The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-10
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY
FOLLOWED BY CYCLONE
Island of Sardinia Devastated by
Terrific Tempest.
FIFTY DEAD IN FALLING HOUSES
AyelIine Bears the Brunt of the Dis
aster, Nearly Every House in
Calitri Falling and Burying
Sleeping Inhabitants.

Rome, Italy. In an earthquake
which shook all of Southern Italy, as
we'll as portions of the northern pre-
vinces of Tuscany and Venetia, at
least fifty persons were killed and
several hundred injured. 1t may be
that hundreds lost their lives in the
casualty, and that the number of
those hurt will run into the thou
sands.
A stretch Of country for fifty miles
about Mt. Vulture, an extinct vol
cano near Calitri, in the province of
Avelline, suffered most severely.
Nearly every house in that territory
was thrown down by the earth tre-
NOR. The survivors, who CHANGED to
be awake or on the streets at the
time, fed without trying to count the
dead. They are still panic-stricken
and unable to tell clear stories.
The King and Queen, as in, the case
Of the Messina earthquake of last
year, have gone to the centre of &C
tivity. Queen Helena said:
"As my presence is deemed neces-
sary at all festivities, it must not lack
where the people die and weep. In
the south Italians suffer; therefore I
must 60. 1t is my place as a woman
and mother"
In addition to the rayages of the
earthquake Italy had sustained vast
financial loss and probably large loss
Of life by reason of a terrific cyclone
that later in the morning devastated
the entire island of Sardinia - the
largest in the Mediterranean.
Crops, vineyards and cattle were
destroyed, and there is no doubt that
many shepherds met the fate of their
focks. More than $2,000,000 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
Tor 100000 to alleviate the imme-
iiate needs of the sufferers from both
:atastrophies.
The earthquake shock appears to
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, C~astelbaronia
and San Sele. The latter village, sit
uated in the Province of Potenza,
Compartment of Basilicata, had six
fatalities.
The disturbance disrupted tele-
graph communication in the prov
lnces most affected.
The shock occurred at 3.07 O'Clock
in the morning, while the people
we're 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 a result
many subsequently suffered from ex-
posture.
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. AsttSsaS
The shocks we're 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-stricken.
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.