Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-01-22
ITALY'S DEAD
MAYREACH50,0O0
Known Victims Exceed l9,OOO;;.
Many Towns Unheard or
1900 DEAD IN SORA
King Victor Emmanuel Works In the
Ruins to Rescue Sufferers-victims
Fill Rome Hospitals.

NUNS 10 rescue SuT1ererS-Victlms
Fill Rome Hospitals.
The toll of dead claimed by the
earthquake in central Italy on Wed
nesday steadily increased as ths
troops penetrated farther into the
stricken district and sought to free
thousands buried in the ruins of theil
homes.
Tie premier has received an officia
dispatch saying rescue forces from
Sulmona and Tivoli had penetrated tc
Capelle, Pescina and San Benedetto
and had found these towns in ruins
The total loss of life in these towns
was $3.50, increasing the known c.
to more than 10000. -
After careful invest
the dispatch received by
"the original reports of
tion Of Capelle, Pescina
edetto have been confirmt
"The casualties at Capell
out of 1900 inhabitants. Pc
almost razed to the ground
being estimated at 1000. !
detto was totally destroyed
casualties.
"At San Benedetto more tha
persons were rescued after bed
tombed for many hours.
suffered intensely and sem
badly injured they will did
Another dispatch receivd
premier said that 1900 pei
been killed at Magliano and
ed and 100 injured at Capi
With about one-third of
in the earthquake zone h
the premier fears the dead
be more than $4,000.
The following partial list 5f1
ties has been compiled from
firmed reports;
Aycz2qno, 10,40C; Capistrello, IN
San Beno1c..to, 5000; Capelle, S5N
Pescina, 1000: SulH;ona, so; Tcrre
Cajetani, A.; Toglic3:..., IS; Arpino,
80; Villa Layo, 20; Isola Del Liri, 10;
Cocula, 8; Artrosano, 7; Bussi, G.;
Sassa, 5; NoatcrotunGi, 5; Popoli, 2;
Rome, l.
The entire population of Albabu.
censes is believed to have peIishel
and out Of so nrabitants in the vi.
lage of csc, +g9 are sail to be dead.
Every town in the Livi valley Is re.
ported to have been either totally de-
stroyed or seriously damaged by the
quake.
There is reason to believe that only
fey; '1r..4sssarsd. IA n eIs2l2 ont. Of The 17llP
Q0g who inhibited Sora have beN
Saved. Relief expeditions have bee(
hurried there, and every hour now il
bringing more narrowing particular
of the destruction of the town.
The shocks were so severe tina
some buildings apparently were re
moved from their foundations ant
overturned some distance from thei
original positions The river Liri is ii
food.
The Messaggero says that at Capp;
Dotio all tie houses are uninhabit
tb'e, and tie people are camping or
the snow. Twenty bodies have beer
recovered from the ruins thare. and
it is estimated that thirty more are
still beneath the debris "Tae town OF
Sourcola is a pile OF ruins, beneath
which are buried hundreds of bodies.
Of the population of 900 only thirty
e capped death.
The towns Of Ortucchio, with 240J
Inhabitants, and Giosomarsf, with
$500, are in ruins.
The work OF recue at Sora is being
pushed With all possible expedition,
but there is little hope of saving any
of the people who were caught be-
meath the -Al.ing houses.
In the ancient territory of Marsi,
which includes Avezzano, the victims
are placed at 10000. Only small mi
no1i.y is left of the inhabitants OF
Avez-a2o, who numbered approxi'
mately 10000. Fifteen other towns and
villages in that section have teen laid
waste.
King Victor Emmanuel went to
Sora To Premier Salandra he con-
frme9 the gravity of the disaster, and
expressed admiration for the efficient
work OF the Italian soldiers. More
sSIoops have been ordered into
Rsnsane.