The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-08
Whole Southern Portion of Pen
inSula Suffers From Sc.
we're Shocks.
EXACT LOSS OF LIFE
NOT YET DETERMINED
Property Damage Is Great, but
Relief Work Is Prompt
ly Begun.

ROME, juno 7.-Great apprehension
turbances, showing that the zone
affected by earthquake shocks today is
a vast one. embracing practically the
whole of southern Italy. as well as a
portion of Tuscany and Venitia to Che
north. But the district where serious
damage occurred only extends about
fifty miles around Mount Vulture,
which is an extinct volcano near the
town Of Caitri. in the province of
Avellino.
This region has suffered much in the
past from earthquake shocks, and in
1851, 500 persons were killed. The num-
Der of casualties resultirr from the
earthquake today has not yer been
ascertained. Some reports estimate
the dead at fifty and the injured at
several hundred 1t is feared many are
buried in the ruins of the houses which
were thrown down in Calitri, while
great damage was done at other places,
with unknown loss Of life.
Government Is Prompt.
The government has taken hold Of the
situation with promptitude, and al
though the earthquake occurred during
the night, military and civil authorities
soon were hard at ork, rendering aid
To the injured, preparing places of
shelter for the homeless and bending
their energies TO the reesta blishmenU
of order,
Premier Luzzatti received word of
the disaster Mt ) o 'clocli in the morning,
less than two hours after the occurrence
of the quake, and AT once communicated
tlp DewS tO the EiuO
The latter decided to leave imme
diately for the disaster. He intended
to go alone. but Queen Helena insisted
upon Joining him.
The king thought that this was not
necessary, as the situation at Avellino
was not to be compared with that at
Messina. wher. their maiesties spent
of the people.
Queen Shows Sympathy.
In reply to the king s protests, Queen
Helena retortcd;
GAS my presence is necessary at all
festivities, it must not lack where the
people die d weep. In the south,
Italians suffer; therefore I must go. 1T
is my place as a woman and mother
The king and queen were cheered by
the crowds at the station as they hur-
ried 10 the train and carefully inspected
the medical and other supplies.
Misfortune seems TO have chosen
Italy as a target, While the south has
been afflicted by an earthquake, vast
regions of Sardinia, the largest island
IN the Mediterranean after Sicily, was
ravagcd today by cyclone. The dis
tricts of Lanusei, Tortoli, llobono, Elm
and .Ierzu have been devastated and
the crops, vineyards and cattle de
stroved. IT is believed that many shep-
herds have fallen To their fate with
their hocks. The damage in Sardinia is
at $4,000. 900.
IL was in the early morning when
the shock was felt at Avellino
The sleeping town was aroused by the
shaking of walls, the ratrling of furni.
ture and the falling of plaster In u |
panic had seized the 10000 in
habitants, who 1.-Two in daily fear Of a |
seismic disaster. Half naked men.
women and children fled from their
homes, screaming with terror. They had
in their minds visions of Messina and
the horror of Reggie. Recently there
was gossip about prediction that the
OF Hallcy>s comet portended
the end of the world
The authorities kept their heads, but
they could not stay the mad rush for
the squares and open districts outside |
the city, TIE widest confusion pre-,
vailed and the frightened ones could
not be reasoned with. could not be |
stopped. In -he squares hundreds threw
thens selves on their faces and impIcred |
The mercy of the Almighty.