Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-27
LOSS
IS S60,OO0,O00O
Result of Earthquake in Italy as
Estimated by the Au-
thorities.
DEATH TOLL NOT VERIFIED
Conservative Estimate Puts the Num-
Der of Killed at so,ooo-lnjured
Fill All Available Hospitals
Relief Work Proceeding
Steadily at All Points.

Rome, Jan. 20.-Detailed reports re-
ceived in Rome regarding Italy's earth
quake disaster increase rather than
diminish the appalling list of dead and
the enormous property loss. 1t is an
nounced that the number of dead and
injured in the Abruzzi alone is 10000,
without including the Sora district.
The property loss is estimated at $780,
100000.
Eleven more earthquake shocks were
registered Sunday and today. They
occasioned panic among the sur
vivors who are living in huts.
THE disaster seems to be increasing
with every report l receive" said Sig.
Ciufelli, minister of public works.
Probably half the population Of 6O,-
900 in the AvezZano district are either
dead or injured. l do not like to put
the number of dead higher than 10000
for this region. This, of course, does
not include Sora."
Cracked Buildings Raced.
Although the new shocks were light,
buildings which had been cracked and
were tottering from the effects of the
first disturbance were razed. In Avez-
zano and Sora, the towns which suf-
fered most from the disaster, the peo-
pie left the temporary shelters in
which they were living and took refuge
in open plac ss
Rain and extremely cold weather in
aona narfs NJ tho district ara hamDar
ing badly the work of rescue. This is
particularly true Of Sora. In many of
the towns which were thrown down by
the earthquake It 10 feared there are
still living persons beneath the debris
and that unless they are extricated
soon they will perish.
The Italian government has appro-
priated $1.000,00o for the relief work,
and King Victor Emmanuel has do
mated 100000 for the aid of children
abandoned by their parents or made
orphans by the disaster. Relief sup
plies are pouring into the stricken dis
trict, and 1t is believed that shortly
there will be sufficient food supplies
everywhere to alleviate temporarily
the distress of the people. Trainloads
OF timber also are being dispatched to
the destroyed towns for the erection of
huts.
Many Taken From Ruins Alive.
Upward Of one hundred persons were
taken alive from the ruins of Avez-
zano. Most of them had been given up
by their friends and relatives for dead
More than half Of these rescued were
children under twelve years OF age.
One thing that is squirting ON the
rescue gangs is the fact that during
the Messina disaster three persons
were found alive in the ruins of
building Is days after the earthquake.
To the casual observer here the hope
that many persons can be rescued
from under the masses of stone seems
a faint one, but the workmen are
keeping the experiences at Messina
in mind and delving assiduously into
the wreckage.
Some of the rescues are regarded
as almost miraculous. One entire fam
fly composed of father and mother,
three daughters and son were ex-
tricated alive from the ruins OF their
homo.
$4,000 Dead at Avezzano.
Twelve thousand bodies, it is SEMI
officially estimated. are buried under
the fallen walls of Avezzano.
Capt. Pisani Vettori, who has charge
OF the relief work there. estimates
that there are $4,000 dead in Aver
zano, Cappelle Magliano and the vii
lagos in that immediate district. Up
to midnight only 500 bodies had been
taken from the ruins. These were
laid out irregularly in open spaces all
over the city.
ya1uables already removed from the
ruins are estimated TO be worth
$4,000, 600. end II is expected that