my place as a woman
and mother"
In addition to the ravages of the
earthquake Italy had sustained vast
financial loss and probably large loss
If life by reason of a terrific cyclone
hat later in the morning devastated
he entire island of Sardinia the
argest in the Mediterranean.
Crops, vineyards and cattle were
destroyed, and there is no doubt that
many shepherds met the fate Of their
locks More than $2,00Q,000 dam
age was done to property In Sardinia.
A loss of much more than that was
caused by the. earthquake in the
south.
A call was made upon Parliament
sor 100000 to alleviate the imme-
late needs of the sufferers from both
satastrophies.
The earthquake shock appears to
have spent its force chiefly in the
Province of Avellino, in Central Cam
pania, east of Naples. The village of
Calitri suffered the most. One report
has it that half the town was de-
stroyed and from twenty-five to fifty
persons killed
Fatalities are reported at San Sos
sio, Chianche. Valata, Castelbaronia
and San SeIe. The latter village, fsit-
uated in the Province of PotenZa,
Compartment of Basilicata, had six
fatalities.
The disturbance disrupted tele-
graph communication in the prov
inces most affected.
The shock occurred at 3.07 O'Clock
in the morning, while the people
were still in their beds. Many houses
at Calitri tumbled. burying the occu-
pants in the ruins. Those who es-
capped death or serious injury fed
terror-stricken from their homes and
into the country. None waited to
don street clothes, and as result
many subsequently suffered from ex-
posure.
Troops were dispatched from all
quarters into the affected district as
soon as the loss of life and property
damage became known to the Gov
eminent and the officials of nearby
cities. s9 'assf
The shocks were felt in Rome, but
no damage was done. The only death
reported here was that OF an old man
who died of fright The population,
however, was terror-stric:Sen
News from Salerno, at the head Of
the Gulf of Salerno, thirty miles
southeast of Naples, is to the effect
that the shock was distinct there and
caused considerable damage.