Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-15
Wheat Still Higher.

May wheat closed at $1,45 flat,
gain of pa cents over yesterday.
Corn advanced 3H cents; May oats
gained IL cents and cash wheat ad
vanced cents. A heavy country
movement of corn is reported, but the
farmers still refuse to sell wheat. Lo-
cal brokers report that stocks will be
exhausted within a few days
Erie Railroad stock sold for 122,
the highest since the Civil war.
Flour is $40 a barrel.
the losses in killed and injured at
Avezzano will reach $1,000.
Tremendous relief measures have
been put in motion. King Victor EN-
anuel has left for the vicinity OF
Avezzano to lead the rescuers. Queen
Helena. deferred by illness, delegated
the Duchess of Aosta to represent
her. The duchess has gone to Mon
treoduni, where she Immediately in
stalled herself as a hospital nurse
to care for the wounded
Trainload upon trainload of injured
are rolling into Rome. Every train
arriving from the province Of Aruzzi
brings hundreds of persons who have
been wounded. The refugees are dis
tributed among the hospitals and
private dwellings,. The mayor of
Rome, Prince Colonna, has placed at
the disposal of the refugees several
hotels and public buildings, where food
is also provided by the city.
Reports from the officials in charge
Of the relief work in the various To-
calities, while still incomplete, give ah
index of the extent of the catastrophe
as it affected the following towns:
Avezzano and vicinity, $1,000 killed
and injured.
Aielli, nearly 1000 dead and in
jured.
Apino, $50 known dead; scores in
jured.
Abano, many dead; town severely
damaged.
Arricia, fifty dead and injured.
Campobasso, twenty known dead;
town damaged many burned in wreck
age Of homes, says rumor.
Cori, town partly demolished; cas-
ualties unestimated.
Ciprano, no report of casualties;
many houses wrecked.
Cervetri, seven reported killed
Filacciano, three reported dead.
Galiano, several reported dead in
ruins Of famous cathedral; others
buried alive in wreckage of homes.
Magliano, death list likely will be
large, as whole city is reported de
molished
Monte Rodondo, five reported dead;
Professor Luigi Megnati reported
killed.
Naples, none reported dead but
scores injured.
Potenza (ninety miles east of Ma.
ples), many buried in ruins; feared
many Of 10000 population are dead;
town badly damaged.
Pofi, 500 reported dead out of 1000
population; town demolished.
Poppi, death list reported large.
Palestrino, five known dead; many
injured.
Rome, none killed but many in
jured.
Ripi. number known dead fifteen;
many hurt.
Sora, 100 reported dead; town com
pletely wrecked.
In addition, the following towns
have been reported practically de-
stroyed: Antrosano. Castromovne, Ca
pelle, Collarmele, Cerchio, Celano, Ca
pistrello, Giosamarsi, Lelli, Marse.
Mascadalo, Paterno, San Felino and
Scurcola.
These are reported to have been
seriously damaged: Bisegna. Balso-
rano. Canistro, Cocullo, Civitelladanti-
no, Castelfiumi, Orthucchio, Ortons-
marsi, Pagliotra, Pescina, San Bene-
detto and Sorbo.
Towns slightly damaged were: Cap
padoccia. Carsoli. Ovudoli, Peracluco,
Poggio Filippi, Rosacerro, Santi Ma
rie, San Donate, San Stefano, Tagli-
cozzo and Trasacco.
All of these towns, it is predicted,
will show casualty lists when the re
lief officials can direct their efforts
toward compilation of the statistics
Of the disaster.