The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
whole Towns BIotted out.

Tho village OF Pescina is isolaS ed, but II |
IL now known that 5000 were killed there |
and that the survivors are starving. Or
tucchio near san Benedetto, where 1000
we're killed, was destroyed. and II Is feared
that the entire population OF 2,4oO per-
ished The medieval castle collapsed and
buried many. Trasacco Lucco ~ as yet ,
unrelieved and the number OF victims IL
unknown. Gioia di Marsi was wrecked
and the population OF $500 was probably
blotted out The lower portion OF Castei-
lofiume is in ruins and nifty deaths are
reported there
Capels was destroyed, but the sur
| vivors have fed and the extent or the
| loss OF life is not known. CapistreUo
| was badly damaged and has 90 dead
and 100 badly injured San Felino and
| Paterno suffered a like fate, as did also
venere. Cerchlo, Capestrano and other
villages In one farming district only
30 survived out Of a population or 900
! and the hills are dotted with heaps OF
; ruins that were once farmhouses.
The relief parties are finally reach
ing the earthquake area in which are
located the outlying towns and villages
I'm the province OF the AbruZzi. Sol
diers who got near Capelle after a hard
fight through the snow and torn roads
found the village deserted, every one
having Ned to larger places near by IN
the ruins were found a girl and an old
man who were stir alive, but were so
badly hurt that their lives are despaired
NJ In another mass OF debris TO which
the rescuers were led by feeble cIues a
woman and a baby who had been born
! under the ruins were dug out. Both were
! alive and unlnjured. The child IL TO De
named Terremotino (Little Earthquake)
The road leading. TO Naglano IS IN
bad condition and Is oVarcrowdcu with
; groups of helpless survivors. some badly
wounded. who are vainly trying to reach
n haven of safety. A pitiful sight Is to
see starving and freezing men and women
irving 10 carry along with them the
bodies Of the injured, some OF whom
Z die I'm their arms. The soldiers say II Is
heartrending to hear the walls mingled
% with iunrecations of the deSpairlnH
!, refugees. . -. ,.,,,.
I there The parish priest heroically bu'
/" uselessly tried to save the injured AZ
Though he himself was dying OF MS III
. iuries Twenty-Five soldiers reached TN
town on Thursday and did wonderlu
yvorI, in aiding the helpless and hopeless
residents The soldiers sent Throughout
tho Abruzzi district are too few a
II present to do all that Is needed bu
reenforcements are arriving every houI
'-'' Pbysicians DO Great Work.
The doctors in the capital are workln
9 night and day and at last complete orde
and system are being restored. Despit
the enormous supplies of bread sent on
many survivors are still without food an
since Wednesday night hundreds haV
been begging bread. Tho question G
starvation is the most serious which IN
Government has 10 face now. In additlo
:. TO feeding the people in tho shaken are
there are thousands OF soldiers to
taken care of SO far 500 carbineers HAY
D. been injured in taking desperate chance
er 10 save lives.
N The Deputy from Liparl sent tell
:, gram to King Victor to-day saying thu
" Their, we're 36.74i dead In towns whlC
In had been reached by the rescuers ar
err that the following towns, which probab
also suffered severely. had not bee
No heard from: Luco, Capestrelli, Canistr
;" Clvitadantine san Vincenzo and Civite
W. loroveto. The King gave orders at on
no for the soldiers to attempt to reach q
as Iunrelieved villages
re While experimenting the work at Ave
zano the King heard faint cry fro
beneath heap of debris He order
n the soldiers to eXcavate and n smi
NJ. child was dug out, unhurt but near
co dead OF fright and exposure.
lin 1t is officially announced that Al