South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-09
ITALIAN WARSHIPS MAY
BE SENT TO SCENE
King Victor Emmanuel Will Go
to Stricken District to Direct
Relief WOrk-0VerWheIming
Eruption Threatens.
BULLETIN.

ROME. May 9.-Ihe earthQuake
which rocked the eastern part Of 81
ely, destroying many villages and
hamlets. Ray approach i'm it, scope
the destruction OF MeSsina i'm 1905,
when many thousands were killed. ac-
cOFriing To- a dispatch received by the
government from Catania this after
noon.
King Victor Emmanuel will go Co
Sicily on a warship tomorrow To direct
in person the care Of the homeless and
the distribution OF resicf.
Cardinal Farley. of New York, who
has just arrived here, celebrated a re-
QUEEN mass for the earthquake dead
this morning.
Pope Plus expressed intense grief
at the disaster and telcgraphed funds
for the homeless.
Warming has been issued for all
persons living i'm the danger zone
around Mount Etna. the volcano. to
flee. The volcano threatens to open
i'm violent eruption.
Warships Will be sent 60 Sicily If the
disaster proves as terrible "a reports
now indicate.
NAPLES, May "a series OF vio-
lent earthquake shocks in eastern
Sicily have killed many persons and
destroyed or wrecked a number OF
villages.
The disturbances which began last
night after 10 o'clock continued to-
day. The volcano. Mount Etna. IS
becoming active and there are fears
OF an overwhelming eruption
Communication was interrupted hy
the quake and il was not until today
that full details OF the disaster was
learned. The property damage was
vast. running into millions.
lowed 10y Intermittent undulatiOns.
The greatest force was spent near the
villages OF Acireale. Linera and
ManganO.
Linera was destroyed and many
persons there were caught beneath
falling debris and killed or injured
The state railway or Sicily was
wrecked near Acireale. part OF the
wreckage being hurled 700 feet in the
aid by the terrific force Of the quake.
Trains were derailed and heavy
freight cars were lifted upward as
though by a terrific explosion
As soon as the government learned
OF the extent OF the disaster special
trains were rushed into the stricken
zone from Palermo. Syracuse and
other cities bearing physicians. med
ical supplies and soldiers, who viii
conduct the relief work.
TremOrs Cause Panic
A dispatch from Catania says that
the people of that city were panic
stricken by the earth tremors and
many OF them rushed from their
homes and spent the night in the
fields or upon their knees in the
cathedTals.
The shocks were also felt at Mes
sina, where memories Of the dcstruc-
ton of that city in 1905 still Lnger
Vvidly.
A dispatch from Messina said that
40 persons had been killed and 20 in
jured at Linera. Another message
said that 80 had been killed and 10
injured at Acireale. At Mangano a
passenger train was deralled and
many persons were hurt
Within two hours after the first
shock flames gathered at the crater
OF Mount Etna and the rumblng in
the interior OF the volcano increased.
AT dawn today great clouds OF
black smoke cOuld be- seen rolling
upward from the mountain. obscuring
the sky. Many persons in hamleIs
upon the side of the mountain LETT
their homes in fright The district
hit by the earthquake shocks -
thickIy populated Acireale has
population OF $1,000.
Catania province. which the main
force OF the tremors crossed. has sur
fered more from earthquake tndn
any other region on the globe.
Messages received this afternoon m
dicated that the death list would b
bigger than previously expected The
village OF Cofemini was completely
destroyed Soldiers in Linera report
ed finding fifty bodies The villages
Of PassapOmO, HODgiardO and Malau
were partly wiped out with a death ro4
estimated at from 20 20 30.