Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-02-06

| officially, are buried under the fallen
walls of this earthquake rained town
| Sezchers believe there are still many
living beneath the tons of debris and
desperate efforts are being made to
rescue them
Most of the irregular masses OF
stone have not been touched with pick
or shovel This is the fault of no one,
| because it would take a thousand
workmen several days to turn over
and excavate what has been slowly
built up in centuries Capt Pisani
Vettori, who has charge OF the relief
work here, estimates there are fifteen
| thousand dead in Avezzano, Chappelle,
Magliano and the villages in this i'm
mediate district
Up to midnight Saturday only i've
| hundred bodies had been taken from
| the ruins. These were laid out in open
| spaces all over the city
Supplies now are pouring into Avez-
zano.
An S-day clock hanging on the only
| fragment OF a wall which remains
| standing is still striking the hours.
A dozen bodies ready for burial are
lying in the square of Tortonia.
In the mf0Sr OF THIS u0SOldl1Ou,
which reminded correspondents who
had been at the battle front of Sois-
sons after one hundred days lombard.
ment by German and French artillery,
| are campfires around which parties OF
survivors are cooking army rations
| which have been distributed to them.
They sit shivering in the sharp winter
air on this high tableland of the
Apennines.
I'm this square," Captain vettori
said, 81 saw a father place the bodies
OF his wife, three sons and three
! daughters I think that was the sad
dest incident 1 ever have seen. One
little boy stood beside the father as
he arranged the bodies. The child
seemed not to realize what had hap
pened. This man, so terribly afflicted.
stares vacantly at those who speak to
him. He has not eaten for two days"
Scores of survivors were half starv-
| ing yesterday before food arrived from
| outside, although under the walls of
Prince Tortoni's granary there were
one hundred thousand bushels of
| wheat.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press, going about last night with two
| soldiers bearing torches, came across
| the bodies of family of seven, father,
| mother and five children. There was
a CHASTITY row of more than one hun
bred lying near the splendid villa Of
Prince Tortoni, in which were found
the bodies of thirty-two domestics and
employees on his estate. Neither the
prince nor any member of his family
| was in the great country house which
was destroyed.
Sora, Italy, JAN 19.-Slight earth
| tremors have not ceased here and the
| local authorities declare not a single
house in town is safe for occupancy.
| Captain Fusi,S who is directing -~the
| work of rescue, is convinced more
than one thousand victims are buried
in the debris.
Rescue work is progressing very
slowly and there now is very little
hope of finding persons alive, because
| in most cases bodies are buried be-
meath immense piles of masonry. The
authorities are directing most of their
attention to caring for the few persons
who escaped death The Red Cross
has opened an emergency hospital
/ where the less dangerously injured are
being cared for. Those more danger
ously hurt are being taken to Caserta.
A Cold Rain Falls, Too.
The sufferings of the homeless popu-
lation have been intensified by cold,
drizzling rain which began early yes
terday afternoon and continued stead
lily The people have been warned not
| to reoccupy the houses which remain
| standing until the buildings have been
carefully inspected.
The nights have been spent in the
| open air, where the only heat has been
provided by wood fires. kindled on the
] ground. Huts are being erected along
| the roadside and in fields to shelter
the women and children. Food is be-
4 ing distributed by communal officials.
The King Works TireIessIy.
When King Victor Emmanuel visit
ed Sora he personally promised the
children who had been made orphans
by the earthquake that they would be
cared for. The sovereign was sur
rounded constantly by throngs Of citi-
| zens but when detachment of carl
| bineers attempted to dispense the
crowd his majesty ordered the officer
in command to employ his men else
where. saying the king needed no pro-
| lection Although rain was falling,
King Victor Emmanuel insisted upon
continuing upon his inspection of the
afflicted towns and villages, motoring
from one place to another.
Many Appeals for Food
The Duke of the Abruzzi is coEtinu-