The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Late Reports Indicate Ever Growing Extent of Dis aster-Upwards of 25,OO0 Killed
ONLY 100 OF 12,0OO
 AVEZZANO CITIZENS
 SURVIVE DISASTER
Score of Cities Leveled to Earth-Italy Rises to Give SuccOr to the Suffering Survivors

Survivors
 London, January l5.-(3:22 d. mo According to the Rome Tribuna it is estimated that the victims from the earthquake number between 23,O0O and 5000.
 London, January I5.-t2,is n. mo--A dispatch to the Morning Post from Home says,
 "In the Narsi. the region around Lake Fucino. at Avezxano. there nrc 2o.Oo0 victims of the earthquake.
 "Deputy sipari. who represents Avcx- zano in the Chamber of Deputies. has asked for 25.0oo soldiers and matcriaI for huts. "Fifteen other towns In the Marsi have been destroyed and others dnm- | nGcd. ,
 "Os the f2.ooo inhabitants of Avex- zano only 100 survive.- Naples, January It.--rhe victims of the earthquake at sora alone number 1000 dead and wounded.
 Rope, Jaiirilirs H.-rhe soiI of dead and l Injured in the great earthoaake that swept over central and southern Italy has not been made up but advices reach ing Rome indicate the ever growing ex- tent of the disaster. Towns with thousands of inhabitants have been overthrown and from some of these come details which show an immense loss of life. Estimates ran tonight from 25.O0o to 5O.oo0 dead and in- jured. and yet there are several sec tions which undoubtedly felt the earth quake in full measure from which no estimate can be obtained.
 In the ancient territory of Marsi, which includes Avezzano the victims are placed at 20,O00. Only q small minority is left of the inhabitants of Avezzano, who num- bered approximately 10000
 Fifteen Towns Laid Waste
 Fifteen other towns and villages in that section have been laid waste. King Vic tor Emmanuel Is at Avezzano and 30O0O soldiers have been dispatched to various centers where the force of the disturb. ance was greatest
 Italy as nation has arisen again to give succor, as she did at the time of the Messina earthquake six years ago to those who have fallen in this catas- trophe from which the country has suf-s. fered.
 While the greater part of the damage was done by the first earthquake which occurred Wednesday morning at 7:55. there has been at least one severe shock WI Of many structures which escaped the nrst and 1t Is estimated that more than loo shocks for the most part of tt minor nature occurred during the 2a hours after the disaster
 Filled With Dead
 Avezzano, January i4.-tvia Romeo Avezzzano Is filled with dead wound ed and wrecked houses. It is like the iuins Of d cemetery. Those who escaped the destruction caused by the earthquake went he- foically to work to rescue those pinned under the fallen walls. Nearly all the civic officials of Avezzano and parish priests. monks and nuns perishcd Tho college, with more than 100 girl stu dents, collapsed. The governor of prs- c's, jalers and doctors and patients In the hospitals were carried down in the wreckage.
 The only notable person who sur vived was the head of the police. Sig nor Ottavi. who though wounded has labored since the first overtnrow to succor the injured. Desperate appeals for help are hcurd On all sides from under the wrecked buildings but the efforts of ottavl and the few hundred survivors have avliled but little for they lacke ed implements with which to effect a general rescue, Rut about 50 persons all of them wounded. were taken out with great difficulty They lay without shelter and without their wounds being dressed owing to lack of medical supplies. Later doctors arrived and operated on some of the injured by the light of blazing torches. They then were re- moved to the station. where they wero made as comfortable as possible r, trucks
 Assistance came at last from Arsoli and Aquila and large rescuing parties arrived from Rome and Pescari.
 Thirty thousand soldiers have been distributed throughout the earthquake district and already large quantities o.- provisions and clothing, together with wood for the construction of huts have arrived.
 Vast Destruction X tour of the towns and villages around Lake Fucino disclosed vast de- struction.
 lIarsi. seems to have been ripped oper. Its historic belfry which rose about se0 feet collapsed. Tn the church below all the qhapels were ruined except that cf the Savior, where -an immense cru- oifix is standing intact Everything about is scattered and broken. At Prsscina the cathedral beifry apd the house of the bishop have entirely
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