New Britain herald., 1915-01-15

ne ICdCHCu IlIC lloopIe"A "AI'oNS touching Italian soil His precedes- sor did the same thing when he visit ed the wounded brought to Santa | Marta Hospital after the earthquake in Messina.
 l When the king was in Avezzano l yesterday he was interchangeable in his | efforts to encourage and help his peo- ple He climbed over the ruins and spoke words of praise to the res- ] cuers On several different occasions he urged the people to repress any i thing like an ovation for himself, and did not even want them to applaud his presence. He spoke kindly to the wounded and promised them as- sistance. He witnessed the eNtri- cation of d young girl still alive, gave directions for her succOr, and the next moment was sending telegraphic or ders for the despatch of further help and provisions to Avezzano. l Not Sufficiently Recovered.
 Some of the survivors at Avezzano 1 have not even yet sufficiently recov- cred from the shock of their exper- l fences to tell connected story of the l visitation. One man who was taken yesterday from a ruin said: "I had a sensation as though some one was 1 forcing me to dance. Then l was | thrown to the ground, and the roof and tho walls fell upon my head. Even after I was half buried the earth seemed to heave and grow hot" A priest saying mass in church when he felt the first shock. He rushed under an arch of the build ing and this saved his life. His acolytes were struck down and killed. ~I, < %l,~ y0kI system of Avezzano, and there is to- day no water in the town.
 Thrown Into Water.
 It is reported that a statue of the Virgin, forty feet high, which stood 1 on the shore of Lake Fucino, has been thrown into the water. There Is considerable danger that the drained land in this vicinity will be flooded.
 wagoner's apprentice, boy of 8 years was the first person to give the news of Avezzano to the outside world. He succeeded in getting back into the town few moments after the first shock. He found a railroad employe and persuaded this man, with his help, to rig up a tel egraph instrument in a freight car and connect it with wire that was  ment, the railroad man, who Is an operator, soon got Rome. The two together then sent the first news of ] the disaster.
 There has been organized in Rome a private expedition to send out au- tomoblles loaded with relief supplies. Over 200 machines already have left for Avezzano, carrying blankets, med icines, food and cordials.
 Among the members of the Italian nobility active in relief work are Prince Borghese, Prince Colonna, Prince Altieri and Prince Potenziano
 Anxious About Bishop.
 The pope is anxious about the fate of Monsignor Jannotta, bishop of l Sora. from whom nothing has been 1 heard since the earthquake
 Latest reports of casualties set forth that there were seventy victims Of the earthquake at Castellieri; thirty seven dead and ITO wounded at Isola, and ten dead at Capalacroce. ] At this last mentioned place the casualties are almost all among the relatives of the local priest.
 4,OOO Dead at Pesc1ni.
 London, Jan. IS, 4:32 D. m.-The Exchange Telegraph company has received a message from it's Rome correspondent who says that the magnitude of the Italian disaster in- creases as further news from the de- vastated area is received The cas- ualties at Magliano- Di- -Marsi are esti- mated at 1900 out of a population of 1,5O0. At Pescni 4OOO persons are reported to have been killed, and the number of dead at San Benedetto is given at 5000.
 All the people of the village of l Capelle arc believed to be buried in the ruins of their homes The en- tire population of Albafucenzo also is believed to have perished, and out Of 500 inhabitants in the village of Lese, 450 are said to be dead.
 Destroyed or Damaged.
 Every town in the Livi Valley is reported today to have been either totally destroyed or very seriously damaged.
 The work of rescue at Sora is being pushed forward with all possible ex- petition. There is, however. little hope of saving any of the people alive.
 King Victor Emmanuel is going to Sora today.
 Between 9O,OOO and 100. .oOO. London Jan. 15.-The Chronic1e's Rome correspondent estimates inc total killed and injured in the Italian earthquake at between oo,OOO and 1OO0 000.
 A central News despatch from Rome estimates the number of vic- tims at 10000, distributed as follows. Continued on Fifteenth Page)