New Britain herald., 1915-01-15
HIVE BURIED WITH DEAD IN RUINED ITALIAN HOMES; . RESCUE WORK PROCEEDING
Toll of Dead and Injured Increasing ---Soldiers and Civilians Work Day and Night, Occa-
 sionally Finding Live Body.

M COnllnuc to IIlChlc Ill Ao" PAoAN " ~ death toll from Wednesdays earth { quake at 10000 and the injured at a figure in excess of 35,00o. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of 2 Ectims are still buried alive, i'm !, lrisoned by the wreckage of their homes, while rescuers from every walk of life struggle desperately tc < dig them out King Victor Elm 5 manuel, who returned to Rome from Avezzano last night, personally su- ! Aperintended the release of number Apf such unfortunates.
 The king reached the capital in his
 rivate car. to which were attached lhrce coaches bearing forty wounded. These, like the other hundreds who nrc slowly reaching Rome, were dis
 rfbuted about the hospitals, regular
 nd extraordinary, in the city.
 Pope Offers Hospital. Pope Benedict this morning offered " to the mayor of Rome the use of the hospital of Santa Marta, which nc visited yesterday. The offer was hzratefully accepted, and its 300 beds serve as a material relief for the diff f1cult situation.
 ses. The principal loss of life, and probably the chief property damage, nppears to have occurred in Avez- zano, and the town of Sora, fifteen miles away. Both these munictpnll- ties were plotted out of existence and 1heir populations virtually wiped out.
 10000 Dead at Avezzano. s4 The latest reports place the num- Der of dead in AveZzano at 10000 and at Sora at 5000. Tn at least sixty other towns affected more than 5000 have been killed. From these towns come the majority of the injured. In ' SAvezzano and Sora almost every one was killed. ' The situation in Avezzano is in- creasingly grave because of the de- struction of the aqueduct system and the consequent shutting off of the water supply Communications are slowly being established and two hastily improvised hospitals and one refugee camp have been set up.
 From Switzerland reports have sFeen received showing that the quake was felt among the Alps. and caused destructive avalanches there.
 A message from Innsbruck states
 
 ' frontier twenty seven soldiers were overwhelmed by an avalanche caused {, by the earthquake and that three of Nhe men were seriously hurt.
 Relief Work Progressing.
 The Italian government and people have quickly responded to the call for help from the stricken people. Thousands of troops have been sent to 1f relief is going on night and day. Supplies of food, clothing, blankets ,and medicines have been despatched .by train where possible and by motor cars where the railroads are blocked. lE The central committee of the Red 7 Cross was quick to act, having or dered all of it's members to join in \ the relief work at the scenes of the disaster
 Pope Deeply GT1eved. =, Pope Benedict is deeply grieved over the misfortune which has be- fallen the Italian people. He showed his deep interest and sympathy yes- terday by an unusual visit to the Santa Marta hospital, where forty one per scns injured during the earthquake. are receiving treatment.
 :. His Holiness spoke to each of the patients asking for particulars of the disaster and inquiring about their familieis He assured them that he would entrust to the clergy the task of seeking their relations, and tm- parted to all the apostolic benedic- ton.
 Expresses Sympathy of America.
 The American ambassador, Thomas Nelson Page, called at the ministry n-of the interior yesterday to express ' the sympathy of America over the dis aster which has befallen Italy. He in tinated a desire to send members or the embassy to the earthquake dis aster to give such aid as they could He was informed that the Italian soV- ernment would appreciate such sym pathetic initiative. and soon there after the ambassador despatched an 9dtom obile with Second Secretary Norval Richardson, Lieutenant Com mander Charles Train. the naval at tache, and Private Secretaries John Harrison and Marion Sims wyeth to the Avezzano district, with supplies, especially blankets, which they will distribute. The party expects to re- turn to Rome by Friday night.
 American Relief Committee
 Ambassador Page is ready to ap- < noint an American relief committee while Mrs. Page will appoint a com 1nittee of ladies if necessary to aid in the Italian work of relief. M Did Not Leave Vatican. Y some of the newspapers announce \ that Pope Benedict, in visiting the y wounded at the Santa Marta Hospi- x tai, left the Vatican, thus interrupting < the traditional Imprisonment of the Pope since the fall of the temporal power meaning thus to protest against the occupation of Rome. In